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BRITISH REGIMENTS IN ADEN PRE-CARDWELL
Prior to the
Cardwell Reforms of 1881 British regiments were known by
their number. This number was based on their seniority
according to the year the Regiment was raised; for
example the Royal Fusiliers was one of nine regiments
raised in 1685 became the 7th of Foot, whilst
the 41st were only raised in 1719.
Band of the 41st "The
Welsh" Regiment 1874
Photographed on the
Saluting Bunder at Steamer Point
The table below shows those Regiments
that served in Aden up to 1881. It will be added to and
amended as other information becomes known.
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Year |
Full title at time of serving
in Aden |
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1860 - 1861 |
4th (The King’s
Own) Regiment of Foot |
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1870 - 1870 |
1st Bn 7th
Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) * |
|
1870 - Dec 1871 |
3rd Bn The Rifle
Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) |
|
Dec
1871- Nov 1872 |
3rd Bn 60th
(The King’s Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot
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Nov
1872 - 1873 |
105th Regiment of
Foot (Madras Light Infantry) ** |
|
1873 - Feb 1874 |
41st (the Welsh)
Regiment of Foot |
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Feb
1874 - Feb 1875 |
2nd Bn 25th
(The York) Regiment of Foot (King’s Own
Borderers) *** |
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1875 - 1876 |
55th (The
Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot
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1878 - 1879 |
14th (Buckinghamshire – The Prince of
Wales’ Own) Regiment of Foot |
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1879 - 1880 |
1st Bn 6th Regiment of
Foot |
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1880 - 1881 |
62nd (the Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot |
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Notes
* It is perhaps not
surprising that the 7th spent less than a
year in Aden, as they had begun their Indian tour in
December 1857, having come there from the Crimea!
** This was a European
regiment of the East India Company. Post-Cardwell it
became the 2nd Bn. of the King’s own Yorkshire Light
Infantry.
*** Post-Cardwell the 25th
became the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. They would be
back in Aden again in 1906 and in 1962. |
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