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created 1 August 2003. Corrected and updated
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Infantry Depot Battalions
1834-1871
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Introduction
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Fencibles 1793-1814 1800
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Introduction
Yeomanry & Militia 1850
T.F. 1908
T.A. 1939
TAVR 1967
T.A. 1995
T.A. 1999
Introduction
1834-1871
1873-1881
1946-present
Battalions are presented here in the order in which they were formed. The headings are their 1860 numbering, which are not in the same order. This depot scheme originated in 1834 as a depot battalion in England serving the East India Company armies. The British Army formed three provisional depot battalions in 1854 and twenty-one more in 1856. The Indian Mutiny saw the EIC battalion broken up to form two more, and these were soon absorbed into the British Army. Several disbanded in the 1860s, all but one of the remainder in 1871, and the last shortly afterwards. This depot system was replaced in 1873 by the Cardwell territorialisation scheme.
| 1st Depot Battalion |
| 1834 | Provisional Battalion organised at Chatham as the East India Company depot |
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| 1857.02 | Chatham 1st Depot Battalion reorganised to form also 2nd Bn and 3rd Bn |
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| 1860 | 1st Depot Battalion | |
| 1871 | Depot Battalion absorbed 2nd Bn |
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| 187u | disbanded | |
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| 16th Depot Battalion |
| 1854.03.03 | Provisional Depot Battalion formed at Mullingar |
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| 1858 | Templemore Depot Battalion moved to Templemore |
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| 1860 | 16th Depot Battalion | |
| 1866 | 11th Depot Battalion moved to Gosport |
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| 1870 | amalgamated with 5th Bn | |
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| 17th Depot Battalion |
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| Provisional Depot Battalion |
| 1854.12.22 | Provisional Depot Battalion formed at Preston [see also 16th Bn and 17th Bn] |
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| 1856 | disbanded | |
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| 4th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Colchester 2nd Depot Battalion formed at Colchester |
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| 1858 | Parkhurst Depot Battalion
(Armstrong's) moved to Parkhurst |
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| 1859 | Canterbury Depot Battalion moved to Canterbury |
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| 1860 | 4th Depot Battalion | |
| 1864 | moved to Colchester | |
| 1871 | disbanded | |
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| 5th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Parkhurst 1st Depot Battalion formed at Parkhurst |
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| 1858 | Parkhurst Depot Battalion
(Jeffrey's) moved to Parkhurst |
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| 1860 | 5th Depot Battalion | |
| 1870 | absorbed 11th Bn without change of title | |
| 1871 | disbanded | |
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| Parkhurst 2nd Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Parkhurst 2nd Depot Battalion formed at Parkhurst |
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| 1858 | disbanded | |
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| 6th Depot Battalion |
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| Walmer Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Walmer Depot Battalion formed at Walmer |
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| 1858 | Walmer Depot Battalion (Eyre's) | |
| 1860 | disbanded | |
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| 7th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Winchester 1st Depot Battalion formed at Winchester |
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| 1860 | 7th Depot Battalion absorbed Winchester 2nd Bn |
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| 1871 | disbanded | |
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| Winchester 2nd Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Winchester 2nd Depot Battalion formed at Winchester |
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| 1860 | absorbed by Winchester 1st Bn | |
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| 8th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Pembroke Depot Battalion formed at Pembroke |
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| 1858 | Pembroke 1st Depot Battalion | |
| 1859 | Pembroke Depot Battalion | |
| 1860 | 7th Depot Battalion absorbed Winchester 2nd Bn |
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| 1866 | disbanded | |
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| 10th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Colchester 3rd Depot Battalion formed at Colchester |
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| 1858 | Colchester Depot Battalion (Street's) | |
| 1860 | 10th Depot Battalion serving India |
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| 1866 | 8th Depot Battalion | |
| 1871 | disbanded | |
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| 11th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Jersey Depot Battalion formed in Jersey |
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| 1860 | 11th Depot Battalion moved to Plymouth |
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| 1863 | moved to Preston | |
| 1866 | 9th Depot Battalion | |
| 1871 | disbanded | |
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| 12th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Athlone Depot Battalion formed at Athlone |
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| 1860 | 12th Depot Battalion | |
| 1866 | disbanded | |
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| 13th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Provisional Depot Battalion formed at Birr |
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| 1858 | Birr Depot Battalion | |
| 1860 | 13th Depot Battalion | |
| 1866 | disbanded | |
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| 14th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Templemore Depot Battalion formed in Jersey |
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| 1858 | Belfast Depot Battalion | |
| 1860 | 14th Depot Battalion | |
| 1866 | 10th Depot Battalion moved to Shorncliff |
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| 1870 | disbanded | |
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| 15th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Buttevant Depot Battalion formed in Jersey |
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| 1858 | Pembroke 2nd Depot Battalion moved to Pembroke |
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| 1859 | Buttevant Depot Battalion moved to Pembroke |
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| 1860 | 15th Depot Battalion serving India |
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| 1866 | disbanded | |
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| 18th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Fermoy 1st Depot Battalion formed at Fermoy |
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| 1860 | 18th Depot Battalion | |
| 1866 | disbanded | |
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| 19th Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Fermoy 2nd Depot Battalion formed at Fermoy |
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| 1860 | 19th Depot Battalion serving India |
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| 1866 | 13th Depot Battalion | |
| 1869 | moved to Pembroke | |
| 1871 | amalgamated with 3rd Bn | |
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| 20th Depot Battalion |
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| 21st Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Chichester Depot Battalion formed at Chichester |
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| 1860 | 21st Depot Battalion | |
| 1863 | disbanded | |
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| 22nd Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Stirling Depot Battalion formed at Stirling |
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| 1860 | 22nd Depot Battalion serving India |
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| 1863 | 21st Depot Battalion | |
| 1865.01.25 | disbanded (personnel to 92nd Regiment) | |
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| 23rd Depot Battalion |
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| Glasgow Depot Battalion |
| 1856.10.01 | Glasgow Depot Battalion formed at Glasgow |
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| 1859 | disbanded | |
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| 2nd Depot Battalion |
| 1857.02 | Chatham 2nd Depot Battalion reorganised at Chatham from 1st Bn, serving India |
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| 1860 | 2nd Depot Battalion | |
| 1871 | absorbed by 1st Bn | |
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| 3rd Depot Battalion |
| 1857.02 | Chatham 3rd Depot Battalion reorganised at Chatham from 1st Bn, serving India |
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| 1860 | 3rd Depot Battalion | |
| 1869 | moved to Shorncliffe | |
| 1870 | moved to Colchester and amalgamated with 13th Bn | |
| 1871 | disbanded | |
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| 9th Depot Battalion |
| 1858 | Colchester Depot Battalion (Dixon's) formed at Colchester |
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| 1860 | 9th Depot Battalion serving India |
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| 1866 | disbanded | |
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