Appendix XV493
Stations
| Date. | No. of Cos. | Stations. |
| March 1, 1833 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Knightsbridge Barracks to King’s Mews Barracks. |
| Aug. 19, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Dublin viâ Bristol to the Mews Barracks, in two wings—left wing on the 19th, and the right wing on the 22nd. |
| Aug. 30, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from the Mews to Portman Street Barracks. |
| Feb. 28, 1834 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street to Windsor. |
| March 1, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s Barracks494 to Knightsbridge, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks. |
| April 30, ″ | 1 | Of the 2nd Battalion from the Magazine Barracks to Chelsea, returning to the Magazine the next day. |
| ″ ″ | 1 | Of the 1st Battalion from Windsor to London, returning next day. |
| May 16, ″ | 4 | Of the 1st Battalion from Windsor to Bagshot; this detachment was back in Windsor on the 21st. |
| Sept. 3, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to the Tower, on the 3rd and 4th. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Knightsbridge, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks to Wellington Barracks.494 |
| March 3, 1835 | 8 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to St. George’s Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Portman Street Barracks. |
| Aug. 31, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Portman Street to Windsor, viâ Hounslow. |
| Sept. 2, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. George’s to Wellington Barracks. |
| Oct. 26, ″ | 4 | Of the 2nd Battalion from Windsor to Brighton. |
| Feb. 29, 1836 | 4 | Of the 2nd Battalion from Brighton to the Tower. |
| March 2, ″ | 4 | Of the 2nd Battalion from Windsor to the Tower. |
| March 3, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Knightsbridge, Buckingham Palace, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks. |
| May 31, ″ | 4 | Of the 1st Battalion from Knightsbridge Barracks to St. John’s Wood Barracks. |
| July 28, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from London to Dublin, viâ Bristol, by two wings, on the 28th and 29th. |
| Aug. 30, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from the Tower to St. George’s Barracks. |
| March 3, 1837 | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s to Portman Street Barracks. |
| July 7, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion to Windsor, to take part in the funeral of King William IV.; the Battalion returned to Portman Street about the 9th. |
| July 22, 1837 | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Portman Street to Hammersmith and adjacents during an election in the borough of Marylebone; Portman Street was re-occupied by the Battalion on the 28th. |
| Aug. 21, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Dublin to St. George’s Barracks, in two wings on the 21st and 22nd. |
| Sept. 2, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Portman Street to St. John’s Wood, Magazine, Buckingham Palace, and St. George’s Barracks and quarters adjacent. |
| Feb. 14, 1838 | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. George’s viâ Hounslow to Windsor. |
| Feb. 15, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. John’s Wood, Kensington, Magazine, Buckingham Palace to Wellington Barracks. |
| March 28, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from London, 28th and 29th, in four divisions to Winchester; two viâ Epsom, Guildford, and Alton, and two viâ Hounslow, Bagshot, and Basingstoke. From Winchester to Portsmouth, where the Battalion embarked, April 17th, for Canada, in H.M.S. Edinburgh and Athol, and landed at Quebec on May 11th. |
| June 26, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to London to take part in the Queen’s Coronation, returning to Windsor on the 30th. |
| Aug. 31, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to Portman Street Barracks. |
| March 1, 1839 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street to Wellington Barracks. |
| Aug. 31, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Wellington Barracks to the Tower. |
| Feb. 29, 1840 | 8 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to St. John’s Wood (4 companies), Buckingham Palace (1 company), Kensington (1 company), the Magazine (1 company), and Wellington Barracks (1 company). |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. John’s Wood, etc., to Wellington Barracks. |
| March 1, 1841 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Wellington to Portman Street Barracks. |
| June 28, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street to Fulham, Parson’s Green, and Walham Green, during an election in the borough of Marylebone; thence the right wing to Twickenham and the left wing to Hounslow (but not within two miles of Brentford, Bedfont, or Kingston), during the election in the county of Middlesex. The Battalion returned to Portman Street Barracks on July 9th. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street to St. George’s Barracks. |
| March 9, 1842 | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. George’s Barracks to the Tower. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from the Tower, 7 companies to Portman Street, 1 company to the Magazine Barracks. |
| Oct. 22, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street and the Magazine to St. John’s Wood, Kensington, Magazine, and Buckingham Palace Barracks. |
| Oct, 6, ″ | 6 | Of the 2nd Battalion left Quebec to return to England on board the H.M.S. Calcutta; landed at Spithead on the 31st, and proceeded by two trains to Winchester. |
