Extended list of regiments known to have been posted to Jersey 1811-1904

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Soldier of the South Staffordshire Regiment
Guard duty at Government House
A garrison band marches along Pier Road
Members of the Northamptonshire Regiment which formed the garrison between 1895 and 1897
Royal Garrison Artillery sergeants' mess
Highland Dancing by the 2nd HLI
Members of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers returned to the island in 1902 from a tour of duty in South Africa
The Royal Artillery parade in the Royal Square in 1903
The East Surreys arrive in 1905
Royal Artillery at Elizabeth Castle
The Royal Lancaster Regiment at Fort Regent
Church parade for the 2nd Battalion Kings Own Regiment
The King's Own Regiment disembarks in 1908
Troops on the march at Gorey in the 1900s
Church parade for the 2nd HLI
Middlesex Regiment officers
A Fort Regent parade in the 1900s
The Highland Light Infantry depart in 1904
The King's Own band in 1910

This list of regiments and artillery batteries stationed in Jersey is taken from the Nafziger Collection, US Army Command and General Staff College. Although records are available for additional dates in some years, they have not been included if there has been no change in regiments stationed in Jersey in the intervening months.

See Main garrison regiments 1695-1916 for links to regiments' histories

1811

57th West Middlesex

62nd Wiltshire

75th Gordon Highlanders

96th Manchester Regiment

3rd Royal Veteran Battalion

1812

2nd Batallion 6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment

7th Royal Fuzileers

15th Yorkshire Regiment

18th Royal Irish

22nd Cheshire

81st Royal Lincoln Volunteers

96th Manchester Regiment

3rd Royal Veteran Battalion

1813

2nd Batallion 6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment

7th Royal Fuzileers

15th Yorkshire Regiment

18th Royal Irish

22nd Cheshire

81st Royal Lincoln Volunteers

96th Manchester Regiment

3rd Royal Veteran Battalion

30 April 1836

1st Battalion Rifle Brigade

31 March 1838

2nd Battalion 60th King’s Royal Rifle Corps

29 June 1839

47th North Lancashire Regiment (The Loyal Regiment)

31 August 1839

46th South Devonshire Regiment

29 August 1840

46th South Devonshire Regiment

2 October 1841

59th 2nd Nottinghamshire Regiment

1 January 1842

59th 2nd Nottinghamshire Regiment

28 January 1843

59th 2nd Nottinghamshire Regiment

2 December 1843

19th Yorkshire North Riding (Green Howards)

49th Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Hertfordshire Regiment

30 March 1844

19th Yorkshire North Riding (Green Howards)

20 November 1845

81st Royal Lincoln Volunteers

28 February 1846

81st Royal Lincoln Volunteers

3 April 1847

81st 2nd Battalion the Loyal Regiment, North Lancashire

29 July 1848

54th West Norfolk Regiment of Foot

3 February 1849

54th West Norfolk Regiment of Foot

6 April 1850

54th West Norfolk Regiment of Foot

1 March 1851

26th Cameronian Regiment

3 April 1852

15th Yorkshire East Riding Regiment

28 August 1852

13th Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry

58th 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment

2 April 1853

13th Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry

58th 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment

2 September 1854

58th Rutlandshire Regiment

73rd Perthshire (The Black Watch)

3 March 1855

65th Yorkshire North Riding Regiment

73rd Royal Highland Regiment

5 July 1856

65th Yorkshire North Riding Regiment

76th Yorkshire West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington’s)

9 May 1857

2nd and 3rd Battalions 60th Royal American Regiment

5 September 1857

5th Royal Norfolk Regiment

2nd Battalion 60th Royal American Regiment

5 December 1857

55th 2nd Battalion the Border Regiment

73rd 2nd Battalion Royal Highland Regiment (Black Watch)

77th 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment

3 July 1858

41st The Welch Regiment

55th 2nd Battalion the Border Regiment

73rd 2nd Battalion Royal Highland Regiment (Black Watch)

77th 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment

3 September 1859

15th The Duke of York’s Own East Yorkshire Regiment

41st The Welch Regiment

55th 2nd Battalion the Border Regiment

73rd 2nd Battalion Royal Highland Regiment (Black Watch)

