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| Minister of War and The Colonies | Jun 1 2006, 08:42 PM Post #1 |
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Colonial Territory of the British Empire ![]() The Empire circa 1815 Major Colonies British India ![]() Seat of Government: New Delhi Governor-General of British India: Date of Acquisition: Various Currency: Rupee Main Products: Dyes, Textiles Native Population: Roughly 250 Million White Population: Roughly 100,000 British North America Colonies within: Newfoundland New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Upper Canada Lower Canada British Alaska British California Seat of Government: Toronto Governor-General of British North America: Date of Acquisition: Various Currency: British Pound Main Products: Timber, Paper And Pulp Products, Furs Native Population: White Population: Cape Colony ![]() Seat of Government: Cape Town Governor-General of The Cape Colony: Date of Acquisition: 1815 Currency: British Pound Main Products: Agricultural Native Population: Unknown, but large White Population: Australia ![]() Seat of Government: Syndey Governor-General of Australia: Date of Acquisition: Various Currency: British Pound Main Products: Wool, Gold, Agricultural Products Native Population: Between 150,000 and 200,000 White Population: Roughly 1 million New Zealand ![]() Seat of Government: Wellington Governor-General of New Zealand: Date of Acquisition: 1840 Currency: British Pound Main Products: Wool, Agricultural Products Native Population: Estimated at between 100,000 and 200,000 White Population:Roughly 22,000 Other Colonies Europe Channel Islands Gibraltar Malta Heligoland United States of the Ionian Islands Crete (British partial control of finances) Cyprus (British administration) The Americas and the Carribean Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda The Bahamas Barbados Bermuda British California The Virgin Islands Jamaica, The Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands (Single Colony) Dominica Grenada Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad Tobago The Mosquito Coast British Guiana Florianopolis (Brazil) The Falkland Islands Port Desire South Georgia Africa The Gambia Sierra Leone Conakry Kamsar The Gold Coast The Horn of Africa Saint Helena Ascension Island Tristan Da Cunha ![]() British India under the British East India Company British India and the Indian Ocean Bengal Bihar Orissa Calcutta Bombay Madras Gujarat Ceylon The Seychelles Mauritius Musandam Oman (Protectorate) ![]() Asia Brunei (protectorate) Hong Kong Straits settlement Malacca Penang Oceania Pitcairn Islands New Britain New Ireland |
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| Minister of War and The Colonies | Jun 1 2006, 08:46 PM Post #2 |
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British Indian Army Infantry Each Indian Infantry Regiment numbers 2,000 Men * 1st Brahmans * 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Rajput Light Infantry * 3rd Brahmans * 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs * 5th Light Infantry * 6th Jat Light Infantry * 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs * 8th Rajputs * 9th Bhopal Infantry * 10th Jats * 11th Rajputs * 12th Pioneers (The Keat-i-Ghilzai Regiment * 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment) * 14th Ferozepore Sikhs * 15th Ludhiana Sikhs * 16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment) * 17th The Loyal Regiment * 18th Infantry * 19th Punjabis * 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjabis * 21st Punjabis * 22nd Punjabis * 23rd Sikh Pioneers * 24th Punjabis * 25th Punjabis * 26th Punjabis * 27th Punjabis * 28th Punjabis * 29th Punjabis * 30th Punjabis * 31st Punjabis * 32nd Sikh Pioneers * 33rd Punjabis * 34th Sikh Pioneers * 35th Sikhs * 36th Sikhs * 37th Dogras * 38th Dogras * 39th Garhwal Rifles * 40th Pathans * 41st Dogras * 42nd Deoli Regiment * 43rd Erinpura Regiment * 44th Mharawara Regiment * 45th Rattray's Sikhs * 46th Punjabis * 47th Sikhs * 48th Pioneers * 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) * 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) * 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force) * 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) * 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force) * 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) * 57th Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force) * 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) * 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) * 61st Pioneers * 62nd Punjabis * 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry * 64th Pioneers * 65th Carnatic Infantry * 66th Punjabis * 67th Punjabis * 69th Punjabis * 71st Coorg Infantry * 72nd Punjabis * 73rd Carnatic Infantry * 74th Punjabis * 75th Carnatic Infantry * 76th Punjabis * 77th Moplah Rifles * 78th Moplah Rifles * 79th Carnatic Infantry * 80th Carnatic Infantry * 81st Pioneers * 82nd Punjabis * 83rd Wallajahabad Light Infantry * 84th Punjabis * 86th