British Army Regular Units 1902

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British Army Regular Units 1902v.1.0 March 17, 2002

Graham Watson

UNITED KINGDOM

I. ALDERHOT DISTRICT

[HQ-Aldershot]

13th Hussars

14th Hussars

18th Hussars

4

th

Provisional Dragoons

3rd Provisional Hussars

[to join 1903-8th Hussars]

1st Brigade RHA- N & S Batteries

3rd Brigade RHA-Y Battery

18 Brigade RFA-59, 93, 94 Field Batteries



[to join 1903-17 Brigade RFA, 19 Brigade RFA]

60 Field Company RE

[to join 1903-7 Field Company RE, 23 Field Company RE]

3rd Division, Telegraph Battalion RE

B & D Troops, Bridging Battalion RE

Field Depot RE Troop

1, 2 Field Parks RE

Balloon Depot & Section RE

3rd Bn Grenadier Guards

1

st

Bn Coldstream Guards

2nd Bn Coldstream Guards


2/23

2nd Bn Scots Guards

1st Bn Royal Fusiliers

2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd Bn Cheshire Regiment

2nd Bn Northamptonshire Regiment

1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment

1st Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd Bn Manchester Regiment

2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry

2nd Provisional Battalion

3rd Provisional Battalion

[to join 1903-1RS, 2 KORR, 2 Lincoln, 2 Devon, 2 Somerset, 2 RSF, 1 E Sy, 2 Wilts, 1

A&SH]

II. EASTERN DISTRICT

[HQ-Colchester]

5th Lancers, Colchester

16th Lancers, Colchester

[to join 1903-2nd Dragoons, Norwich]

6th Brigade RHA-B & C Batteries, Ipswich

26 Brigade RFA-116, 117, 118 Field Batteries, Ipswich

(but batteries at Coventry, Bristol & Trowbridge)

16 Survey Company RE, Bedford

21 Submarine Mining Company RE, Felixstowe

55 Field Company RE, Colchester

1st Bn Suffolk Regiment, Colchester

2nd Bn Essex Regiment, Warley


3/23

9th Provisional Battalion, Colchester

[to join 1903-2 Norfolk, 2 Bedfords]

III. HOME DISTRICT

[HQ-Horse Guards]

1st Life Guards, Hyde Park

2nd Life Guards, Windsor

Royal Horse Guards, Regents Park

1st Kings Dragoon Guards, Hounslow

2 Provisional Hussars, Hounslow

X Battery RHA

2nd Division, Telegraph Battalion RE

1st Bn Grenadier Guards, Wellington Barracks

2nd Bn Grenadier Guards, Chelsea

3rd Bn Coldstream Guards, Windsor

1st

Bn Scots Guards, Windsor

1st Bn Irish Guards, Tower of London

2nd Bn Middlesex Regiment, Hounslow

IV. NORTH-EASTERN DISTRICT

[HQ-York]

1 Provisional Dragoons, York

[no cavalry regiment at Leeds]

86 Field Battery, 12 Brigade RFA, Newcastle

15th Brigade RFA-5, 9, 17 Field Batteries, Sheffield

19th Brigade RFA-95, 96, 97 Field Batteries, Leeds

21st Brigade RFA-101, 102 Field Batteries, Leeds

24 Company RGA, Tynemouth

1 Company, Coast Battalion RE- North Shields


4/23

4 Company, Coast Battalion RE-Paull

5 Company, Coast Battalion RE-Middlesbrough

1st Bn Yorkshire Regiment, Sheffield

1st Bn West Riding Regiment, York

2nd Bn York & Lancaster Regiment, Pontefract

V. NORTH-WESTERN DISTRICT

[HQ-Chester]

U Battery RHA, Manchester

87 Field Battery RFA, Seaforth

92 Field Battery RFA, Birmingham

103 Field Battery RFA, Birmingham

116 Field Battery RFA, Coventry

2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regiment, Lichfield

4 Provisional Battalion, Lichfield

[no battalion at Preston]

[no battalion at Manchester]

[joining 1903-1 RWF to Lichfield]

VI. SCOTTISH DISTRICT

[HQ-Edinburgh]

17th Lancers, Edinburgh

21 Company RGA, Leith

22 Company RGA, Leith

3 Company, Coast Battalion RE-Greenock

6 Company, Coast Battalion RE-Broughty Ferry

7 Company, Coast Battalion RE-Leith

1st Bn Gordon Highlanders, Glasgow


5/23

1st Bn Cameron Highlanders, Fort George

no bn at Edinburgh-1st Bn Black Watch to join 12/02

VII. SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRICT

[HQ-Dover]

