Regiments involved in the Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880
This page is purely a list of the various British and Indian regiments that were involved in the Afghan campaigns of 1878-79 and 1879-80. I have also indicated the major actions they were involved in, consisting of those awarded a clasp, but also including Maiwand.
Key:
AM (Ali Musjid), PK (Peiwar Kotal), C (Charasiab), Kb (Kabul), AK (Ahmed Khel),
M (Maiwand), KK (Kabul Kandahar march), Kd (Kandahar).
| British Regiments |
| Cavalry | Royal Horse Artillery | Royal Artillery | Infantry |
As well as these regiments there were the Staff, Royal Engineers and Army Medical Department.
| Indian Regiments |
| Cavalry | Artillery | Infantry | Sappers & Miners |
see also:
| regiments that marched to Kandahar | regiment embarkation dates to and from India |
British Regiments
Cavalry
- 6th Dragoon Guards
- 8th Hussars
- 9th Lancers (C, Kb, KK, Kd)
- 10th Hussars (AM, PK)
- 13th Hussars
- 15th Hussars
Royal Horse Artillery
- D/A RHA
- E/A RHA
- F/A RHA (PK, C, Kb)
- I/A RHA
- A/B RHA (AK)
- D/B RHA
- E/B RHA (M)
- H/C RHA
- I/C RHA (AM)
- B/B RHA (reserve)
Royal Artillery
- H/1 RA
- I/1 RA Field
- C/2 RA (KK, Kd)
- D/2 RA Field
- F/2 RA
- C/3 RA
- E/3 RA (AM)
- G/3 RA (PK, C, Kb)
- A/4 RA
- C/4 RA
- D/4 RA
- E/4 RA Field
- G/4 RA (AK)
- L/5 RA
- 1/8 RA Mountain
- 5/8 RA Mountain
- 6/8 RA Mountain (KK, Kd)
- 13/8 RA Heavy Seige
- 16/8 RA Heavy
- 11/9 RA Mountain (AM, KK, Kd)
- 12/9 RA Heavy
- 13/9 RA Heavy (AM)
- 14/9 RA Heavy
- 15/9 RA
- 5/11 RA Heavy
- 6/11 RA Heavy (AK)
- 8/11 RA Heavy Seige
- 10/11 RA Heavy
- 11/11 RA Mountain (AK)
Infantry
- 5th Northumberland
- 7th Fusiliers (Kd)
- 8th Liverpool (PK)
- 9th East Norfolk (Kb)
- 11th North Devonshire
- 12th East Suffolk
- 14th West Yorkshire
- 15th East Yorkshire
- 17th Leicestershire (AM)
- 18th Royal Irish
- 25th King’s Own Borderers
- 51st South Yorkshire (AM)
- 59th East Lancashire (AK)
- 60th Royal Rifle Corps (AK, KK, Kd)
- 63rd West Suffolk
- 66th Berkshire (M, KK, Kd)
- 67th Hampshire (C, Kb)
- 70th East Surrey
- 72nd Seaforth Highlanders (PK, C, Kb, KK, Kd)
- 78th Seaforth Highlanders
- 81st North Lancashire (AM)
- 85th King’s Light Infantry
- 92nd Gordon Highlanders (C, Kb, KK, Kd)
- 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade (AM)
Indian Regiments
Cavalry
- 1st Bengal Cavalry
- 3rd Bengal Cavalry (KK, Kd)
- 4th Bengal Cavalry
- 5th Bengal Cavalry
- 8th Bengal Cavalry
- 10th Bengal Lancers
- 11th Bengal Lancers (AM)
- 12th Bengal Cavalry (PK, C, Kb)
- 13th Bengal Lancers
- 14th Bengal Lancers (C, Kb)
- 15th Bengal Cavalry
- 17th Bengal Cavalry
- 18th Bengal Cavalry
- 19th Bengal Lancers (AK)
- 1st Punjab Cavalry (AK)
- 2nd Punjab Cavalry (AK)
- 3rd Punjab Cavalry (KK, Kd)
- 5th Punjab Cavalry (C, Kb)
- Queen's Corps of Guides (AM, Kb)
- Central India Horse (KK, Kd)
- 1st Madras Light Cavalry