Carnatic Infantry * 87th Punjabis * 88th Carnatic Infantry * 89th Punjabis * 90th Punjabis * 91st Punjabis (Light Infantry) * 92nd Punjabis * 93rd Burma Infantry * 94th Russell's Infantry * 95th Russell's Infantry * 96th Berah Infantry * 97th Deccan Infantry * 98th Infantry * 99th Deccan Infantry * 101st Grenadiers * 102nd Grenadiers * 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry * 104th Wellesley's Rifles * 105th Mahratta Light Infantry * 106th Hazara Pioneers * 107th Pioneers * 108th Infantry * 109th Infantry * 110th Mahratta Light Infantry * 112th Infantry * 113th Infantry * 114th Mahrattas * 116th Mahrattas * 117th Mahrattas * 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) * 120th Rajputana Infantry * 121st Pioneers * 122nd Rajputana Infantry * 123rd Outram's Rifles * 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan * 125th Napier's Rifles * 126th Baluchistan Infantry * 127th Baluch Light Infantry * 128th Pioneers * 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis * 130th Baluchis * 131st Chillianwala Sikhs * 132nd Chillianwala Sikhs * 133rd Chillianwala Sikhs * 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) * 2nd Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) * 3rd Gurkha Rifles * 4th Gurkha Rifles * 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) * 6th Gurkha Rifles * 7th Gurkha Rifles * 8th Gurkha Rifles * 9th Gurkha Rifles * 10th Gurkha Rifles British Indian Army Cavalry Each Indian Infantry Regiment numbers 1,000 Men * Governor General's Bodyguard * Governor's Bodyguard, Madras * Governor's Bodyguard, Bombay * 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) * 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) * 3rd Skinner's Horse * 4th Lancers - (4th Cavalry in 1904) * 5th Cavalry * 6th Prince of Wales's Cavalry * 7th Lancers - (7th Hariana Lancers in 1904) * 8th Lancers - (8th Cavalry in 1904) * 9th Hodson's Horse * 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse) * 11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers - (11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) in 1904) * 12th Cavalry * 13th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse) * 14th Murray's Jat Lancers * 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) * 16th Cavalry * 17th Cavalry * 18th Tiawana Lancers * 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) * 20th Deccan Horse * 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) * 22nd Cavalry (Frontier Force) - (22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry (Frontier Force) in 1904) * 23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force) * 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) * 26th Light Cavalry * 27th Light Cavalry * 28th Light Cavalry * 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) * 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse) * 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers * 32nd Lancers * 33rd Queen's Own Light Cavalry * 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse * 35th Scinde Horse * 36th Jacob's Horse * 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse) * 38th Central India Horse * 39th Central India Horse ---------------------------------------------- Indian Garrisons Calcutta 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot 12th (the East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot 19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot 29th (the Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 32nd (the Cornwall) Regiment of Foot 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot 87th (or Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade 3rd (The King's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 15th (The King's) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars) 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers) Total: 10,000 Infantry; 4,000 Cavalry Madras 3rd (the East Kent) Regiment of Foot 10th (the North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British Fusiliers) 22nd (the Cheshire) Regiment of Foot 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot 39th (the Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 41st (the Welsh) Regiment of Foot 74th Regiment of Foot 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry) 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot Total: 10,000 Infantry Bombay 24th (the 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 31st (the Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot 44th (the East Essex) Regiment of Foot 57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 62nd (the Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 63rd (the West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot 94th Regiment of Foot Total: 7,000 Infantry Colonial Garrisons Cephalonia 50th (the Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot 56th (the West Essex) Regiment of Foot 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) Total: 3,000 Infantry Halifax 9th (the East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) 