THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

United States: British Regular Troops in the War of Independence
v.1.0 March 17, 2002

Graham Watson

PREWAR GARRISON
7^th Regiment of Foot	Quebec then New York
8^th Regiment of Foot	Quebec
14^th Regiment of Foot	Boston
23^rd Regiment of Foot	New York-Yorktown 1781
26^th Regiment of Foot	Quebec New York 1776- to UK 1780
29^th Regiment of Foot	Boston Burgoyne to UK 1777
1^st Bn 60^th Rifles	West Indies
2^nd Bn 60^th Rifles	West Indies
64^th Regiment of Foot	Boston-New York-Carolinas –W Indies

ADDED DURING 1774
4^th Regiment of Foot	Massachusetts 78-Florida 79-W Indies
5^th Regiment of Foot	Massachusetts 78-Florida 79-W Indies
18^th Regiment of Foot	Boston 1775-Nova Scotia 76-UK
38^th Regiment of Foot	Boston –New York
43^rd Regiment of Foot	Boston-New York-Yorktown
47^th Regiment of Foot	Boston-Quebec-Saratoga
52^nd Regiment of Foot	Boston-New York –to UK 1778
59^th Regiment of Foot	Massachusetts –to UK end of 1775
65^th Regiment of Foot	Boston to Nova Scotia 1776

ADDED DURING 1775
17^th Light Dragoons [retitled 1776-The Queen’s Dragoon]
1^st Royal Marines	Boston 1776-Nova Scotia
2^nd Royal Marines	Boston 1776-Nova Scotia
10^th Regiment of Foot	Boston 1776-New York 1778-UK
17^th Regiment of Foot	Mass. 1776-NY-Yorktown
22^nd Regiment of Foot	Boston 1776-New York
27^th Regiment of Foot	Boston 1776-New York 1778-WI
35^th Regiment of Foot	Boston 1776-New York 1778-W Indies
40^th Regiment of Foot	Boston 76-NY 78-Florida 79-WI
44^th Regiment of Foot	Boston 1776-Canada
45^th Regiment of Foot	Boston 1776-New York 1778-to UK
49^th Regiment of Foot	Boston 76-NY 78-Florida 79-WI
55^th Regiment of Foot	Boston 76-NY 78-Florida 79-WI
63^rd Regiment of Foot	Boston 76-NY 81-Carolinas 82-WI
1/84^th Regiment of Foot	Nova Scotia 1776-Quebec
2/84^th Regiment of Foot	Nova Scotia [some at Yorktown]
ADDED DURING 1776
16^th Light Dragoons [1776-The Queens Dragoons]
Guards Composite Battalion? Deployment unknown
6^th Regiment of Foot	New York 1777 to UK
9^th Regiment of Foot	Quebec –Saratoga
15^th Regiment of Foot	New York 78-Florida 79-West Indies
16^th Regiment of Foot	New York 78-Florida 82 to UK
20^th Regiment of Foot	Quebec-Saratoga
21^st Regiment of Foot	Quebec-Saratoga
24^th Regiment of Foot	Quebec-Saratoga
28^th Regiment of Foot	New York 1778-West Indies
31^st Regiment of Foot	Quebec [2 coys at Saratoga]
33^rd Regiment of Foot	New York-Yorktown
34^th Regiment of Foot	Quebec [2 coys at Saratoga]
37^th Regiment of Foot	New York
42^nd Highlanders	New York 78-Florida 79-NY
46^th Regiment of Foot	New York 1778-Florida 1779-WI
50^th Regiment of Foot	New York –broken up 1776
53^rd Regiment of Foot	Quebec [2 coys at Saratoga]
54^th Regiment of Foot	New York 1782-Nova Scotia
57^th Regiment of Foot	New York 1782-Nova Scotia
62^nd Regiment of Foot	Quebec –Saratoga
71^st Regiment of Foot	New York 1780-Carolinas –Yorktown

ADDED DURING 1777
76^th Regiment of Foot	Carolinas-Yorktown

ADDED DURING 1778
70^th Regiment of Foot	Halifax, NS
74^th Highlanders	Nova Scotia
80^th Regiment of Foot	New York-Yorktown
82^nd Regiment of Foot	Nova Scotia [1 coy at Yorktown]
105^th Regiment of Foot	Formed at Philadelphia-Carolinas
3^rd Bn 60^th Rifles	Carolinas
4^th Bn 60^th Rifles	Carolinas

ADDED DURING 1779
No reinforcements

ADDED DURING 1780
No reinforcements


ADDED DURING 1781
3^rd Regiment of Foot	South Carolina
19^th Regiment of Foot	South Carolina
30^th Regiment of Foot	South Carolina
69^th Regiment of Foot	New York –to West Indies end of 1781

No further additions to the forces during 1782-83

ADDED DURING 1777

No reinforcements

No reinforcements