| Oct. 19, ″ | 2 | Of the 2nd Battalion, from Quebec, on board H.M.S. Pique, to Spithead; arriving there November 12th; thence to Winchester. |
| Nov. 22, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Winchester to St. George’s Barracks. |
| March 1, 1843 | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. John’s Wood to Windsor. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s to Portman Street. |
| Sept. 1, 1843 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to Wellington Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Portman Street to St. John’s Wood (3 companies), St. George’s Barracks (2 companies), Buckingham Palace, Magazine, and Kensington Barracks (1 company each). |
| March 1, 1844 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Wellington to Portman Street Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. John’s Wood, etc., to Wellington Barracks. |
| Aug. 30, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street to the Tower. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks to St. George’s Barracks. |
| Feb. 28, 1845 | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s Barracks to Windsor. |
| March 8, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to Winchester. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Winchester to Portman Street Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to the Tower. |
| Feb. 26, 1846 | 8 | 2nd Battalion from the Tower to Winchester. |
| Feb. 27, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street to St. John’s Wood (3 companies), Wellington Barracks (2 companies), and to Kensington, Buckingham Palace, and the Magazine (1 company each). |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. John’s Wood, etc., to St. George’s Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Winchester to Portman Street Barracks. |
| March 2, 1847 | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. George’s to Wellington Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Portman Street to St. John’s Wood (3 companies), and Buckingham Palace, Wellington, the Magazine, Kensington, and St. George’s Barracks (1 company each). |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Chichester. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. John’s Wood, etc., to Wellington Barracks. |
| March 1, 1848 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Chichester to the Tower. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Windsor. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to Windsor. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to St. George’s Barracks. |
| March 1, 1849 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to St. George’s Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s Barracks to the Tower. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. George’s Barracks to St. John’s Wood (3 companies), Wellington (2 companies), and the Magazine, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace (1 company each). |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from the Tower to Chichester. |
| March 1, 1850 | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. John’s Wood, etc., to Portman Street Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Chichester to St. George’s Barracks. |
| Sept. 4, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street to Windsor. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s Barracks to St. John’s Wood (3 companies), and St. George’s, Wellington, Kensington, Buckingham Palace, and the Magazine (1 company each). |
| March 7, 1851 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to the Tower. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. John’s Wood, etc., to Wellington Barracks. |
| Oct. 23, 1851 | 8 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to Chichester. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington to Portman Street Barracks. |
| March 2, 1852 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Chichester to Wellington Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Portman Street to Windsor. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Wellington to Portman Street. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to the Tower. |
| March 2, 1853 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street to St. John’s Wood (3 companies), and to Kensington, Buckingham Palace, the Magazine, Wellington, and St. George’s Barracks (1 company each). |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from the Tower to St. George’s Barracks. |
| June 14, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. John’s Wood, etc., to Chobham Camp, viâ Windsor. |
| July 14, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Chobham Camp to St. George’s Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s Barracks to Chobham Camp, viâ Chertsey. |
| Aug. 19, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Chobham Camp to Chichester, in two wings, left wing on the 19th and right wing on the 20th. |
| Feb. 14, 1854 | 8 | 1st Battalion from St. George’s to Chichester; the men of the Battalion who were not to proceed on foreign service were sent to Windsor. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Chichester to Windsor, leaving behind at the former quarter men who were to complete the 1st Battalion to 850 rank and file. |
| Feb. 22, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Chichester to Southampton; thence in ss. Orinoco to Malta, reaching that place on March 4th. |
| Feb. 23, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to St. George’s Barracks, and thence on the 28th to Wellington Barracks. |