93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot Total: 3,000 Infantry Quebec 30th (the Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 67th (the South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Total: 4,000 Infantry Ontario 36th (the Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 89th Regiment of Foot Total: 2,000 Infantry Alaska 76th Regiment of Foot Total: 1,000 Infantry West Indies 20th (the East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 46th (the South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) 1st West India Regiment 2nd West India Regiment Total: 5,000 Infantry Freetown 3rd West India Regiment Royal African Colonial Corps of Light Infantry Total: 2,000 Infantry Capetown 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 28th (the North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 33rd (the 1st Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot 58th (the Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot 2nd Battalion, 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot 91st Regiment of Foot 92nd Regiment of Foot 96th Regiment of Foot 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot 3rd (The Prince of Wales') Dragoon Guards 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards 16th (The Queen's) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers) Total: 9,000 Infantry; 3,000 Cavalry Musandam (Oman) 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 17th (the Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs) 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) Total: 5,000 Infantry Sydney 34th (the Cumberland) Regiment of Foot 37th (the North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot 98th Regiment of Foot Total: 4,000 Infantry Auckland, NZ 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot Total: 1,000 Infantry Hong Kong 26th (The Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot 55th (the Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) Total: 4,000 Infantry San Francisco San Francisco Bay Battalion Total: 1,000 Infantry Somalia * 131st Chillianwala Sikhs * 132nd Chillianwala Sikhs * 133rd Chillianwala Sikhs Total: 6,000 Sepoy Infantry |
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| Minister of War and The Colonies | Jun 1 2006, 08:52 PM Post #3 |
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Colonial Fleets and Squadrons![]() East India Fleet Admiral Commanding: James Alexander Gordon Fleet Headquarters: Colombo 1st Rates Acasta (1836) (100 Smoothbore Guns, 10 Millar Shell Guns) 2nd Rates - 3rd Rates Minden (1838) (67 Smoothbore Guns, 7 Millar Shell Guns) Vengeur (1837) (67 Smoothbore Guns, 7 Millar Shell Guns) Duncan (1841) (67 Smoothbore Guns, 7 Millar Shell Guns) Pitt (1839) (67 Smoothbore Guns, 7 Millar Shell Guns) Black Prince (1816) (67 Smoothbore Guns, 7 Millar Shell Guns) 4th Rates - 5th Rates Emerald (1832) (33 Smoothbore Guns, 3 Millar Shell Guns) Dryad (1840) (33 Smoothbore Guns, 3 Millar Shell Guns) 6th Rates - Number of Ships First Rates: 1 Ship Second Rates: - Third Rates: 5 Ships Fourth Rates: - Fifth Rates: 2 Ships Sixth Rates: - Total Ships: 8 Ships ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ![]() Pacific Fleet Admiral of the Fleet: John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Fleet Headquarters: Hong Kong 1st Rates Boyne (1832) (94 Smoothbore Guns, 10 Millar Shell Guns) 2nd Rates - 3rd Rates Hogue (1831) (67 Smoothbore Guns, 7 Millar Shell Guns) Stirling Castle (1811) (67 Smoothbore Guns, 7 Millar Shell Guns) Edinburgh (1836) (67 Smoothbore Guns, 7 Millar Shell Guns) Minotaur (1846) (67 Smoothbore Guns, 7 Millar Shell Guns) Hero (1834) (67 Smoothbore Guns, 7 Millar Shell Guns) 4th Rates - 5th Rates Weymouth (1804) (33 Smoothbore Guns, 3 Millar Shell Guns) Leonidas (1838) (33 Smoothbore Guns, 3 Millar Shell Guns) 6th Rates Drake (1840) (24 Smoothbore Guns, 2 Millar Shell Guns) Menai (1840) (24 Smoothbore Guns, 2 Millar Shell Guns) Number of Ships First Rates: 1 Ship Second Rates: - Third Rates: 5 Ships Fourth Rates: - Fifth Rates: 2 Ships Sixth Rates: 2 Ships Total Ships: 10 Ships Dockyards Great Dockyards Portsmouth Plymouth Chatham Glasgow Large Dockyards Woolwich Deptford Belfast Medium Dockyards Liverpool Cardiff Newcastle Madras, India Small Dockyards Halifax, Canada Aberdeen Edinburgh Port New Albion, San Francisco Bay Sydney, Australia Hong Kong Information obtained from Wikipedia articles on the Battle of the Nile and Trafalagar, list of Royal Navy Ship Names, this rather handy site here and finally here[/I][/U] |
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| Minister of War and The Colonies | Jun 2 2006, 02:35 AM Post #4 |