1st Dragoons, Shorncliffe

3rd Provisional Dragoons, Canterbury

22nd Brigade RFA-104, 105, 106 Field Batteries, Shorncliffe

23rd Brigade RFA-107, 108, 109 Field Batteries, Brighton

2 Field Battery, 13th Brigade RFA, Shorncliffe

26 Field Battery, 17th Brigade RFA, Shorncliffe

43 Field Battery, 12 Brigade RFA, Shorncliffe

23 Siege Battery RGA, Dover

41 Company RGA, Dover

2nd Bn The Buffs, Dover

2nd

Bn Royal Sussex Regiment, Shorncliffe

1st Bn Royal West Kent Regiment, Shorncliffe

1 Provisional Battalion, Shorncliffe

10 Provisional Battalion, Dover

no battalion at Brighton [prewar station]

[to join 1903-2nd Bn South Lancashire Regt-Shorncliffe]

VIII. SOUTHERN DISTRICT

[HQ-Portsmouth]

5th Brigade RHA-A Battery/Dorchester, BB Battery/Christchurch

16th Brigade RFA & 89 Field Battery, Hilsea

4 Company RGA, Portsmouth

10 Company RGA, Golden Hill


6/23


12 Company RGA, Landguard Fort

16 Company RGA, Weymouth

25 Company RGA, Fareham

26 Heavy Battery RGA, Fareham



32 Siege Battery RGA, Portsmouth


34 Company RGA, Portsmouth

35 Siege Battery RGA, Fareham



4 Submarine Mining Company RE, Gosport

19 Survey Company RE, Southampton

22 Submarine Mining Company RE, Isle of Wight

52 Fortress Company RE, Portsmouth

10 Company, Coast Battalion RE, Weymouth

2nd Bn Hampshire Regiment, Portsmouth

2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters, Parkhurst

2nd Bn Dorsetshire Regiment, Portland

1st Bn Rifle Brigade, Portsmouth

11 Provisional Battalion, Portsmouth

IX. THAMES DISTRICT

[HQ-Chatham]

2 Company RGA, Sheerness


7/23




19 Company RGA, Shoeburyness


34 Submarine Mining Company RE, Gravesend

39 Fortress Company RE, Sheerness

53 Railway Company RE, Chatham

59 Field Company RE, Chatham

2nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers, Gravesend

1st Bn Welsh Regiment, Gravesend

1st Bn Oxfordshire Light Infantry, Chatham

12th Provisional Battalion, Chatham

[to join 1903-2nd Bn OBLI, 4th Bn RB]

X. WESTERN DISTRICT

[HQ-Devonport]

24th Brigade RFA-110, 111, 112 Field Batteries, Bulford

25th Brigade RFA-113, 114, 115 Field Batteries, Bulford

27th Brigade RFA-119, 120, 121 Field Batteries, Exeter

117 Field Battery, Bristol

118 Field Battery, Trowbridge

7 Company RGA, Plymouth





39 Siege Battery RGA, Plymouth


8/23

105 Company RGA, Falmouth

13 Survey Company RE, Bristol

30 Submarine Mining Company RE, Plymouth

35 Submarine Mining Company RE, Pembroke Dock

57 Field Company RE, Plymouth

58 Field Company RE, Salisbury Plain

2 Company, Coast Battalion RE, Cardiff

9 Company, Coast Battalion RE, Falmouth

2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Devonport

2nd Bn Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry, Devonport

1st Bn North Lancashire Regiment, Devonport

1st Bn Border Regiment, Plymouth

5 Provisional Battalion, Devonport

[no battalion at Pembroke Dock]

XI. WOOLWICH DISTRICT

[HQ-Woolwich]

2nd Brigade RHA- V & W Batteries

14th Brigade RHA-M & Q Batteries

8 Brigade RFA-31, 61, 65 Howitzer Batteries

10 Field Battery, 17 Brigade RFA

4th Bn Royal Fusiliers

XII. BELFAST DISTRICT

[HQ-Belfast]

[no cavalry regiment at Belfast]

15 Company RGA, Londonderry


9/23

1st Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Belfast

1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers, Belfast

1st Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Londonderry

8 Provisional Battalion, Belfast

13 Provisional Battalion, Belfast

XIII. CORK DISTRICT

[HQ-Cork]

[no cavalry regiment at Cork but 3 DG joins 1903]