| April 21, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion left Malta in H.M.S. Vulcan, disembarking at Scutari on the 29th, and was encamped there. |
| June 13, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Scutari to Varna in the steam-transport Andes, and encamped about a mile outside the fortifications there on the 14th. |
| July 1 ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion marched from Varna to Aladyn, and was encamped there. |
| July 27, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion marched from Aladyn to the village of Gevreklek, and was encamped there. |
| Aug. 16, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion marched from Gevreklek to the vicinity of the Adrianople Road, about two miles to the south of Varna, and reached their new camp on the 18th. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 12 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Portman Street. |
| Sept. 7, ″ | 8 | Of the 1st Battalion, the left wing and the head-quarters embarked on board the steam-transport Tonning, on August 29th, and 2 companies on H.M.S. Simoon; the remaining 2 companies on H.M.S. Vengeance, the next day, August 30th, whence they were transferred to H.M.S. Bellerophon on September 4th. On September 7th the fleet left the coast of Turkey, and sailed into the Black Sea, approaching the Crimea, off Eupatoria, on the 13th. Next day, the 14th, the Battalion landed in the Crimea. |
| Sept. 20, ″ | 8 | Battle of the Alma, 1st Battalion present. |
| Oct. 2, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion marched from the neighbourhood of the Alma on September 23rd, and, taking part in the flank march round Sevastopol, encamped outside Balaklava near the village of Kadikeui; on October 2nd, the Battalion took up a position before Sevastopol. |
| Nov. 5, 1854 | 8 | Battle of Inkerman. 1st Battalion present. |
| Jan. 31, 1855 | 1 | Of the 2nd Battalion from Portman Street to Kensington Barracks. |
| Feb. 24, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from before Sevastopol to Balaklava. |
| March 1, ″ | 12 | 2nd Battalion from Portman Street and Kensington to St. George’s Barracks. |
| March 26, ″ | 1 | Of the 2nd Battalion from St. George’s Barracks to Wellington Barracks. This company rejoined head-quarters on April 10th. |
| June 13, ″ | 12 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s Barracks to the Camp at Aldershot. |
| June 16, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Balaklava to before Sevastopol. |
| Aug. 28, ″ | 12 | 2nd Battalion from Aldershot to St. George’s Barracks, the Tower, and the Magazine and Kensington Barracks. |
| Sept. 15, ″ | 2 | Of the 2nd Battalion from the Tower to Portman Street. Between this date and the end of January, 1856, several changes took place in the stations of individual companies, and the Battalion then had 3 companies in Portman Street, 1 company in Buckingham Palace, the Magazine, and in Kensington Barracks, each, and the remainder in St. George’s Barracks. |
| Feb. 29, 1856 | 12 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s Barracks, etc., to the Tower and Portman Street. |
| June 4, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion embarked at Kamiesh Bay (Crimea), on board H.M.S. Agamemnon, for England, and disembarked at Gosport on the 28th; thence to Aldershot. |
| June 26, ″ | 2 | Of the 2nd Battalion from Portman Street to rejoin head-quarters at the Tower. |
| July 9, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Aldershot to the Tower and St. John’s Wood. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from the Tower to Windsor. From August 26th to the middle of October, 1 company was encamped at Ascot; (each company of the Battalion proceeded there in succession for a few days). |
| Dec. 4, ″ | 2 | Of the 1st Battalion from St. John’s Wood to the Tower. |
| March 3, 1857 | 10 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to Aldershot. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to Wellington Barracks. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Aldershot to Wellington Barracks and Buckingham Palace (1 company). |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Dublin. Between October 17th and December 21st, 2 companies were at the Curragh; (detachments of 2 companies at a time relieved each other successively, until the whole 10 companies had received musketry instruction there). During the following spring and summer 1 company at a time proceeded to Curragh or to Ash Camp for musketry practice. |
| Nov. 20, ″ | 1 | Of the 1st Battalion from Buckingham Palace to Wellington Barracks. |
| April 15, 1858 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Windsor. During the summer months the companies proceeded one after another to Ash Camp or to Ascot for musketry practice. |
| Sept. 1, 1858 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to St. George’s, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks.495 |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Dublin to Wellington Barracks. |
| April 1, 1859 | 10 | 1st Battalion from St. George’s, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks to Wellington Barracks. During the summer the companies proceeded separately, one after another, to Ash Camp for musketry. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Portman Street and St. John’s Wood Barracks. |
| July 1st, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion thence to Aldershot, returning to the same West-end Barracks, August 2nd. |
| Sept. 1st, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Portman Street and St. John’s Wood to the Tower. |
