General Sir Garnet Wolseley, Commander-in-Chief.
Lieutenant-General G. H. S. Willis, commanding 1st Division.
Lieutenant-General Sir E. B. Hamley, commanding 2d Division.
General officers, 14; colonels, 25; majors, 33; captains, 26; subalterns, 2.
1st Brigade Infantry.
H. R. H. The Duke of Connaught, Commanding.
| Colonels | Majors | Captains | Subalterns | Warrant Officers | Men | Horses |
2d Battalion Grenadier Guards | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 761 | 51 |
2d Battalion Coldstream Guards | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 761 | 51 |
1st Battalion Scots Guards | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 761 | 51 |
Total | 3 | 15 | 12 | 60 | 3 | 2289 | 153 |
2d Brigade Infantry
Major-General G. Graham, V.C., C.B., Commanding
| Colonels | Majors | Captains | Subalterns | Warrant Officers | Men | Horses |
2d Battalion Royal Irish | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 761 | 51 |
1st Battalion West Kent | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 861 | 51 |
2d Battalion York & Lancast’r | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 761 | 51 |
1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 761 | 51 |
Total | 8 | 13 | 19 | 80 | 4 | 3144 | 204 |
3d Brigade Infantry
Sir A. Alison, K. C. B., Commanding
| Colonels | Majors | Captains | Subalterns | Warrant Officers | Men | Horses |
1st Battalion Royal Highlanders | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 767 | 51 |
2d Battalion Highland Light Infantry | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 767 | 51 |
1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 767 | 51 |
1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 767 | 51 |
Total | 8 | 16 | 20 | 80 | 4 | 3068 | 204 |
4th Brigade Infantry
Sir E. Wood, K. C. B., Commanding
| Colonels | Majors | Captains | Subalterns | Warrant Officers | Men | Horses |
1st Battalion Berkshire Regiment | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 861 | 51 |
1st Battalion South Staffordshire | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 861 | 51 |
1st Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 861 | 51 |
1st Battalion Sussex Regiment | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 792 | 51 |
Total | 8 | 16 | 20 | 80 | 4 | 3375 | 204 |
Divisional Infantry
| Colonels | Majors | Captains | Subalterns | Warrant Officers | Men | Horses |
1st Division 2d Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 861 | 51 |
2d Division 2d Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 961 | 51 |
Total | 4 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 1822 | 102 |
Cavalry Brigade
Major-General Drury-Lowe, Commanding
| Colonels | Majors | Captains | Subalterns | Warrant Officers | Men | Horses |
3 Squadrons Household Cavalry | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 452 | 431 |
4th Dragoon Guards | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 573 | 526 |
7th Dragoon Guards | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 573 | 526 |
Total | 6 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 3 | 1598 | 1483 |
| Officers | Warrant Officers | Men | Guns | Horses |
N. Battery A. Brigade R. H. A. | 7 | … | 175 | 6 | 176 |
½ Bearer Company | … | … | 71 | … | … |
17th Company Commissariat and Transport | 2 | 2 | 178 | … | … |
Postal Department | … | … | 2 | … | … |
Divisional Cavalry
| Men | Horses |
1st Division, 2 Squadrons 19th Hussars | 287 | 267 |
2d Division, 1 Squadron 19th Hussars | 287 | 267 |
Total | 574 | 534 |
Divisional Artillery
| Officers | Men | Guns | Horses |
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Total | 28 | 776 | 24 | 612 |
Corps Artillery
Chief of Artillery Colonel Goodenough, R. A., Commanding
| Officers | Men | Guns | Horses |
G. Battery B. Brigade R. H. A. | 7 | 175 | 6 | 153 |
C. Battery 3d Brigade R. A. | 7 | 168 | 6 | 153 |
I. Battery 3d Brigade R. A. | 7 | 168 | 6 | 153 |
F. Battery 1st Brigade R. A. | 7 | 178 | … | 207 |
Total | 28 | 689 | 18 | 666 |
Siege Train
| Officers | Men | Guns |
4th Battery London Division R. A. | 4 | 138 | 54 |
5th Battery London Division R. A. | 4 | 138 | |
5th Battery Scottish Division R. A. | 4 | 138 | |
6th Battery Scottish Division R. A. | 4 | 138 | |
