State of the Rank & File of the British Army in North America-

15th. Novemr. 1781___________________________________________________


Stations


Regiments


Rank & File.

Effective    Wanting


14 24 63 26

19 145 125 49 65

530

2282

 

147

1 167 182 370 92 257


(17th. Light Drags. .....                                   394

                                    (1st. Batt. Grenadiers . . .                                  536

                                    (2d. do. do. .....                                                   478

                                    (22d. Regt. Foot. ......                                         430

    New York &             (37th.. ...........                                                     457

Posts depending         (38th.. ...........                                                    437

(40th. .............                                                 311

(42d. ............                                                   683

(54th.. ...........                                                  407

                                  (57th. ............                                                91

                                                                                      Total                  4524

 

(3d. Regt. Foot. ......                                       708

                                    (7th. ............                                                        286

                                    (16th. - 3 Compys.. .....                                      66

                                    (19th.. ...........                                                      710

                                    (30th.. ...........                                                      709

South Carolina             (63d. ............                                                    401

 (64th.. ...........                                                  386

 (1st. Baft. 71st.. .....                                        530

 (Light Compy. of do.. . . . .                             108

 (82d. - 6 Compys. ......                                   349

                                  (84th. - 5 do. .......                                                 341


 

East Florida


                                               Total               4594

 

( 3d. Bat. of 60th. 6 Comps.                       203

( 4th. do. do. 10 do.                                     252


 1500 139


 


Total


Nova Scotia


 

(70th. Foot .

(74th.. . . . ,

(82d.  4 Comps. (84th. 5 Comps,


.   355

.   496

.   372

.   280


101 192


 


293

2773


 

             Total         1503   

General Total        11083             


 

NB  57 Rank & File being the Lt. Infantry Company of the 40th. Regt. & a Detachment of Light Infantry of 77 Rank & File, doing duty at New York, are not included above.

SOURCE:  Great Britain, Public Record Office, War Office, Class 34, Volume 184, Folio 405.

NOTE:  The above was enclosed in Jenkinson to Amherst, 2/22/82.