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LOCATION OF REGIMENTS IN JAMAICA

This list of Regiments and their locations in Jamaica has been compiled from various sources, which are identified as follows:

Anglican Parish Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials:(R)

Almanacs for 1808 to 1881: (A)

Roman Catholic Registers: (RC)

Gazettes: (G)

Gleaner: (Gl)

The 1869 Jamaica Almanac lists the Military Stations in Jamaica at that time. The link next to each station will take you to a map on which you can find that station, if you need to see the location:

Kingston, see 1845 map of Jamaica

Up Park Camp, St. Andrew, see map of Kingston

Newcastle, St. Andrew, map and photograph

Apostle's Battery, see map of kingston Harbour

Port Royal, see map

Gordon Town, St. Andrew, (north-northeast of Kingston)go to Jamaica map

Mandeville, Manchester, see 1845 map of Jamaica

Falmouth, Trelawny, see 1845 map and photographs

Port Antonio, Portland, see 1845 map

and the following Outstations (outside of Jamaica):

Honduras

Nassau

WEST INDIA REGIMENTS

NOTE: The Almanacs provided information on other assignments for the West India Regiments, outside of Jamaica, namely in Africa, Sierra Leone, Honduras, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, Curacao

1st West India Regiment

1818 St. Catherine (R)

1847 Falmouth, Trelawny (R)

1847 St. Catherine (R)

1848 St. Andrew (R)

1848 Port Royal (R)

1849 Falmouth, Trelawny (R)

1850 Military Barracks, Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1851 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

1852 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1853 St. Catherine (R)

1855 Headquarters Spanish Town, St. Catherine(A)

1855 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1862 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1866 Jamaica (Gl)

1871 Jamaica (A)

1872 Jamaica. Also Africa, Honduras and Nassau. (A)

1872 Falmouth, Trelawny (R)

1873 Up Park Camp; Falmouth; Port Royal. Also Honduras and Nassau. (A)

1874 Up Park Camp; Port Royal. Also Honduras. (A)

1878 Up Park Camp. Also Honduras and Nassau .(A)

2nd West India Regiment

1802 St. Andrew (R)

1803 St. Andrew (R)

1805 St. Andrew (R)

1806 Fort Augusta, St. Catherine (R) see map

1808 Jamaica (A)

1809 Jamaica (A)

1809 Kingston (R)

1813 Headquarters in Nassau, New Providence (A)

1814 Headquarters in Nassau, New Providence (A)

1816 Headquarters in Nassau, New Providence (A)

1817 Five companies in Jamaica, and five in Honduras (A)

1817 St. Catherine (R)

1818 Five companies in Jamaica, and five in Honduras (A)

1819 Five companies in Jamaica, and five in Honduras (A)

1819 Kingston (R)

1820 In New Providence; Honduras, and Sierra Leone (A)

1821 In New Providence; Honduras, and Sierra Leone (A)

1822 In New Providence; Honduras, and Sierra Leone (A)

1823 In New Providence; Honduras, and Sierra Leone (A)

1824 In Honduras and Bahamas (A)

1839 St. Catherine (R)

1841 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1844 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1845 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1845 Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1849 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1851 Headquarters Spanish Town, St. Catherine (A)

1858 St. Catherine (R)

1858 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1858 Jamaica (RC)

1859 Jamaica (RC)

1860 Jamaica (RC)

1860 Kingston (A)

1861 Jamaica (A)

1868 Jamaica (Gl)

1869 Jamaica (A)

1875 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

1876 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

1876 Portland (R)

1877 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1877 "Under orders to proceed to Africa on January 6, to relieve 1st West India Regiment," which would then come to Jamaica.

3rd West India Regiment

1796 Stoney Hill, St. Andrew (R), see map

1851 Headquarters Falmouth, Trelawny (A)

1852 St. James (R)

1853 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1854 Jamaica (RC)

1855 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

1855 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1856 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1857 Jamaica (RC)

1861 Jamaica (A)

1862 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

1862 Jamaica (RC)

1866 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (Gl)

1868 Jamaica (A)(Gl)

1869 Jamaica (A)

5th West India Regiment

1810 Jamaica (A)

1810 St. Catherine (R)

1811 Jamaica (A)

1811 St. Catherine (R)

1812 Jamaica (A)

1812 St. Catherine (R)

1813 Jamaica (A)

1814 Jamaica (A)

1814 St. Catherine (R)

1814 St. Catherine (R)

1816 Jamaica (A)

1816 St. Catherine (R)

1817 New Providence (A)

1865 Jamaica (A)

6th West India Regiment

1797 St. Andrew (R)

1798 St. Andrew (R)

1854 Maroon Town, St. James (R), see drawing

1866 Jamaica (Gl)

7th West India Regiment

1813 Headquarters Curacao (A)

1814 Headquarters Curacao (A)

1816 Headquarters Curacao (A)

1816 St. Catherine (R)


OTHER REGIMENTS

1st Regiment (The Royal Scots) (Dragoons)