Provisional Lancers, Cork

14th Brigade RFA-39 Battery/Kilkenny, 68 & 88 Batteries/Limerick

90 Field Battery, Longford

91 Field Battery, Waterford

28th Brigade RFA-122, 123, 124 Field Batteries, Cahir

29th Brigade RFA-126, 127, 128 Field Batteries, Fermoy

31st

Brigade RFA-131, 132 Batteries/Kildare, 133 Battery/Buttevant

33rd Brigade RFA-137, 138, 139 Field Batteries, Kildare

5 Company RGA, Cork

8 Company RGA, Cork

1 Fortress Company RE, Cork

33 Submarine Mining Company RE, Cork

2nd Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment, Limerick

2nd Bn Royal Irish Regiment, Fermoy

1st Bn Worcestershire Regiment, Templemore

3rd Bn Worcestershire Regiment, Tiperrary

3rd Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps, Cork

4th Bn Manchester Regiment, Cork

1st Bn Leinster Regiment, Fermoy


10/23

2nd Bn Munster Fusiliers, Kinsale

2nd Bn Dublin Fusiliers, Buttevant

6 Provisional Battalion, Fermoy

14 Provisional Battalion, Cork

XIV. CURRAGH DISTRICT

[HQ-The Curragh Camp]

6th Dragoons

2 Provisional Dragoons

1 Provisional Hussars

[to join1903-11th Hussars]

[to join 1903-19th Hussars]

4th Brigade RHA-Z and AA Batteries, Newbridge

54 Field Company RE

56 Field Company RE

4th

Bn Lancashire Fusiliers

[no second bn at the Curragh]

XV. DUBLIN DISTRICT

[HQ-Dublin]

21st Lancers, Dublin

32nd Brigade RFA-134, 135, 136 Field Batteries, Dundalk

14 Survey Company RE, Dublin

4th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1st Bn East Lancashire Regiment

4th Bn Middlesex Regiment

2nd Bn Seaforth Highlanders

1st Bn Connaught Rangers, Mullingar

3rd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers?


11/23

[ to join 1903-2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles]

7 Provisional Battalion

15 Provisional Battalion

XVI. GUERNSEY & ALDERNEY

13 Company RGA

2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment (joining 1902-3)

XVII. JERSEY

20 Company RGA

2nd Bn Highland Light Infantry

SOUTH AFRICA

2nd Dragoon Guards

3rd Dragoon Guards to Ballincollig

6th Dragoon Guards to Bangalore

7th

Dragoon Guards

2nd Dragoons - to Norwich

7th Hussars

8th Hussars - to Aldershot

10th Hussars - to Mhow

19th Hussars - to Curragh

11th Brigade RHA-G & O Batteries to Bangalore/Lucknow

12th Brigade RHA-P & R Batteries - to Mhow

T Battery, 12th Brigade RHA

2nd Brigade RFA-21, 42, 53 Batteries to Bradford

6th Brigade RFA-74, 77, 79 Batteries to Dagshai/Fyzabad/Bareilly

7th Brigade RFA-4, 38, 78 Batteries-toAhmednagar/Neemuch and

Nasirabad


12/23

9th Brigade RFA-19, 20, 28 Batteries

10th Brigade RFA, 76, 81, 82 Batteries



84 Company RGA, Capetown

97 Company RGA, Capetown

102 Company RGA

10 Mountain Battery RGA

5 Field Company RE

7 Field Company RE

8 Railway Company RE -to Chatham

9 Field Company RE

10 Railway Company RE

11 Field Company RE -to Shorncliffe

12 Field Company RE

17 Field Company RE to Aldershot

20 Fortress Company RE

23 Field Company RE- to Bordon

26 Field Company RE



37 Field Company RE

38 Field Company RE


45 Steam Transport Company RE

46 Field Company RE

47 Field Company RE


13/23

1st Division, Telegraph Battalion RE

A & C Troops, Bridging Battalion RE

1, 2, 3, 4 Field Troops RE

Searchlight Section RE

1st Bn Royal Scots -to Aldershot

2nd Bn Queens Regiment

2nd Bn Kings Own Royal Regiment to Farnborough

1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers- to Mauritius

2nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers- to Gravesend

1st Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment

2nd Bn Royal Norfolk Regiment- to Colchester

2nd Bn Lincolnshire Regiment to Aldershot

2nd Bn Devonshire Regiment- to Bordon

2nd Bn Somerset Light Infantry to Aldershot

2nd

Bn West Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn Bedfordshire Regiment to Colchester