| Oct. 1st, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Portman Street and St. John’s Wood Barracks. |
| April 3, 1860 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street and St. John’s Wood to Wellington Barracks and Buckingham Palace Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from the Tower to Windsor. Musketry by companies at Ash Camp during the summer. |
| June 15, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Aldershot, returning to same London quarters July 17th. |
| June 28, ″ | 2 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to Wellington Barracks, returning to Windsor August 13th. |
| Oct. 2 ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington and Buckingham Palace Barracks, to St. George’s, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to Portman Street and St. John’s Wood Barracks. |
| April 2, 1861 | 10 | 1st Battalion from St. George’s, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks to the Tower. Musketry by companies during the summer at Ash Camp. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Portman Street and St. John’s Wood Barracks to Wellington and Buckingham Palace Barracks. |
| July 19, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Aldershot, returnig to the former quarters August 23rd. |
| Oct. 4, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to Dublin by Liverpool. |
| Dec. 12, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington and Buckingham Palace Barracks to the Tower, returning to the same quarters in the West-end on December 19th. |
| April 1, 1862 | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington and Buckingham Palace Barracks to Portman Street and St. John’s Wood Barracks. Musketry by companies to Aldershot and at Eastbourne, during the summer. |
| April 16, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Dublin to Wellington Barracks. |
| Aug. 5, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Aldershot. |
| Sept. 5, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Aldershot to Windsor. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Portman Street and St. John’s Wood Barracks to St. George’s, the Magazine, Wellington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks. |
| Jan. 10, 1863 | 1 | Of the 2nd Battalion from St. George’s Barracks to Wellington Barracks. |
| April 1, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to Portman Street and Kensington Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s Magazine, Wellington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks to Windsor. Musketry for both battalions by companies at Aldershot, during the summer. |
| July 4, ″ | 4 | Of the 1st Battalion from Kensington to Wellington Barracks, returning to the former quarter September 1st. |
| Sept. 15, ″ | 1 | Of the 1st Battalion from Portman Street to Chelsea Barracks.496 |
| Sept. 25, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Portman Street and Kensington to St. George’s (7 companies), Magazine (1 company), and Chelsea Barracks (2 companies). |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to Wellington Barracks. |
| Oct. 1, ″ | 1 | Of the 1st Battalion from St. George’s to Chelsea Barracks. |
| Oct. 15, ″ | 1 | Of the 1st Battalion from the Magazine to Chelsea Barracks. |
| April 1, 1864 | 10 | 1st Battalion from St. George’s and Chelsea to Wellington (8 companies), Buckingham Palace (1 company), Magazine (1 company). Musketry by companies during the summer at Eastbourne. |
| July 5, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Aldershot, returning to the former station August 2nd. |
| Sept. 15, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Windsor. |
| March 31,1865 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington, Buckingham Palace, and Magazine Barracks to Windsor. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to St. George’s (6 companies), and Chelsea Barracks (4 companies). Musketry for both Battalions by companies at Aldershot. |
| Aug. 2, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from St. George’s and Chelsea to the Tower (8 companies) and St. John’s Wood Barracks (2 companies). |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to Chelsea Barracks. |
| Feb. 20, 1866 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea to Dublin. |
| March 1, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from the Tower and St. John’s Wood to Chelsea Barracks. Musketry during the summer by companies at Aldershot. |
| Aug. 31, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Chelsea to Wellington, Kensington, Buckingham Palace, and Magazine Barracks. |
| Sept. 13, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Dublin to the Curragh, till October 25th. |
| Dec. 21, ″ | 1 | Of the 2nd Battalion from Magazine to Wellington Barracks.497 |
| Feb. 28, 1867 | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks to Dublin. |
| March 1, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Dublin to St. George’s (6 companies) and Chelsea Barracks (4 companies). Musketry by companies at Eastbourne during the summer. |
| March 9, ″ | 1 | Of the 1st Battalion from St. George’s to Chelsea Barracks. |
| Sept. 3, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from St. George’s and Chelsea to the Tower (8 companies), and St. John’s Wood (2 companies). |
| Oct. 21, ″ | 2 | Of the 1st Battalion from St. John’s Wood to the Tower. |
| March 4, 1868 | 10 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to Windsor. Musketry by companies at Aldershot during the summer. |