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Order of Battle of the Indian Armies I Indian Corps ![]() Commander of the Corps: - Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Size of the Corps: – 35,000 (30,000 Sepoy, 5,000 Sowar) *1st Brahmans * 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment of Rajput Light Infantry * 3rd Brahmans * 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs * 5th Light Infantry * 6th Jat Light Infantry * 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs * 8th Rajputs * 9th Bhopal Infantry * 10th Jats * 11th Rajputs * 12th Pioneers (The Keat-i-Ghilzai Regiment * 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment) * 14th Ferozepore Sikhs * 15th Ludhiana Sikhs • * 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers * 2nd Lancers * 3rd Skinner's Horse * 4th Lancers * 5th Cavalry II Indian Corps ![]() Commander of the Corps: - Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough Size of the Corps: – 70,000 (60,000 Sepoy, 10,000 Sowar) * 15th Ludhiana Sikhs * 16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment) * 17th The Loyal Regiment * 18th Infantry * 19th Punjabis * 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Punjabis * 21st Punjabis * 22nd Punjabis * 23rd Sikh Pioneers * 24th Punjabis * 25th Punjabis * 26th Punjabis * 27th Punjabis * 28th Punjabis * 29th Punjabis * 30th Punjabis * 31st Punjabis * 32nd Sikh Pioneers * 33rd Punjabis * 34th Sikh Pioneers * 35th Sikhs * 36th Sikhs * 37th Dogras * 38th Dogras * 39th Garhwal Rifles * 40th Pathans * 41st Dogras * 42nd Deoli Regiment * 43rd Erinpura Regiment * 44th Mharawara Regiment * 45th Rattray's Sikhs • • * 6th Prince of Wales's Cavalry * 7th Lancers * 8th Lancers * 9th Hodson's Horse * 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers * 11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers • * 12th Cavalry * 13th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers * 14th Murray's Jat Lancers * 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) III Indian Corps Commander of the Corps: – Sir Patrick Grant Size of the Corps: – 45,000 (40,000 Sepoy, 5,000 Sowar) * 45th Rattray's Sikhs * 46th Punjabis * 47th Sikhs * 48th Pioneers * 51st Sikhs * 52nd Sikhs * 53rd Sikhs * 54th Sikhs * 55th Coke's Rifles * 56th Punjabi Rifles * 57th Wilde's Rifles * 58th Vaughan's Rifles * 59th Scinde Rifles * 61st Pioneers * 62nd Punjabis * 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry * 64th Pioneers * 65th Carnatic Infantry *16th Cavalry * 17th Cavalry * 18th Tiawana Lancers * 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) * 20th Deccan Horse IV Indian Corps ![]() Commander of the Corps: – Sir Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde Size of the Corps: – 70,000 (60,000 Sepoy, 10,000 Sowar) * 66th Punjabis * 67th Punjabis * 69th Punjabis * 71st Coorg Infantry * 72nd Punjabis * 73rd Carnatic Infantry * 74th Punjabis * 75th Carnatic Infantry * 76th Punjabis * 77th Moplah Rifles * 78th Moplah Rifles * 79th Carnatic Infantry * 80th Carnatic Infantry * 81st Pioneers * 82nd Punjabis * 83rd Wallajahabad Light Infantry * 84th Punjabis * 86th Carnatic Infantry * 87th Punjabis * 88th Carnatic Infantry * 89th Punjabis * 90th Punjabis * 91st Punjabis (Light Infantry) * 92nd Punjabis * 93rd Burma Infantry * 94th Russell's Infantry * 95th Russell's Infantry *21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) * 22nd Cavalry * 23rd Cavalry * 24th Cavalry * 25th Cavalry * 26th Light Cavalry * 27th Light Cavalry * 28th Light Cavalry * 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) * 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse) V Indian Corps ![]() Commander of the Corps: – Sir George Stuart White Size of the Corps: – 65,000 (60,000 Sepoy, 5,000 Sowar) *95th Russell's Infantry * 96th Berah Infantry * 97th Deccan Infantry * 98th Infantry * 99th Deccan Infantry * 101st Grenadiers * 102nd Grenadiers * 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry * 104th Wellesley's Rifles * 105th Mahratta Light Infantry * 106th Hazara Pioneers * 107th Pioneers * 108th Infantry * 109th Infantry * 110th Mahratta Light Infantry * 112th Infantry * 113th Infantry * 114th Mahrattas * 116th Mahrattas * 117th Mahrattas * 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) * 120th Rajputana Infantry * 121st Pioneers * 122nd Rajputana Infantry * 123rd Outram's Rifles * 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan * 125th Napier's Rifles *31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers * 32nd Lancers * 33rd Queen's Own Light Cavalry * 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse * 35th Scinde Horse VI Indian Corps ![]() Commander of the Corps: - Sir Donald Martin Stewart Size of the Corps: – 34,000 (30,000 Sepoy, 4,000 Sowar) * 126th Baluchistan Infantry * 127th Baluch Light Infantry * 128th Pioneers * 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis * 130th Baluchis * 1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) * 2nd Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) * 3rd Gurkha Rifles * 4th Gurkha Rifles * 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) * 6th Gurkha Rifles * 7th Gurkha Rifles * 8th Gurkha Rifles * 9th Gurkha Rifles * 10th Gurkha Rifles * 36th Jacob's Horse * 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse) * 38th Central India Horse * 39th Central India Horse |
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