77th 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment

2 June 1860

1st Battalion 15th The Duke of York’s Own East Yorkshire Regiment

77th 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment

5 April 1862

55th 2nd Battalion the Border Regiment

4 April 1863

61st 2nd Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment

2 April 1864

61st 2nd Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment

1 April 1865

2nd Battalion 1st Royal Scots Regiment

31 March 1866

1st Battalion 6th Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers

2 November 1867

66th Berkshire Regiment

4 April 1868

66th Berkshire Regiment

10 April 1869

2nd Battalions 17th Regiment of Foot Royal Leicestershire

43rd Monmouthshire

12th Brigade Artillery, 7th Battery

1 April 1870

1st and 2nd Battalions 17th Regiment of Foot Royal Leicestershire

1 April 1871

2nd Battalion 15th Regiment of Foot East Yorkshire

61st Regiment of Foot South Gloucestershire

12th Brigade Artillery 3rd battery

12 March 1872

30th Cambridgeshire Regiment

5 March 1873

1st Battalion 16th Regiment of Foot Bedfordshire

7 March 1874

65th Regiment of Foot 2nd Yorkshire – North Riding

84th Regiment of Foot Yorks and Lancashire

3 April 1875

1st and 2nd Battalions 5th Regiment of Foot Northumberland Fusiliers

10th Brigade Artillery 6th battery

1 March 1876

29th Regiment of Foot Worcester Regiment

36th Regiment of Foot Worcester Regiment

22nd Brigade Artillery 5th Battery

July 1877

47 th Lancashire Regiment

36th Worcester Regiment

81st Royal Lincoln Volunteers

4 January 1879

64th Regiment of Foot Staffordshire

98th Regiment of Foot Staffordshire

5 July 1879

64th Regiment of Foot 2nd Staffordshire

98th Regiment of Foot Prince of Wales’

10th Brigade Artillery 6th Battery

4 September 1880

32nd Regiment Cornwall Light Infantry

7th Brigade Artillery 1st Battery

2 April 1881

2nd Battalion East Suffolk Regiment

7th Brigade Artillery 1st Battery

July 1882

2nd Battalion East Suffolk Regiment

1st Battery Northern Division Garrison Artillery

3 March 1883

1st Battalion 21st Cheshire Regiment

2nd Battery Northern Division Garrison Artillery

4 October 1884

2nd Battalion 36th Worcestershire Regiment

2nd Battery Lancashire Division Garrison Artillery

5 September 1885

2nd Battalion 36th Worcestershire Regiment

2nd Battery Lancashire Division Garrison Artillery

3 July 1886

1st Battalion 62nd Duke of Edinburgh’s Wiltshire Regiment

3rd Battery Lancashire Division Garrison Artillery

7 May 1887

1st Battalion 62nd Duke of Edinburgh’s Wiltshire Regiment

9th Battery Lancashire Division Garrison Artillery

3 March 1888

2nd Battalion 81st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

9th Battery Lancashire Division Garrison Artillery

3 August 1889

2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

35th Battery Southern Division Royal Artillery

1 March 1890

1st Battalion Prince of Wales Volunteers

21st Battery Western Division Royal Artillery

7 March 1891

1st Battalion Prince of Wales Volunteers

21st Battery Western Division Royal Artillery

1892-1893

1st Battalion 19th Yorkshire Regiment

July 1894

1st Battalion 19th Yorkshire Regiment

23 March 1895

1st Battalion 19th Yorkshire Regiment

19 October 1895

2nd Battalion 48th and 58th Northamptonshire Regiment

4 July 1896

2nd Battalion 48th and 58th Northamptonshire Regiment

17 July 1897

2nd Battalion 48th and 58th Northamptonshire Regiment

18 September 1897

2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

5 March 1898

2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

17th Company Western Division Royal Artillery

22 October 1898

2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

12th Company Western Division Royal Artillery

19 August 1899

2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

12th Company Western Division Royal Artillery

March 1900

2nd Devonshire Militia

July 1901

2nd Devonshire Militia

December 1902

2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry

July 1903

2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry

19 November 1904

20th Company Royal Garrison Artillery

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