The establishments and locations of British Field Artillery Batteries in 1890

1st Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Weedon 5 9 2 138 154 74

2nd Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Agra (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

3rd Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Shorncliffe 5 9 2 138 154 74

4th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Dinapore (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

5th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Komptee (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

6th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Woolwich 5 9 2 150 166 86

7th Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Shorncliffe 5 8 2 100 115 50

8th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Rawalpindi (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

9th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Cawnpore (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

10th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Karachi (Bombay) 5 9 2 150 166 86

11th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Sheffield 5 9 2 138 154 74

12th Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Glasgow 5 8 2 100 115 50

13th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Clonmel 5 9 2 150 166 86

14th Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Shorncliffe 5 8 2 100 115 50

15th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Meerut (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

16th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Newcastle upon Tyne 5 9 2 138 154 74

17th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Ahmednagar (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

18th Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Colchester 5 8 2 100 115 50

19th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Bangalore (Madras) 5 9 2 146 162 110

20th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
St Thomas Mount (Madras) 5 9 2 146 162 110

21st Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Bellary (Madras) 5 9 2 146 162 110

22nd Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Bareilly (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

23rd Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Hilsea 5 9 2 150 166 86

24th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Sheffield 5 9 2 150 166 86

25th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Trowbridge 5 9 2 138 154 74

26th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Neemuch (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

27th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Ahmedabad (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

28th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Multan (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

29th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Newbridge 5 9 2 150 166 86

30th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Coventry 5 9 2 150 166 86

31st Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Barrackpore (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

32nd Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Aldershot 5 9 2 138 154 74

33rd Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Newcastle upon Tyne 5 9 2 138 154 74

34th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Aldershot 5 9 2 150 166 86

35th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Kirkee (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

36th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Hyderabad (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

37th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Jubbulpore (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

38th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Secunderabad (Madras) 5 9 2 146 162 110

39th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Ferozepore (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

40th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Ipswich 5 9 2 138 154 74

41st Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Weedon 5 9 2 138 154 74

42nd Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Naseerabad (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

43rd Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Lucknow (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

44th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Peshawar (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

45th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Ipswich 5 9 2 138 154 74

46th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Hilsea 5 9 2 150 166 86

47th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Aldershot 5 9 2 150 166 86

48th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Neemuch (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

49th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Fermoy 5 9 2 150 166 86

50th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
En route to India 5 9 2 146 162 110

51st Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Woolwich 5 9 2 150 166 86

52nd Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Exeter 5 8 2 100 115 50

53rd Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Kirkee (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

54th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Woolwich 5 9 2 150 166 86

55th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Kirkee (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

56th Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Colchester 5 8 2 100 115 50

57th Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Aldershot 5 8 2 100 115 50

58th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Exeter 5 8 2 100 115 50

59th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
St Thomas Mount (Madras) 5 9 2 146 162 110

60th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Meean Meer (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

61st Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Bangalore (Madras) 5 9 2 146 162 110

62nd Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Newcastle upon Tyne 5 8 2 100 115 50

63rd Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Colchester 5 8 2 100 115 50

64th Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Athlone 5 8 2 100 115 50

65th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Jullundur (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

66th Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Christchurch 5 8 2 100 115 50

67th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Aldershot 5 9 2 150 166 86

68th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Meean Meer (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

69th Field Battery
Equipment: 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Limerick 5 9 2 150 166 86

70th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Meerut (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

71st Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Allahabad (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

72nd Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Deesa (Bombay) 5 9 2 146 162 110

73rd Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Jhansi (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

74th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Lucknow (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

75th Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Aldershot 5 8 2 100 115 50

76th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Bangalore (Madras) 5 9 2 146 162 110

77th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Nowgong (Bengal) 5 9 2 146 162 110

78th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
En route to India 5 9 2 146 162 110

79th Field Battery
Equipment: 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Secunderabad (Madras) 5 9 2 146 162 110

80th Field Battery
Equipment: 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)

Location

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
Athlone 5 8 2 100 115 50

Royal Artillery Field Batteries had standard establishments. These were designated by Roman numerals.

Standard Establishments
for Field Artillery Batteries

Officers

Warrant Officers,
Sergeants & Farriers

Trumpeters

ORs

Total

Horses
V 5 9 2 150 166 86
VI 5 9 2 138 154 74
VII 5 8 2 100 115 50
IX 5 9 2 146 162 110

In 1890, the eighty Royal Artillery Field Batteries were located as follows:

United Kingdom
Aldershot 32nd 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
34th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
47th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
57th 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
67th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
75th 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
Athlone 64th 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
80th 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
Christchurch 66th 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
Clonmel 13th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Colchester 18th 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
56th 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
63rd 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
Coventry 30th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Exeter 52nd 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
58th 12 pdr. BL (4 Guns)
Fermoy 49th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Glasgow 12th 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
Hilsea 23rd 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
46th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Ipswich 40th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
45th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Limerick 69th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Newbridge 29th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Newcastle upon Tyne 16th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
33rd 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
62nd 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
Sheffield 11th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
24th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Shorncliffe 14th 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
3rd 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
7th 13 pdr. RML (4 Guns)
Trowbridge 25th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Weedon 1st 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
41st 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Woolwich 51st 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
54th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
6th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
In transit
En route to India 50th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
En route to India 78th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
India (Bengal)
Agra 2nd 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Allahabad 71st 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Bareilly 22nd 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Barrackpore 31st 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Cawnpore 9th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Dinapore 4th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Ferozepore 39th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Jhansi 73rd 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Jubbulpore 37th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Jullundur 65th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Lucknow 43rd 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Lucknow 74th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Meean Meer 60th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
68th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Meerut 15th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
70th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Multan 28th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Nowgong 77th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Peshawar 44th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Rawalpindi 8th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
India (Bombay)
Ahmedabad 27th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Ahmednagar 17th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Deesa 72nd 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Hyderabad 36th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Karachi 10th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
Kirkee 35th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
53rd 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
55th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Komptee 5th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Naseerabad 42nd 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Neemuch 26th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
48th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
India (Madras)
Bangalore 19th 12 pdr. BL (6 Guns)
61st 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
76th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Bellary 21st 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
Secunderabad 38th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
79th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
St Thomas Mount 20th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)
59th 9 pdr. RML (6 Guns)

© Robert George Cordery (2008)