REGIMENTS and CORPS
of the BRITISH ARMY
1881

United Kingdom

See also British:

Alphabetic Index of
Regiments and Corps

Numeric Index of
Regiments and Corps

English County Index of
Militia and Volunteers

Irish County Index of
Militia and Volunteers

Scottish County Index of
Militia and Volunteers

Welsh County Index of
Militia and Volunteers

Lists of Regular Army Regiments and Corps:

Introduction Regt Colonels to 1751 Cavalry Chart
1702 1760 1781 Suppl. Fencibles 1793-1814 1800 1881 Proposals 1881
1918 1945 1962 1972 1995 2008

Lists of Militia, Territorial/Volunteer Regiments and Corps:

Introduction to Militia Introduction to Territorials & Volunteers Introduction to Home Guard
Yeomanry & Militia 1850 T.F. 1908 T.A. 1939 TAVR 1967 T.A. 1995 T.A. 1999 T.A. 2008

Infantry Depots:

Introduction 1834-1871 1873-1881 1946-present

How to find information about individuals who served in these regiments and corps

Units are listed in order of precedence as of July 1881. Pre-1881 infantry regiment numbers are shown in the right margin.


Household Cavalry

1st Life Guards
2nd Life Guards
Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)

Royal Horse Artillery

Cavalry

1st (King's) Dragoon Guards
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
3rd (The Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards
1st (Royal) Dragoons
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
3rd (The King's Own) Hussars
4th (The Queen's Own) Hussars
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
7th (The Queen's Own) Hussars
8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars
9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers
10th (The Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
12th (The Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
13th Hussars
14th (The King's) Hussars
15th (The King's) Hussars
16th (The Queen's) Lancers
17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
18th Hussars
19th Hussars
20th Hussars
21st Lancers

Royal Regiment of Artillery

Corps of Royal Engineers

Guards

Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
Scots Guards

Infantry of the Line	pre 1881 numbers

The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)	1st
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	2nd
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)	3rd
The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)	4th
The Northumberland Fusiliers	5th
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment	6th
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)	7th
The King's (Liverpool Regiment)	8th
The Norfolk Regiment	9th
The Lincolnshire Regiment	10th
The Devonshire Regiment	11th
The Suffolk Regiment	12th
Prince Albert's Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment)	13th
The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)	14th
The East Yorkshire Regiment	15th
The Bedfordshire Regiment	16th
The Leicestershire Regiment	17th
The Royal Irish Regiment	18th
The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)	19th
The Lancashire Fusiliers	20th
The Royal Scots Fusiliers	21st
The Cheshire Regiment	22nd
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers	23rd
The South Wales Borderers	24th
The King's Own Borderers	25th
The Cameronians (Scotch Rifles)	26th and 90th
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	27th and 108th
The Gloucestershire Regiment	28th and 61st
The Worcestershire Regiment	29th and 36th
The East Lancashire Regiment	30th and 59th
The East Surrey Regiment	31st and 70th
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry	32nd and 46th
The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)	33rd and 76th
The Border Regiment	34th and 55th
The Royal Sussex Regiment	35th and 107th
The Hampshire Regiment	37th and 67th
The South Staffordshire Regiment	38th and 80th
The Dorsetshire Regiment	39th and 54th
The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)	40th and 82nd
The Welsh Regiment	41st and 69th
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)	42nd and 73rd
The Oxfordshire Light Infantry	43rd and 52nd
The Essex Regiment	44th and 56th
The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)	45th and 95th
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	47th and 81st
The Northamptonshire Regiment	48th and 58th
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)	49th and 66th
The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)	50th and 97th
The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)	51st and 105th
The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)	53rd and 85th
The (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment	57th and 77th
The King's Royal Rifle Corps	60th
The (Duke of Edinburgh's) Wiltshire Regiment	62nd and 99th
The Manchester Regiment	63rd and 96th
The (Prince of Wales's) North Staffordshire Regiment	64th and 98th
The York and Lancaster Regiment	65th and 84th
The Durham Light Infantry	68th and 106th
The Highland Light Infantry	71st and 74th
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)	72nd and 78th
The Gordon Highlanders	75th and 92nd
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	79th
The Royal Irish Rifles	83rd and 86th
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)	87th and 89th
The Connaught Rangers	88th and 94th
Princess Louise's (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders)	91st and 93rd
The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)	100th and 109th
The Royal MunsterFusiliers	101st and 104th
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers	102nd and 103rd
The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)	[unnumbered since 1816]
1st West India Regiment
2nd West India Regiment

Support Arms

Commissariat and Transport Corps Army Hospital Corps Army Ordnance Corps Corps of Military Mounted Police Corps of Army Schoolmasters Army Chaplain's Department Army Pay Department Army Veterinary Department Army Nursing Service

REGIMENTS and CORPS of the BRITISH ARMY 1881

REGIMENTS and CORPS
of the BRITISH ARMY
1881