List of British Army formations during the Second Boer War

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This is a list of all British formations mobilised to serve in the Second Boer War

Corps

Corps
Formation name	Created	Ceased to exist	Locations served	Notes	Ref
First Army Corps

Divisions
Formation name	Created	Ceased to exist	Locations served	Notes	Ref
1st Division
2nd Division
3rd Division
4th Division	March 1900	October 1900	Natal, Transvaal	Formed from garrison of Ladysmith after Siege	^[1]
5th Division	November 1899	October 1900	Natal, Transvaal		^[2]
6th Division
7th Division
8th Division
9th Division
10th Division
11th Division
Colonial Division
Cavalry Division
1st Mounted Division
2nd Mounted Division
3rd Mounted Division
4th Mounted Division
5th Mounted Division

Brigades
Formation name	Created	Ceased to exist	Locations served	Notes	Ref
1st (Guards) Brigade				Existing brigade at Aldershot	^[3]^[4]
2nd Brigade				Existing brigade at Aldershot	^[3]^[4]
3rd (Highland) Brigade				Existing brigade at Aldershot	^[3]^[4]
4th (Light) Brigade				Existing brigade	^[3]
5th (Irish) Brigade				Existing brigade	^[3]
6th (Fusilier) Brigade				Existing brigade	^[3]
7th Brigade	March 1900	October 1900	Natal, Transvaal	Formed in the garrison of Ladysmith	^[1]
8th Brigade	March 1900	October 1900	Natal, Transvaal	Formed in the garrison of Ladysmith	^[1]
9th Brigade	November 1899			Formed from troops already in Cape Colony
10th (Fusilier) Brigade	November 1899				^[2]
11th (Lancashire) Brigade	November 1899				^[2]
12th Brigade
13th Brigade
14th Brigade
15th Brigade
16th Brigade
16th Brigade
17th Brigade
18th Brigade
19th Brigade
20th Brigade
21st Brigade
22nd Brigade
23rd Brigade

L.S. Amery (ed), The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902, London: Sampson Low, Marston, 7 Vols 1900–09.
Lt-Col H.G. Hart, New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Yeomanry Cavalry List, 1899.

Divisions of the British Army

Active

Administrative units	Guards and Parachute Union Queen's Light
Combat units	1st (United Kingdom) Division 3rd (United Kingdom) Division 6th (United Kingdom) Division

Post-Cold War period

Administrative units	Guards King's Light Prince of Wales's Queen's Scottish Scottish, Welsh and Irish
Combat units	1st (UK) Armoured 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia) Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)

Cold War

Administrative units	Guards King's Light Prince of Wales's Queen's Scottish
Airborne	6th Airborne 16th Airborne
Armoured	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 11th 49th (West Riding) 56th (London)
Infantry	1st 2nd 3rd 5th 13th 40th 42nd (Lancashire) 43rd (Wessex) 44th (Home Counties) 50th (Northumbrian) 51st/52nd (Scottish) 53rd (Welsh)
Other	Artillery Division 1st Commonwealth Division 17th Gurkha Division

Second World War (list)

Airborne	1st Airborne 6th Airborne
Armoured	Guards 1st 2nd 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 42nd 79th
Infantry	Guards 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th (Highland) 12th (Eastern) 15th (Scottish) 18th 23rd (Northumbrian) 36th 38th (Welsh) 42nd (East Lancashire) 43rd (Wessex) 44th (Home Counties) 45th 46th 47th (London) 48th (South Midland) 49th (West Riding) 50th (Northumbrian) 51st (Highland) 52nd (Lowland) 53rd (Welsh) 54th (East Anglian) 55th (West Lancashire) 56th (London) 59th (Staffordshire) 61st 66th 70th 76th 77th 78th 80th
Anti-Invasion "County Divisions"	Devon and Cornwall Dorset Durham and North Riding Essex Hampshire Lincolnshire Norfolk Northumberland West Sussex Yorkshire
Anti-Aircraft	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Deception	See British deception formations in World War II
African	1st (African) 2nd (African) 11th (African) 11th (East Africa) 12th (SDF) 81st (West Africa) 82nd (West Africa)
Other	1st Cavalry Beauman Division Royal Marines Y Division British Army in India

First World War (list)

Regular Army

New Army

1st New Army	9th (Scottish) 10th (Irish) 11th (Northern) 12th (Eastern) 13th (Western) 14th (Light)
2nd New Army	15th (Scottish) 16th (Irish) 17th (Northern) 18th (Eastern) 19th (Western) 20th (Light)
3rd New Army	21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th
4th New Army	30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th
5th New Army	36th (Ulster) 37th 38th (Welsh) 39th 40th 41st

Territorial Force

1st Line	42nd (East Lancashire) 43rd (Wessex) 44th (Home Counties) 46th (North Midland) 47th (1/2nd London) 48th (South Midland) 49th (West Riding) 50th (Northumbrian) 51st (Highland) 52nd (Lowland) 53rd (Welsh) 54th (East Anglian) 55th (West Lancashire) 56th (1/1st London)
2nd Line	45th (2nd Wessex) 57th (2nd West Lancashire) 58th (2/1st London) 59th (2nd North Midland) 60th (2/2nd London) 61st (2nd South Midland) 62nd (2nd West Riding) 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) 64th (2nd Highland) 65th (2nd Lowland) 66th (2nd East Lancashire) 67th (2nd Home Counties) 68th (2nd Welsh) 69th (2nd East Anglian)

Other

Cavalry

Cavalry	1st 2nd 3rd
Mounted	1st 2nd 2/2nd (later 3rd) 4th Yeomanry

Second Boer War (list)

Infantry	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th Colonial
Cavalry	Cavalry
Mounted	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Crimean War (list)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Cavalry Highland Light

Napoleonic Wars (list)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Light

British Empire small arms & ordnance of the Victorian era

Sidearms

Field Artillery	SBML 9 pounder 13 cwt RBL 9 pounder RBL 12-pounder RBL 20-pounder RML 9-pounder 8 cwt RML 13-pounder 8 cwt RML 16-pounder 12 cwt BL 12-pounder 7 cwt BL 12-pounder 6 cwt QF 12-pounder 8 cwt BL 15-pounder QF 1-pounder pom-pom
Mountain artillery	RML 7-pounder Mountain Gun RML 2.5-inch Mountain Gun
Howitzers, medium, and heavy artillery	RML 6.3-inch howitzer RML 6.6-inch howitzer BL 5-inch howitzer BL 5.4-inch howitzer
Siege & garrison artillery	4.1-inch 'Long Cecil' SBBL 32-pounder SBML 24-pounder SBML 8-inch 65 cwt RBL 40-pounder RBL 7-inch RML 25-pounder 18 cwt RML 40-pounder gun RML 64-pounder 64 cwt gun RML 64-pounder 58 cwt RML 64-pounder 71 cwt gun RML 80-pounder RML 6.6-inch gun RML 8-inch howitzer BL 5-inch gun Mk I – V BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer BL 9.45-inch howitzer
Coastal artillery	QF 3-pounder Nordenfelt QF 4.7-inch BL 6-inch Mk III, IV, VI BL 6-inch Mk V RBL 7-inch RML 7-inch RML 8-inch BL 8-inch Mk VII RML 9-inch BL 9.2-inch Mk IV & VI BL 10-inch Mk I BL 12-inch Mk I, VI, VII RML 12.5-inch RML 16-inch RML 17.72-inch