| March 4, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Dublin to Chelsea (7 companies) and St. George’s Barracks (3 companies). Musketry by companies at Aldershot during the summer. |
| April 22, ″ | 2 | Of the 2nd Battalion from St. George’s to Chelsea Barracks. |
| May 16, ″ | 2 | Of the 2nd Battalion from Chelsea to St. John’s Wood Barracks. |
| May 29, ″ | 2 | Of the 2nd Battalion from St. John’s Wood to St. George’s Barracks. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to Chelsea Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks to Windsor. |
| March 3, 1869 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea to Chelsea and St. George’s. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to the Tower and St. John’s Wood Barracks. Musketry by companies to Aldershot during the summer. |
| July 6, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks to Aldershot, returning to former quarters August 3rd. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks to Wellington Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from the Tower and St. John’s Wood to Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks. |
| March 2, 1870 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington to Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks. |
| March 3, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks to Wellington Barracks. Musketry for both Battalions by companies at Aldershot. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks to Windsor. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington to Chelsea Barracks. |
| March 1, 1871 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to the Tower. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Chelsea to Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks. Musketry by companies for both Battalions at Aldershot, during the summer. |
| June 19, ″ | 1 | Of the 1st Battalion from the Tower to Kensington Barracks. |
| July 5, ″ | 1 | Of the 1st Battalion from the Tower to Kensington Barracks. |
| Aug. 8, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks to Aldershot and neighbourhood for manœuvres. |
| Sept. 26, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from the Tower and Kensington Barracks to Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Aldershot manœuvres to Windsor. |
| April 6, 1872 | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to Dublin. |
| ″ ″ | 1st Battalion by companies to Aldershot during the summer for musketry. | |
| Aug. 15, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks to Blandford and neighbourhood, for Salisbury Plain manœuvres. |
| Aug. 19, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Dublin to the Curragh, returning to Dublin after a few weeks. |
| Sept. 14, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Salisbury Plain manœuvres to Wellington Barracks. |
| April 24, 1873 | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Dublin to the Tower and St. John’s Wood Barracks. The companies in latter quarter were withdrawn from May to July. Musketry by companies during summer at Ash and Windsor. |
| 1st Battalion by companies to Gravesend and Ash for musketry during the summer. | ||
| Aug. 18, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Tower and St. John’s Wood to Cannock Chase and neighbourhood for manœuvres. |
| Sept. 12, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington to Chelsea Barracks. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Cannock Chase manœuvres to Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks. |
| April 28, 1874 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea to Windsor. Musketry by companies at Windsor and Aldershot. |
| 2nd Battalion by companies to Gravesend for musketry. | ||
| Oct. 1, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to the Tower and St. John’s Wood. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s to Wellington Barracks. |
| Jan. 5, 1875 | 1 | Of the 1st Battalion from St. John’s Wood to the Tower. |
| April 3, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks. Musketry for both Battalions by companies at Gravesend and Ash. |
| Oct. 1, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington to Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks. |
| March 29, 1876 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks to Shorncliffe. |
| March 30, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s to the Tower. |
| Aug. 2, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from the Tower to Aldershot. |
| Sept. 1, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Aldershot to Windsor. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Shorncliffe to Wellington Barracks. |
| March 1, 1877 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington to Chelsea Barracks. Musketry by half-battalions at Gravesend and Ash. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace. Musketry by half-battalions at Ash. |
| June 22, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea to Aldershot, returning to the former quarter July 20th. |
| Sept. 4, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks, etc., to Shorncliffe. |
| March 1, 1878 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea to the Tower. Musketry by companies at Eastbourne. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Shorncliffe to Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks. Musketry by half-battalions at Gravesend. |
| July 2, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks to Aldershot, returning to former quarter, 24th. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to Windsor. |
| March 4, 1879 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to Wellington and Kensington Barracks. Musketry by half-battalions at Aldershot. |
