Order of battle for the Balaclava campaign explained
This is the complete order of battle of opposing forces at the Battle of Balaclava.
Allied Army
The Allied Army consisted of British and French troops as well as Turkish formations under British command.
British Army
- 1st Division - Lieutenant-General Prince George, Duke of Cambridge with 4,000 men.
- 1st Guards Brigade - Major-General Henry Bentinck
- 2nd Highland Brigade - Brevet Colonel Duncan Cameron
- Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Dacres
- A Field Battery (2nd Company, 8th Battalion) - Captain David Paynter
- H Field Battery (5th Company, 11th Battalion) - Captain Edward Wodehouse
- 4th Division - Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart with 5,000 men.
- 1st Brigade - Brigadier-General Thomas Goldie
- 2nd Brigade - Brigadier-General Arthur Torrens
- Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel David Wood
- P Field Battery (4th Company, 12th Battalion) - Brevet Major Samuel Townsend
- Balaclava defences - Major-General Sir Colin Campbell with 4,000 men and 35 naval and field guns.
- 93rd Highlanders - Lieutenant-Colonel William Ainslie
- Battalion of Detachments - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Burton Daveney
- Royal Marine Brigade - Acting Colonel Thomas Hurdle
- 1st Composite Battalion, Royal Marines - Captain William Hopkins
- 2nd Composite Battalion, Royal Marines - Captain Richard Meheux
- Artillery
- 5 batteries, Royal Marine Artillery - Captain George Alexander
- W Field Battery (1st Company, 11th Battalion) - Captain George Barker
- Attached Turkish Army forces - Lewa Rustem Pasha
- 8 infantry battalions and artillery
Reference:
French Army
Commanded by General François Certain Canrobert.
- 1re Brigade de Cavalerie - General d'Allonville with 1,500 sabres.
Russian Army
Commanded by Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov with a total of 25,000 men and 78 guns.
- Cavalry - Lt. Gen. I.I. Ryzhov with 3,000 sabres and 16 guns.
- North Column - Col. A.P. Skiuderi with 4,000 men and 12 guns.
- Left Center Column - Maj. Gen. K.R. Semiakin with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
- Azov Regiment
- Dnieper Regiment
- (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
- Right Center Column - Maj. Gen. F.G. Levutski with 3,000 men and 8 guns.
- South Column - Maj. Gen. S.I. Gribbe with 3,000 men and 10 guns
- Dnieper Regiment
- Composite Uhlan Regiment
- Ingermanland Regiment
- (No.)60 Don Cossacks
- Forward Reserves - Maj. Gen. O.P. Zhaboritski with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
- Vladimir Regiment
- Susdal Regiment
- (No.)6 Rifle Battalion
- Ingermanland Regiment (two squadrons)
- (No.)60 Don Cossacks (two sotnias)
- Reserves - total of 2,000 men and 12 guns.
- Ukraine Regiment (1 squadron)
- (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
- Composite Uhlan Regiment
References
- Book: McGuigan, Rob. 2001. Into Battle: British Orders of Battle for the Crimean War, 1854–56. Bowdon, Cheshire. Withycut House. 1-899244-02-6.