1st Bn Royal Irish Regiment

2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers to Aldershot

1st Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers toLichfield

2nd Bn South Wales Borderers

1st Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers -to Belfast

2nd Bn Scottish Rifles

1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment -to Lucknow

2nd Bn Gloucestershire Regiment

1st Bn Worcestershire Regiment to Templemore

2nd Bn Worcestershire Regiment

2nd Bn East Surrey Regiment to Lucknow


14/23

1st Bn Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

1st Bn South Staffordshire Regiment

1st Bn South Lancashire Regiment - to Jubbulpore

2nd Bn Kings Shropshire Light Infantry to Rhaniket

2nd Bn Middlesex Regiment- to Hounslow

3rd Bn Middlesex Regiment

3rd Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps to Cork

4th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn Wiltshire Regiment -to Longmoor

1st Bn Manchester Regiment -to Singapore

3rd Bn Manchester Regiment

1st Bn Highland Light Infantry -to Egypt

2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles -to Dublin

1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers to Belfast

1st

Bn Connaught Rangers to Mullingar

1st Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders to Longmoor

2nd Bn Leinster Regiment

1st Bn Munster Fusiliers to Multan

1st Bn Dublin Fusiliers to Crete

4th Bn Rifle Brigade - to Chatham

[to join 1903-4th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers]

INDIA PUNJAB-

3rd Hussars, Sialkot

9th Lancers, Rawalpindi

12th Lancers, Umballa

D Battery RHA, Umballa

F Battery RHA, Rawalpindi


15/23

I Battery RHA, Umballa

K Battery RHA, Sialkot

74 Company RGA, Thobba

2 Mountain Battery RGA, Bara Gala

3 Mountain Battery RGA, Kalabagh

5 Mountain Battery RGA, Jutogh

7 Mountain Battery RGA, Jutogh

1st Bn Queens Regiment, Peshawar

1st Bn Devonshire Regiment, Rhaniket

1st Bn Somerset Light Infantry, Peshawar

2nd Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Chakratta

1st Bn South Wales Borderers, Chakratta

1st Bn Cameronians, Nowshera

1st Bn Hampshire Regiment, Cherat

2nd

Bn Black Watch, Umballa

1st Bn Northamptonshire Regiment, Dagshai

2nd Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps, Rawalpindi

1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment, Cherat

2nd Bn Gordon Highlanders, Sialkot

BENGAL-

4th Dragoon Guards, Muttra

5th Dragoon Guards, Lucknow

4th Hussars, Meerut

15th Hussars, Meerut

H Battery RHA, Meerut

J Battery RHA, Rawalpindi


16/23

1st Brigade RFA-13/Meerut, 67/Jullunder, 69/Muttra

4th Brigade RFA-7/Jhansi, 14/Cawnpore, 66/Jhansi

5th Brigade RFA-63/Allahabad, 64/Cawnpore, 73/Ahmednagar

34th Brigade RFA-50/Agra, 70/Bareilly

35th Brigade RFA-27/Dinapoe, 36/Barrackpore, 60/Allahabad

36th Brigade RFA-15/Fyzabad, 48/Lucknow, 71/Bareilly

38th Brigade RFA-24/Meerut, 34/Campbellpore, 72/Meerut

39th Brigade RFA-46/Meeanmeer, 51/Ferozepore, 54/Meeanmeer

44th Brigade RFA-3/Campbellpore, 30/Fyzabad, 57/Meeanmeer

45th Brigade RFA-11/Meeanmeer, 52/Jubbulpore, 80/Nowgong

42 Siege Battery RGA, Rurkee

43 Heavy Battery RGA, Multan


59 Company RGA, Ferozepore

65 Company RGA, Delhi

68 Company RGA, Rurkee

69 Company RGA, Agra

71 Siege Battery RGA, Nowgong

72 Heavy Battery RGA, Nowgong

75 Company RGA, Allahabad

77 Company RGA, Calcutta

85 Company RGA, Bararckpore

86 Company RGA, Multan

90 Heavy Battery, Campbellpore


6 Mountain Battery RGA, Murree

1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment, Belgaum ???