1781 St. Andrew (R)

1791 St. Andrew (R)

1792 St. Andrew (R)

1793 St. Andrew (R)

1794 St. Andrew (R)

1794 Jamaica (G)

3rd Regiment of Foot (The Buffs, Royal East Kent)

1789 St. Andrew (R)

1794 Jamaica (G)

3rd (Lancashire Fusiliers) Regiment

c1901 Newcastle, St. Andrew (RC)

4th (King's Own Royal) Regiment

1845 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1858 Jamaica (RC)

1861 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1880 Newcastle, St. Andrew (RC)

1880 Newcastle, St. Andrew (A)

6th (Royal Warwickshire) Regiment, 2nd Battalion

1865 Newcastle; Port Royal and Up Park Camp (A)

1866 Jamaica (RC)

1867 Newcastle; Port Royal and Up Park Camp (A)

1867 Jamaica (RC)

8th York Infantry Volunteers (the King's Royal Irish)

1812 Jamaica (A)

1812 Kingston (R)

1813 Kingston (RC)

1813 Jamaica (A)

1814 Jamaica (A)

1816 Kingston (RC)

1816 Jamaica (A)

1833 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1834 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1835 St. Catherine (R)

1835 Port Royal (R)

1836 Jamaica (A)

1838 Headquarters Stoney Hill, St. Andrew (A)

1839 Jamaica (A)

9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot

1826 St. Catherine (R)

10th (N. Lincolnshire) Regiment

1787 St. Andrew (R)

1791 Hanover (R)

1792 Hanover (R)

1792 St. Andrew (R)

1793 St. Andrew (R)

1794 St. Andrew (R)

1794 Jamaica (G)

13th (Somerset Light Infantry) Regiment

1791 St. Catherine (R)

1792 Westmoreland (R)

1792 St. Andrew (R)

1793 St. Andrew (R)

1794 Jamaica (G)

1797 Hanover (R)

1797 Westmoreland (R)

14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment

1782 St. Catherine (R)

1783 St. Catherine (R)

1794 Jamaica (G)

1860 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1861 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1861 Newcastle (A)

1862 1st Battalion headquarters Newcastle (A)

1862 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1862 1st Battalion, Jamaica (RC)

1863 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1865 1st Battalion headquarters Newcastle (A)

16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Infantry

1793 Falmouth, Trelawny (G)

1794 Fort Augusta, Port Royal (G)

1795 St. Andrew (R)

1796 St. Andrew (R)

1849 Fort Charlotte, Hanover (R)

1851 Newcastle (R)

1853 St. James (R)

1854 St. James (R)

1857 Newcastle (R)

18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot

1805 St. Andrew (R)

1806 St. Andrew (R)

1807 St. Catherine (R)

1808 1st Battalion Jamaica (A)

1808 St. Catherine (R)

1809 1st Battalion Jamaica (A)

1809 St. Catherine (R)

1809 Kingston (R)

1810 1st and 2nd Battalions, Jamaica (A)

1810 Kingston (R)

1810 St. Andrew (R)

1811 1st Battalion Jamaica (A)

1811 Kingston (R)

1812 1st Battalion Jamaica (A)

1812 St. Catherine (R)

1813 1st Battalion Jamaica (A)

1813 St. Andrew (R)

1814 1st Battalion Jamaica (A)

1815 1st Battalion Jamaica (A)

1816 1st Battalion Jamaica (A)

1816 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1816 St. Catherine (R)

19th (1st York North Riding)

1783 St. Andrew (R)

1785 Hanover (R)

1786 Hanover (R)

1786 St. Andrew (R)

1788 St. Andrew (R)

1790 St. Andrew (R)

20th Light Dragoons (East Devon)

1793 St. Andrew (R)

1794 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (G)

