British Grenadiers

Did the British Army use Grenadier Regiments/Battalions during the Napoleonic Wars? I noticed that the British have no Grenadiers in-game, and I was wondering if that was a -up on part of CA, or if it was historically accurate.

By the time of the Peninsular War the practice of massing companies of Grenadiers & Light Infantry was dying out as it was seen as detrimental to the owning battalion (Fortescue, page 916, History of the British Army volume IV, Book 2 XII); that said it still happened now and again e.g at Barossa.

Browne's Flank Battalion (22officers 514 men)
1/9th Foot Regiment (2 coys)
1/28th Foot Regiment (2 coys)
2/82nd Foot Regiment (2 coys)
Barnard's Flank Battalion (29 officers 6l5 men)
3/95th Foot Regiment (4 coys)
2/47th Foot Regiment (2 coys)

In the British Army during this period, there were no grenadier regiments. AFAIK there never were, either. The British had grenadiers and light infantry as "flank companies". They were largely composed of the same number of men as other companies, but with a specialized role. In earlier times flank companies were often formed together into grenadier or light infantry battalions, but as Prince of Essling points out, this practice was being abandoned by the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Because the parent regiments still had the flank companies on their establishment, they were still responsible for the feeding, clothing, and equipping of them, even if detached. This put a great strain on the regiment as the composite grenadier/light infantry battalions could often be posted far away from their parent regiments.

Okay, thanks. It just seemed unfair to me that the French had Grenadiers and the Brits didn't.