Malta Fencible Artillery | 4 | 120 | |
Total | 20 | 672 |
Engineer Troops
Chief of Engineers Colonel Nugent, B. B., Commanding
Name of Troop | Officers | Men | Remarks |
24th Company | 6 | 185 | For duty with 1st Division |
26th Company | 6 | 185 | For duty with 2d Division |
8th Company | 5 | 103 | Corps of Engineers |
17th Company | 4 | 85 | Corps of Engineers |
18th Company | 6 | 99 | Corps of Engineers |
Pontoon Train | 7 | 194 | Horses 61 - 10 pontoon wagons; tonnage of pontoon train 470 tons |
Telegraph Troop (C. Troop R. E.) | 5 | 184 | 12 telegraph wagons; tonnage of telegraph troop 400 tons |
Field Park | 1 | 33 | 1 printing wagon |
Railway Staff | 4 | 85 |
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Ordnance Department | 10 | 150 |
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Total | 54 | 1303 |
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Commissariat and Transport
| Officers | Men | Horses |
1st Division 11th Company | 3 | 208 | 154 |
2d Division 12th Company | 3 | 211 | 154 |
Corps 15th Company | 1 | 150 | 201 |
Corps 8th Company | 2 | 238 | 272 |
Corps 2d Company (auxiliary) | 2 | 43 | … |
Corps 7th Company | 2 | 43 | … |
Corps 10th Company | 2 | 86 | 26 |
Total | 15 | 979 | 807 |
For each brigade 7 muleteers and 7 mules |
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Hospital Service
| Officers | Men |
1st Division 2 Field Hospitals | 12 | 90 |
½ Bearer Company | 6 | 71 |
Total | 18 | 161 |
2 ambulances for advanced base | ||
2d Division 2 Field Hospitals | 12 | 90 |
½ Bearer Company | 6 | 71 |
Total | 18 | 161 |
2 ambulances for advanced base |
Corps
| Officers | Men |
4 Hosiptal Corps | 32 | 180 |
Veterinary surgeons, besides those in cavalry, 4 in each division and 10 for general service.
Postal service for each division, one for headquarters, and one for the base with 22 men.
Police Force
| Officers | Men |
Mounted Military Force | 2 | 73 |
Foot | 2 | 65 |
Total | 4 | 138 |
Garrison of Alexandria
| Officers | Warrant Officers | Men |
2d Battalion Machester Regiment | 30 | 1 | 750 |
2d Battalion Derbyshire Regiment | 30 | 1 | 750 |
Malta Fencible Artillery | 4 | … | 120 |
Total | 64 | 2 | 1620 |
Totals
Officers and Men
General Officers | 14 |
Colonels | 73 |
Majors | 176 |
Captains | 235 |
Subalterns | 601 |
Warrant Officers | 88 |
Men | 22,802 |
Total | 23,989 |
Horses
Officers’ | 768 |
Troop | 2303 |
Draught | 2563 |
Pack | 503 |
Total | 6137 |
Carts and Wagons
Water Carts | 111 |
Two-wheeled Carts | 776 |
Four-wheeled Carts | 23 |
Small Arm Ammunition Wagons | 47 |
Forge Wagons or Carts | 38 |
Guns and Gun Carriages | 58 |
Ammunition Wagons | 55 |
Ammunition and Store Wagons | 25 |
Total | 1133 |
Division of Troops from India
Major-General Sir H. T. Macpherson, K. C. B., Commanding
| Officers | Men | Remarks |
1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders | 21 | 740 |
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1st Battalion Manchester Regiment | 21 | 750 |
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7th Bengal Native Infantry | 8 | 680 |
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20th Bengal Native Infantry | 8 | 680 | Half Sikhs, half Pathans (Mahommedans) |
20th Bengal Native Infantry | 8 | 680 | One-third Mahommedans from Bombay, two-thirds Panjabees & border Mahommedans |
Followers | … | 3500 |
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Total | 66 | 7030 |
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Cavalry
| Officers | Men | Remarks |
2d Bengal Cavalry | 8 | 500 | One-third Sikhs, one-third Rajputs, and one-third Hindustani Mohammedans |
6th Bengal Cavalry | 8 | 500 | One-third Sikhs, one-third Brahims and Rajputs, and one-third Hinudstani Mohammedans |
13th Bengal Cavalry | 8 | 500 | One-half Sikhs, one-half Panjabee and Frontier Mohammedans |
Total | 24 | 1500 |
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Artillery
| Officers | Men |
9-pdr. Battery | 6 | 157 |
7-1 Garrison Mounted Battery | 6 | 106 |
Total | 12 | 263 |
Engineers
4 companies Madras Engineers – 12 officers, 400 men.
Grand Totals
19,229 Infantry
3818 Cavalry
1927 Artillery
1278 Engineers
Making with all other branches of the military service 31,468 men.