1795 Jamaica (A)

22nd (Cheshire) Regiment

1794 Cape Nicholas Mole, St. Domingue (G)

1827 Headquarters Stoney Hill, St. Andrew (A)

1827 Kingston (R)

1827 Stoney Hill, St. Andrew (R)

1828 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

1829 Headquarters Spanish Town, St. Catherine (A)

1830 Lucea, Hanover (R)

1830 Falmouth, Trelawny (R)

1831 Headquarters Falmouth, Trelawny (A) (R)

1832 Headquarters Falmouth, Trelawny (A) (R)

1833 Headquarters Falmouth, Trelawny (A) (R)

1833 St. Andrew (R)

1836 Headquarters Stoney Hill, St. Andrew (R)

23rd Regiment of Foot

1794 Jamaica (G)

29th (Worcestershire) Regiment

1870 Newcastle, St. Andrew (RC)

1871 Newcastle, St. Andrew (RC)

1872 Jamaica (A)

1872 Newcastle, St. Andrew (RC)

1873 Newcastle, St. Andrew (RC)

1873 Newcastle, St. Andrew (A)

30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment

1782 Kingston (R)

1783 St. Andrew (R)

32nd Regiment

1844 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

33rd (1st York West Riding) Regiment

1822 Jamaica (A)

1823 Jamaica (A)

1824 Jamaica (A)

1824 Trelawny (R)

1825 Jamaica (A)

1825 Trelawny (R)

1826 Headquarters Spanish Town, St. Catherine (A)

1826 St. Catherine (R)

1827 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

1828 Headquarters Stoney Hill, St. Andrew (A)

1829 Headquarters Fort Augusta, St. Catherine (A)

1829 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1830 St. Catherine (R)

1831 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

35th (Sussex) Regiment

1876 Newcastle, St. Andrew (RC)

1876 (Left Wing) Newcastle, St. Andrew (A)

1877 Newcastle, St. Andrew (RC)

1877 Newcastle, St. Andrew (A)

1878 Newcastle, St. Andrew (A)

1879 Newcastle, St. Andrew. "Under orders to proceed to Malta on relief by 14th Regiment."(A)

36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot

1770 St. Catherine (R)

1771 St. Catherine (R)

1771 St. Andrew (R)

1772 St. Catherine (R)

1773 St. Catherine (R)

1837 Stoney Hill, St. Andrew (R)

1854 Jamaica (RC)

1855 Headquarters Newcastle, St. Andrew (A)

1855 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1855 Jamaica (RC)

1856 Headquarters Newcastle, St. Andrew (A)

1856 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1856 Stoney Hill, St. Andrew (R)

37th (North Hampshire) Regiment

1833 Headquarters Stoney Hill, St. Andrew (A)

1833 St. Andrew (R)

1834 St. Andrew (R)

1837 Trelawny Barracks (R)

1838 Headquarters Falmouth, Trelawny (A)

1838 Trelawny (R)

1838 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R, RC)

38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment

1846 Jamaica (A)

1847 Jamaica (A)

1847 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1850 Trelawny (R)

41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot

1857 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1859 Jamaica (A)

1860 Newcastle, St. Andrew (A)

1860 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1861 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry Regiment

1764 St. Andrew (R)

48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment

1841 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1844 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1845 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1846 Newcastle, St. Andrew (R)

1846 Jamaica (A)

1846 St. James (R)

49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment

1793 St. Andrew (R)

1794 Jamaica (G)

50th (Queen's Own, West Kent) Regiment

1773 St. Catherine (R)

1774 St. Catherine (R)

1775 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1776 St. Catherine (R)

1819 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1820 Jamaica (A)

1820 St. Andrew (R)

1821 Jamaica (A)

1822 Jamaica (A)

1823 Jamaica (A)

1824 Jamaica (A)

1824 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1825 Jamaica (A)

1826 Headquarters Stoney Hill,, St. Andrew (A)

54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot

1807 Kingston (R)

1807 St. Andrew (R)

1808 Jamaica (A)

1808 St. Andrew (R)

1809 Jamaica (A)

1809 St. Andrew (R)

1809 St. Catherine (R)

1810 Jamaica (A)

1810 St. Andrew (R)

1811 Jamaica (A)

1811 St. Andrew (R)

1812 Jamaica (A)

1813 St. Andrew (R)

1813 Jamaica (A)

55th (Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot

1802 St. James (R)

1802 Hanover (R)

1805 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R, Kingston RC)

1806 St. Andrew (R)

1807 Kingston (R)

1807 St. Andrew (R)

1808 Jamaica (A)

1808 Kingston (R)

1808 St. Catherine (R)

1809 Jamaica (A)

1809 St. Catherine (R)

1809 St. Andrew (R)

1810 Jamaica (A)

1810 St. Catherine (R)

1811 Jamaica (A)

1811 St. Catherine (R)

1812 Jamaica (A)

1813 Jamaica (A)

56th (West Essex) Regiment

1832 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

1832 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1833 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

1833 Spanish Town, St. Catherine (R)

1836 Barracks, Montego Bay, St. James (R)

1837 Up Park Camp, St. Catherine (R)

1838 Headquarters Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (A)

1838 Fort Augusta, St. Catherine (R)

1839 Jamaica (A)

58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment

1773 St. Catherine (R)

1806 Kingston (RC)

1817 Jamaica (A)

1818 Jamaica (A)

1819 Jamaica (A)

1819 Kingston (R)

1820 Jamaica (A)

1820 Up Park Camp, St. Andrew (R)

1821 Jamaica (A)


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