Brief Guide 32: regiments of the British army serving in Tasmania, 1803 - 1870

The records of these Regiments are held in the National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom but microfilm copies of the Muster rolls and Pay Lists (WO12) are available on microfilm in the National Library and most Australian State Libraries as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project. The AJCP Reel Nos. are 3719 – 3917.

Regt	Title of Regiment	Date
102^nd	NSW Corps	1803 – 10
	Royal Marines	1804 – 12
73^rd	Black Watch 2 Bn (Royal Highlanders)	1810 – 14
46^th	Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 2 Bn	1814 – 18
48^th	Northamptonshire Regiment 1 Bn	1818 – 24
3^rd	The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regt)	1823 – 25
40^th	Prince of Wales Volunteers 1 Bn (formerly 2^nd Somersetshire Regt)	1825 – 30
57^th	Middlesex Regt 1 Bn	1825 – 32
	Royal Staff Corps	1826 – 29
	Royal Veteran Corps	1826 – 29
63^rd	Manchester Regt 1 Bn (formerly West Suffolk Regt)	1829 – 34
17^th	Leicestershire Regt	1830 – 32
4^th	King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regt	1831 – 32
21^st	Royal Scots Fusiliers (formerly Royal N. British Fusiliers)	1833 – 40
50^th	Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt 1 Bn	1834 – 39
28^th	Gloucestershire Regt 1 Bn	1839 – 41
80^th	South Staffordshire Regt 2 Bn	1839 – 44
51^st	King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1 Bn	1839 – 47
96^th	Manchester Regt 2 Bn	1839 – 49
65^th	York and Lancaster Regt 1 Bn	1846
11^th	Devonshire Regt	1846 – 50
99^th	Wiltshire Regt 2 Bn (formerly Lanarkshire Regt)	1848 – 56
12^th	Suffolk Regt	1855 – 66
40^th	Prince of Wales Volunteer Regiment 1 Bn	1859 – 66
14^th	West Yorkshire Regt (formerly Buckingham Regt)	1866 - 70
18^th	Royal Irish Regt	1870