Hey guys,
I have put together a list of (roughly) accurate British Army Regiments from the period of the Napoleonic Wars and thought I'd post it here to share.
Cheers!
EDIT: Updated the list and changed the format slightly using colours. The updated list is thanks entirely to the input of Prince Essling (see his posts below) so don't forget to +rep him for it!
EDIT 2: Another shout out to Didz for providing some more info, particularly on the Scottish regiments. I feel like I'm just trying to collate the information, the rest of you guys are doing all the hard work! Keep it coming and a big cheers to ya!
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UNIT COLOUR GUIDE
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INFANTRY
Light Foot
Rifles
Line
Highland Line
Guards
CAVALRY
Light Dragoons
Dragoons
Dragoon Guards
Guards
Artillery
King's German Legion
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BRITISH ARMY REGIMENTS - (NAPOLEONIC ERA)
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HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY
1st Regiment of Life Guards
2nd Regiment of Life Guards
Royal Horse Guards
CAVALRY OF THE LINE
HEAVY CAVALRY
1st (King's) Dragoon Guards
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
3rd (Prince of Wales') Dragoon Guards
4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales') Dragoon Guards
6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers)
7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards
1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons
2nd (The Royal North British) Regiment of Dragoons - Special Unit "The Scots Greys"
3rd (The King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons
4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons
5th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons- (disbanded in 1799 for “treachery”)
6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons
LIGHT CAVALRY
7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (designated as Hussars in 1807)
8th (The King's Royal Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (designated as Hussars in 1822)
9th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (designated as Lancers in 1816 and given title of "Queen's Royal" in 1830)
10th (Prince of Wales' Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) - Special Unit "10th Hussars"
11th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
12th (Prince of Wales') Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (armed as Lancers in 1812)
13th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
14th (The Duchess of York's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) - Special Unit "15th Hussars"
16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (designated as Lancers in 1816)
17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (designated as Lancers in 1822)
18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) - (designated as Hussars in 1807)
19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
20th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
21st Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
22nd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
23rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
24th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
25th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
26th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (disbanded 1812)
27th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (disbanded 1812)
28th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (disbanded 1812)
29th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (disbanded 1812)
SUPPORT ARMS
1st Battalion / Royal Regiment of Artillery - 10 companies
2nd Battalion / Royal Regiment of Artillery - 10 companies
3rd Battalion / Royal Regiment of Artillery - 10 companies
4th Battalion / Royal Regiment of Artillery - 10 companies
5th Battalion / Royal Regiment of Artillery - 10 companies
6th Battalion / Royal Regiment of Artillery - 10 companies
7th Battalion / Royal Regiment of Artillery - 10 companies
8th Battalion / Royal Regiment of Artillery - 10 companies
9th Battalion / Royal Regiment of Artillery - 10 companies
10th Battalion / Royal Regiment of Artillery - 10 companies
A Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
B Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
C Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
D Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
E Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
F Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
G Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
H Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
I Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
K Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
L Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
M Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
1st Rocket Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
2nd Rocket Troop / Royal Horse Artillery
INFANTRY
FOOT GUARDS
1st Regiment of Foot Guards - 3 battalions (awarded title of Grenadiers in 1815)
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards - 2 battalions
3rd Regiment of Foot Guards - 2 battalions (title of “Scots” restored in 1830)
LINE INFANTRY
1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot - 4 battalions (renamed 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots) in 1812)
2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs) - 2 battalions
4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot – 1 battalion
14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot - 3 battalions
15th (Yorkshire, East Riding) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
25th (King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot - 3 battalions
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
33rd (1st Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
41st Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions (formerly the 41st (Royal Invalids) Regiment of Foot, later the 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot in 1831)
42nd (The Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) - 2 battalions - Special Unit "The Black Watch"
43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
45th (1st Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot – 1 battalion
47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot - 3 battalions
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot - 10 battalions (but 9th & 10th were embryonic)
- 5th Battalion / 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot
- 8th Battalion / 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot - (2 companies were rifle armed)
61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
68th (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion - became (Surrey) in 1812
71st (Highland Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions - formerly 1st bn 73rd (Highland) Regiment
72nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Seaforth's Highlanders) - 2 battalions (formerly the 78th Highland Regiment, redesignated as lowland in 1809, no longer wore highland dress)
73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders) - 2 battalions (1st bn became 71st (Highland) Regiment in 1786, 2nd was bn disbanded)
74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Campbell's Highlanders) - 1 battalion
75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Abercromby's Highlanders) - 1 battalion
76th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Macdonald's Highlanders) - 1 battalion (disbanded in 1784, number re-used by the Honourable East India company in 1787)
77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Ross-shire Buffs) - 2 battalions (renumbered as 72nd (Highland) Regiment in 1784, re-raised in 1795 merged again with the 72nd in 1881)
79th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) - 2 battalions (raised 1793)
80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
82nd (The Prince of Wales' Volunteers) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
85th (Bucks Volunteers Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions (formerly the 86th (Shropshire Volunteers) in 1793 and the 86th (Leinster) Regiment of Foot in 1806)
87th (The Prince of Wales' Own Irish) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions - Special Unit
89th Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
90th (Perthshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
91st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Highlanders) - 2 battalions (formerly the 98th, redesignated in 1796)
92nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Gordon Highlanders) - 2 battalions (formerly the 100th, redesignated in 1798)
93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Sutherland Highlanders) - 2 battalions (formerly 'The Sutherland Fencibles' and raised from selected men of those who still wished to serve when the last two fencible regiments were disbanded in 1793)
94th (Scotch Brigade) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen)
- 1st Battalion / 95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen)
- 2nd Battalion / 95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen)
- 3rd Battalion / 95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen)
- 4th Battalion / 95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen)
- 5th Battalion / 95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen)
96th Regiment of Foot - 2 battalions
97th (Queen’s Own Germans) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
98th Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
99th (Prince of Wales’ Tipperary) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
100th (Prince Regent’s County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
101st (Duke of York’s Irish) Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion
102nd Regiment of Foot (New South Wales Corps) - 1 battalion
103rd Regiment of Foot - 1 battalion (formed from the 9th Garrison Battalion)
104th Regiment of Foot (New Brunswick Regiment) - 1 battalion (created from New Brunswick Fencible Infantry)
KING'S GERMAN LEGION
CAVALRY
1st Regiment of Dragoons - (converted to Light Dragoons in 1812/13?)
2nd Regiment of Dragoons - (converted to Light Dragoons in 1812/13?)
1st Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (converted to Hussars in 1812/13?, but referred to as Hussars as early as late 1808!)
2nd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (converted to Hussars in 1812/13?, but referred to as Hussars as early as late 1808!)
3rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons - (converted to Hussars in 1812/13?, but referred to as Hussars as early as late 1808!)
INFANTRY
1st Light Infantry Battalion - (rifle armed)
2nd Light Infantry Battalion - (rifle armed)
1st Line Battalion
2nd Line Battalion
3rd Line Battalion
4th Line Battalion
(KGL Line eventually grew to 8 line battalions)