17/23

1st Bn Bedfordshire Regiment, Jhansi

2nd Bn Yorkshire Regiment, Cawnpore

1st Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers, Allahabad

2nd Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Dinapore

2nd Bn East Lancashire Regiment, Jullunder

1st Bn East Surrey Regiment, Jhansi

2nd Bn West Riding Regiment, Dinapore

1st Bn Royal Sussex Regiment, Sitapur

2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment, Agra

1st Bn Dorsetshire Regiment, Ferozepore

2nd Bn South Lancashire Regiment, Jubbulpore

2nd Bn Welsh Regiment, Subathu

1st Bn Royal Irish Rifles, Dehra Dun

2nd Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers, Gharial

2nd

Bn Connaught Rangers, Meerut

2nd Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Calcutta

3rd Bn Rifle Brigade, Meerut

BOMBAY-

10th Hussars, Mhow

12th Brigade RHA-P & R Batteries, Mhow

41st Brigade RFA-32/Deesa, 33/Karachi, 47/Hyderabad

52 Company RGA, Bombay



73 Company RGA, Quetta



18/23

82 Company RGA, Quetta

1 Mountain Battery RGA, Quetta



1st Bn Royal Norfolk Regiment, Bombay

2nd Bn Suffolk Regiment, Karachi

1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment, Quetta

1st Bn Cheshire Regiment, Quetta

2nd Bn Oxfordshire Light Infantry, Poona

1st Bn Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, Poona

1st Bn North Staffordshire Regiment, Bombay

1st Bn York & Lancaster Regiment, Mhow

MADRAS-

6th Dragoon Guards, Bangalore [to UK 1903]

E Battery RHA, Kirkee

L Battery RHA, Secunderabad

3rd Brigade RFA-18/Kirkee, 62/Kemptee, 75/Ahmednagar

25 Field Battery RFA, Bangalore

37th Brigade RFA-31/Belgaum, 35 & 55/St Thomas Mount

40th Brigade RFA-4, 23, 49 Batteries-Trimulgherry

42nd Brigade RFA-29/Kirkee, 40/Bangalore, 45/St Thomas Mount

43rd Brigade RFA-1/Ahmednagar, 6/Secunderabad, 41/Nasirabad

2nd Bn Royal Scots, Poona

1st Bn The Buffs, Poona

1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Belgaum

1st Bn Lincolnshire Regiment, Secunderabad

1st Bn Leicestershire Regiment, Madras


19/23

1st Bn Essex Regiment, Bangalore

1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, Secunderabad

1st Bn Durham Light Infantry, Madras

COLONIES HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA

98 Company RGA

103 Company RGA


40 Submarine Mining Company RE

5th Bn Royal Garrison Regiment

BERMUDA

3 Company RGA

95 Company RGA




3rd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment

4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment

3rd Bn West India Regiment

BARBADOS

3rd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers

JAMAICA

47 Company RGA

66 Company RGA

1st Bn West India Regiment

GIBRALTAR

1 Company RGA


20/23

6 Company RGA

9 Company RGA

46 Company RGA

49 Company RGA

50 Company RGA





1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd Bn North Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn Royal Garrison Regiment

MALTA

44 Company RGA

48 Company RGA

63 Company RGA

77 Siege Battery RGA

81 Company RGA

92 Company RGA

93 Company RGA

96 Company RGA

99 Company RGA

100 Company RGA




1st Bn Kings Own Royal Regiment


21/23

2nd Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn Royal Garrison Regiment

3rd Bn Royal Garrison Regiment

4th Bn Royal Garrison Regiment

CRETE

2nd Bn Cameron Highlanders

EGYPT

20th Hussars

4 Mountain Battery RGA


3rd Bn Royal Fusiliers

2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment [to UK 1903-replaced by 1 HLI]

2nd Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

2nd

Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment

1st Bn Seaforth Highlanders

2nd Bn Rifle Brigade

ADEN

45 Company RGA

54 Company RGA

55 Company RGA

SOMALILAND

6th Bn Kings African Rifles

CENTRAL AFRICA 1st Bn Kings African Rifles 2nd Bn Kings African Rifles EAST AFRICA

3rd Bn Kings African Rifles

UGANDA



22/23


SIERRA LEONE

40 Company RGA

2nd Bn West India Regiment

West Africa Regiment

MAURITIUS

56 Company RGA

57 Company RGA

101 Company RGA


[joining 1903-1st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers]

CEYLON

87 Company RGA, Trincomalee

88 Company RGA, Colombo


2nd Bn Royal West Kent Regiment

BURMA

61 Company RGA, Rangoon

70 Company RGA, Rangoon

1st Bn Royal Fusiliers, Mandalay

1st Bn Border Regiment, Maymyo

SINGAPORE

62 Company RGA

64 Company RGA

1/2 41 Fortress Company RE


23/23

[to join 1903-1st Bn Manchester Regiment]

HONG KONG

78 Company RGA

80 Company RGA

89 Company RGA



1st Bn Sherwood Foresters

WEI-HAI-WEI The Chinese Regiment ESQUIMALT, BRITISH COLUMBIA

58 Company RGA

83 Company RGA



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