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British Expeditionary Force

(40,000+ troops)

• Commander: Lieut Gen Sir Garnet Wolseley
• Chief of Staff: Lieut Gen John Miller Adye|Sir John Adye

1st Division (Lt Gen GHS Willis)

1st (Guards) Infantry Brigade (Maj Gen HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught)

• 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
• 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
• 1st Battalion, Scots Guards

2nd Infantry Brigade (Maj Gen Gerald Graham)

• 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
• 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
• 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
• 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

Divisional Troops

• 19th Hussars (2 Sqns)
• 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
• A Battery, 1st Field Brigade, Royal Artillery
• D Battery, 1st Field Brigade, Royal Artillery
• 24 Field Company, Royal Engineers
• 12 Company, Army Commissariat and Transport Corps
• 1 Bearer Company, Army Hospital Corps (Half)
• 3 Field Hospital, Army Hospital Corps

2nd Division (Lt Gen Sir Edward Hamley)

3rd (Highland) Infantry Brigade (Maj Gen Sir Edward Alison)

• 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
• 1st Battalion, Black Watch
• 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
• 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

4th Infantry Brigade (Maj Gen Sir Evelyn Wood VC)

• 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment

*1st Battalion, 1st Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Divisional Troops

• 19th Hussars (2 Sqns)
• 3rd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
• I Battery, 2nd Field Brigade, Royal Artillery
• N Battery, 2nd Field Brigade, Royal Artillery
• 26 Field Company, Royal Engineers
• 11 Company, Army Commissariat and Transport Corps
• 2 Bearer Company, Army Hospital Corps (Half)
• 4 Field Hospital, Army Hospital Corps
• 5 Field Hospital, Army Hospital Corps

Indian Contingent (Maj Gen Sir Herbert Macpherson VC)

• 1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
• 7th Bengal Infantry
• 20th Punjab Infantry
• 29th Baluch Infantry
• 7 (Mountain) Battery, Northern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery
• (plus their own Commissariat, Engineers etc.)

Cavalry Division (Maj Gen Drury Curzon Drury-Lowe)

1st (Heavy) Cavalry Brigade (Brig Gen Baker Russell)

• Household Cavalry Regiment (1 Sqn each from the 1st Life Guards, 2nd Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards)
• 4th Dragoon Guards
• 7th Dragoon Guards

2nd (Bengal) Cavalry Brigade (Brig Gen HC Wilson)

• 2nd Bengal Cavalry
• 6th Bengal Cavalry
• 13th Bengal Lancers

Division Troops

• N Battery, 1 Horse Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
• Mounted Infantry Battalion (formed from Mounted Coys of line infantry battalions)
• 17 Company, Army Commissariat and Transport
• 6 Field Hospital, Army Hospital Corps

Army Troops

• Naval Brigade
• Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
• G Battery, 2nd Horse Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
• F Battery, 1st Field Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
• H Battery, 1st Field Brigade, RFA
• C Battery, 3rd Field Brigade, RFA
• J Battery, 3rd Field Brigade, RFA
• T Battery, 3rd Field Brigade, RFA
• Royal Marine Artillery
• 1 Battery, London Division, Royal Garrison Artillery
• 4 Battery, London Division, RGA
• 5 Battery, London Division, RGA
• 5 Battery, Scottish Division, RGA
• 6 Battery, Scottish Division, RGA

Army Train

• A (Bridging) Troop, Royal Engineers
• C (Telegraph) Troop, RE
• Railway Troop, RE
• 8 Field Company, RE
• 17 Field Company, RE
• 18 Field Company, RE
• A Company, Queen’s Own Madras Sappers and Miners
• I Company, QOMS&M
• 8 Company, Army Commissariat and Transport Corps
• 15 Company, ACT Corps
• Auxiliary Company, ACT Corps
• 2 Bearer Company, Army Hospital Corps
• 1 Field Hospital, AHC
• 3 Field Hospital, AHC
• 7 Field Hospital, AHC
• 8 Field Hospital, AHC

External Links

Egyptian Campaign 1882 British Empire website
1882 Anglo-Egyptian War Wikipedia
Wolseley's Conquest of Egypt Google Books