List of Fifty-six Battalions formed from Men raised under the Army of Reserve and Additional Force Acts, in the Years 1803 and 1804.

Under the Army of Reserve Acts in 1803.

The following Nineteen Regiments were appointed to receive men raised for limited service in Great Britain and Ireland, under the Army of Reserve Acts, passed in the year 1803, and were augmented by second battalions, viz.:

In England.
Under the Act passed on the
6th of July 1803.		 In Scotland.
Under the Act passed on the
6th of July 1803.		 In Ireland.
Under the Act passed on the
11th of July 1803.
  3rd Reg. 53rd Reg. 26th Regiment 18th Regiment
28th   ” 57th   ” 42nd ” 44th ”
30th   ” 61st   ” 92nd ” 58th ”
39th   ” 66th   ” 67th ”
47th   ” 69th   ”
48th   ” 81st   ”

In addition to the above corps, Sixteen Reserve Battalions were also formed from the men raised in the several counties of Great Britain and Ireland, under the Army of Reserve Acts, as under specified, viz.:

In England. In Scotland.
1st Reserve Battalion. 5th Reserve Battalion.
3rd ” 14th ”
4th ”
6th ”  
7th ” In Ireland.
8th ”  
9th ” 2nd Reserve Battalion.
10th ” 13th ”
11th ” 16th ”
12th ”
15th ”


Under the Additional Force Acts in 1804.

In the year 1804, Thirty-seven other Regiments (as shown in the following list) were augmented by second battalions, in consequence of having been appointed to receive men raised for limited service in Great Britain and Ireland, under the Additional Force Acts passed on the 29th of June, and 10th and 14th of July 1804, viz.:

In England.
Under the Act passed on the 29th of June 1804.
5th Foot 25th Foot 56th Foot
6th ” 31st ” 59th ”
7th ” 32nd ” 62nd ”
8th ” 36th ” 63rd ”
9th ” 38th ” 82nd ”
10th ” 40th ” 83rd ”
14th ” 43rd ” 90th ”
15th ” 45th ” 96th ”   late 2nd
23rd ” 50th ” Battalion of 52nd
Regiment.
24th ” 52nd ”
In Scotland. In Ireland.
Under the Act passed on Under the Act passed on
the 10th of July 1804. 14th of July 1804.
1st Royal Regiment 27th Regiment
21st ” 87th ”
71st ” 88th ”
72nd ” 89th ”
91st ”


List of the Fifty-six regiments which were appointed to receive men, raised for limited service in England, Scotland, and Ireland, under the Additional Force Acts, passed in the year 1804, including the Nineteen regiments (marked thus *) which had been augmented by Second Battalions from the men raised under the Army of Reserve Acts passed in the previous year (1803), and specifying the counties allotted to the several regiments.

Adjutant-General’s Office,
Horse-Guards, 1804.

In England.
Under the Act passed on the 29th of June 1804.
Regiments. Counties.
*3rd London City.
5th Sussex.
6th Lancaster.
7th York (West Riding).
8th York (North Riding).
9th Dorset and Somerset.
10th Essex.
14th Bedford, Buckingham, Northampton.
15th York (East Riding).
23rd Anglesey, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, & Merioneth.
24th Warwick.
25th Cumberland, Westmoreland.
*28th Devon.
*30th Huntingdon, Leicester, Cambridge.
31st Chester.
32nd Cornwall.
36th Durham.
38th Stafford.
*39th Salop.
40th Dorset & Somerset, late Second Battalion of 52nd Regiment.
43rd Worcester.
45th Nottingham & Rutland.
*47th Norfolk.
*48th Lancaster.
50th Gloucester.
52nd Hertford, Oxford, & Bucks.
*53rd York (West Riding).
56th Surrey.
*57th Kent, & the Cinque Ports.
59th Derby.
*61st Northumberland.
62nd Wilts.
63rd Suffolk.
*66th Hants, & the Isle of Wight.
*69th Lincoln.
*81st Hereford, Montgomery, & Radnor.
82nd Tower Hamlets.
83rd Middlesex.
90th Monmouth, Glamorgan, & Brecknock.
96th Cardigan, Carmarthen, & Pembroke.
 
FORTY REGIMENTS.
In Scotland.
Under the Act passed on the 10th of July 1804.
Regiments. Counties.
1st Royal Lanark, Wigton, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Selkirk, & Roxburgh.
21st Renfrew & Ayr.
*26th Edinburgh City & County, Linlithgow, Peebles, Berwick, & Haddington.
*42nd Ross, Cromarty, Sutherland, & Caithness.
71st Stirling, Dumbarton, Fife, Kinross, Clackmannan, Kincardine, & Forfar.
72nd Aberdeen.
91st Bute, Argyle, & Perth.
*92nd Nairn, Elgin, Inverness, & Banff.
 
EIGHT REGIMENTS.
In Ireland.
Under the Act passed on the 14th of July 1804.
Regiments. Counties.
*18th Donegal, Londonderry, Tyrone, & Antrim.
27th Fermanagh, Monaghan, Armagh, & Down.
*44th Kildare, Wicklow, Carlow, Westmeath, King’s County, & Queen’s County.
*58th Cork City & County, & Kerry.
*67th Dublin City & County, Roscommon, Longford, & Meath.
87th Tipperary, Galway, & Clare.
88th Cavan, Louth, Leitrim, Sligo, & Mayo.
89th Wexford, Kilkenny, Waterford, & Limerick City & County.
*18th Donegal, Londonderry, Tyrone, & Antrim.
27th Fermanagh, Monaghan, Armagh, & Down.
*44th Kildare, Wicklow, Carlow, Westmeath, King’s County, & Queen’s County.
 
EIGHT REGIMENTS.