- 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
- 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry (M, Kd)
- Poona Horse (Kd)
- 2nd Sind Horse
- 3rd Sind Horse (M, KK, Kd)
Indian Mountain Artillery
- No 1 Kohat Mountain Battery (PK, Kb)
- No 2 Dejarat Mountain Battery (C, Kb, KK, Kd)
- No 3 Peshawar Mountain Battery
- No 4 Hazara Mountain Train (AM)
- No 5 Mountain Battery
- No 1 Bombay Mountain Battery
- No 2 Bombay Mountain Battery
Indian Infantry
- 1st Bengal Infantry
- 2nd Bengal Light Infantry
- 5th Bengal Light Infantry
- 6th Bengal Light Infantry (AM)
- 8th Bengal Infantry
- 9th Bengal Infantry
- 11th Bengal Infantry
- 12th Kelat-i-Ghilzai Bengal Infantry
- 13th Bengal Infantry
- 14th Ferozepore Bengal Infantry (AM)
- 15th Loodinah Sikhs Bengal Infantry (AK, KK, Kd)
- 16th Lucknow Bengal Infantry
- 19th Bengal Infantry Punjab (AK)
- 20th Bengal Infantry Punjab (AM)
- 21st Bengal Infantry Punjab
- 22nd Bengal Infantry Punjab
- 23rd Bengal Infantry Punjab Pioneers (PK, C, Kb, KK, Kd)
- 24th Bengal Infantry Punjab (KK, Kd)
- 25th Bengal Infantry Punjab (AK, KK, Kd)
- 26th Bengal Infantry Punjab
- 27th Bengal Infantry Punjab (AM)
- 28th Bengal Infantry Punjab (C)
- 29th Bengal Infantry Punjab (PK)
- 30th Bengal Infantry Punjab
- 31st Bengal Infantry Punjab
- 32nd Bengal Infantry Punjab Pioneers
- 39th Bengal Infantry
- 41st Bengal Infantry
- 45th Bengal Infantry
- 1st Gurkha Light Infantry
- 2nd Gurkha (KK, Kd)
- 3rd Gurkha Kemaoon (AK)
- 4th Gurkha (AM, KK, Kd)
- 5th Gurkha Hazara (PK, C, Kb, KK, Kd)
- Queen's Corps of Guides (AM, Kb)
- 1st Sikh Infantry (AM)
- 2nd Sikh Infantry (AK, KK, Kd)
- 3rd Sikh Infantry (Kb, KK, Kd)
- 1st Punjab Infantry
- 2nd Punjab Infantry (PK)
- 4th Punjab Infantry
- 5th Punjab Infantry (PK, C, Kb)
- Bhopaul Battalion
- Mhairwarra Battalion
- 1st Madras Infantry
- 4th Madras Infantry
- 15th Madras Infantry
- 21st Madras Infantry
- 30th Madras Infantry
- 1st Bombay Infantry Grenadiers (M, Kd)
- 4th Bombay Infantry Rifle Corps (Kd)
- 5th Bombay Light Infantry
- 8th Bombay Infantry
- 9th Bombay Infantry
- 10th Bombay Light Infantry
- 16th Bombay Infantry
- 19th Bombay Infantry (Kd)
- 23rd Bombay Light Infantry
- 24th Bombay Infantry
- 27th Bombay 1st Baluch Light Infantry
- 28th Bombay Infantry (Kd)
- 29th Bombay 2nd Baluch Infantry (KK, Kd)
- 30th Bombay Infantry Jacob's Rifles (M)
Sappers & Miners
- No 1 Company Bengal
- No 2 Company Bengal (AM)
- No 3 Company Bengal (AM)
- No 4 Company Bengal (AK)
- No 5 Company Bengal (Kb)
- No 6 Company Bengal
- No 7 Company Bengal (PK?, C, Kb)
- No 8 Company Bengal
- No 9 Company Bengal
- No 10 Company Bengal (AK)
- A Company Madras
- B Company Madras
- C Company Madras
- E Company Madras
- I Company Madras
- K Company Madras
- No 1 Company Bombay
- No 2 Company Bombay (M, Kd?)
- No 3 Company Bombay
- No 4 Company Bombay
- No 5 Company Bombay