| ″ ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s to Windsor. Musketry by companies at Aldershot. |
| July 1, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Wellington Barracks, etc., to Aldershot. |
| July 26, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Aldershot to Shorncliffe. |
| Sept. 2, ″ | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to the Tower. |
| March 3, 1880 | 10 | 1st Battalion from Shorncliffe to Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks. |
| March 3, 1880 | 10 | 2nd Battalion from the Tower to Wellington Barracks. Musketry by companies for both Battalions at Aldershot. |
| Dec. 6, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s to Dublin. |
| Feb. 24, 1881 | 10 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington to Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks. Musketry by companies at Aldershot and Pirbright. |
| June 2, ″ | 10 | 1st Battalion from Dublin to New Pallas, returning 4th. |
| March 4, 1882 | 8 | 1st Battalion Dublin to Chelsea Barracks. |
| ″ 7 ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks to Dublin. |
| May 10, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea to Pirbright Camp, returning to former quarter, 26th. |
| Aug. 1, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Dublin to Egypt, embarking at Kingstown on board s.s. Iberia, and landing at Alexandria, 13th. Moved to Ramleh that day. |
| Aug. 18 ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Ramleh to Alexandria, embarked on board Iberia; landed at Ismailia, 22nd; moved forward to the front, 24th. |
| Sept. 13, ″ | 8 | Battle of Tel-el-Kebir. The 2nd Battalion to Cairo by train on the 15th. |
| Oct. 31, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Cairo to Alexandria by train; embarked there on board the Batavia, and reached Portsmouth on November 16th; thence by train to London, Chelsea Barracks. |
| Nov. 13, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea Barracks to Windsor. |
| March 1, 1883 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Windsor to the Tower. |
| March 27, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from the Tower to Wellington Barracks (4 companies), and St. George’s Barracks (4 companies). Musketry and company training at Pirbright by companies, one or two at a time; one company trained at Wimbledon. |
| 2nd Battalion by companies to Aldershot and Pirbright for musketry, during the season. | ||
| July 10, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Chelsea to Pirbright Camp. |
| July 28, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Pirbright to Windsor. |
| July 31, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Wellington and St. George’s Barracks to Chelsea Barracks (south wing). |
| March 20, 1884 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea to Aldershot. |
| May 5, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Aldershot to Chelsea. |
| 2nd Battalion by companies to Pirbright for musketry. | ||
| July 15, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Chelsea to Wellington Barracks. |
| Aug. 28, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Windsor to Chelsea and St. George’s. |
| Feb. 19, 1885 | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Chelsea and St. George’s Barracks to Wellington Barracks. For musketry and company training, two companies at a time, to Pirbright during the season. |
| ″ ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Wellington to Westminster Stairs, where the Battalion embarked in two river steamers for Gravesend; thence on board s.s. Manorah, and started for Suakin; disembarking there on March 8th, and proceeded to camp near Suakin. |
| March 23, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Suakin to Tofrek (McNeill’s) Zareba, returning to near Suakin, 28th. |
| April 2, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Suakin to Tamai, returning to near Suakin April 4th. |
| April 6, 1885 | 8 | 1st Battalion from Suakin to No. 1 Station (on the road to Berber); thence to Handub, 8th; thence Head-quarters and Right-half Battalion to Otao, 18th, followed by Left-half Battalion, 20th. |
| May 13, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from Otao to Suakin; embarked on board s.s. Deccan, 16th; and steamed to Alexandria; remained on board for some days in the harbour; landed June 9th and marched to Ramleh. |
| July 1, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion embarked on board H.M.S. Orontes, and landed in Cyprus, 5th; marched from Limasol to the top of Mount Troödos in that island, 9th. |
| Aug. 24, ″ | 8 | 1st Battalion from the camp on Mount Troödos, to Limasol, embarked in H.M.S. Orontes, 26th, and reaching Spithead, September 10th, and London, 11th, were quartered in Chelsea (5 companies) and St. George’s Barracks (3 companies). |
| Sept. 16, ″ | 8 | 2nd Battalion from Wellington Barracks to the Tower. |
Notes
493. Continued from Appendix 273 of MacKinnon’s Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards (ii. 450).
494. By Brigade Order, Nov. 5, 1833, the King’s Mews Barracks were called St. George’s Barracks; and the new building erected near Bird-cage Walk, on the site of the Armoury and Recruit House, Westminster Barracks. The latter were immediately afterwards called Wellington Barracks.
495. The new Kensington Barracks replaced the old buildings in April, 1858.
496. The barracks built in Chelsea were ready for occupation at this time.
497. The Magazine Barracks were given up on this date as a Guards quarter, and were handed over to the Police authorities.