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Order of Battle of the British Forces in the Boer War on 11 February 1900.^[1]^[2]

British Forces in South Africa

Commander-in-Chief: Field-Marshal Lord Roberts
Chief of the Staff: Major-General Lord Kitchener

Division	Brigade	Units
Cavalry Division Lieutenant-General John French	1st Cavalry Brigade Brigadier-General T.C Porter	6th Dragoon Guards (Carbiners) 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) One Squadron 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons One Squadron 14th (King's) Hussars New South Wales Lancers Q, T & U Batteries Royal Horse Artillery
	2nd Cavalry Brigade Brigadier-General Robert Broadwood	Household Cavalry Composite Regiment 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers G & P Batteries Royal Horse Artillery
	3rd Cavalry Brigade Brigadier-General J.R.P Gordon	9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers 16th (The Queen's) Lancers O & R Batteries Royal Horse Artillery
	Mounted Infantry Brigade Colonel Edwin Alderson	1st regiment of mounted infantry 3rd regiment of mounted infantry Roberts' Horse Two squadrons, Kitchener's Horse Queensland Mounted Infantry Two companies, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Rimington's Guides
	Other mounted troops^[a]	2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th regiments of mounted infantry Two squadrons, Kitchener's Horse Two companies, New Zealand Mounted Rifles New South Wales mounted rifles Nesbitt's Horse
	Divisional troops	Ammunition Column Field Troop Royal Engineers Detachment Army Service Corps 9th & 12th Bearer Companies 6th & 9th Field Hospitals
6th Infantry Division Lieutenant-General Thomas Kelly-Kenny	13th Brigade Major-General Charles Knox	2nd Battalion, East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion, West Riding Regiment 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Detachment Army Service Corps 7th Bearer Company Field Hospital
	18th Brigade Brigadier-General T.E Stephenson	1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment Detachment Army Service Corps 6th Division Hospital Bearer Company No 8 section, Cape Field Hospital
	Divisional troops	Two 12-pdr 12 cwt Naval guns 76th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 81st Battery, Royal Field Artillery 38th Field Company, Royal Engineers Ammunition Column Detachment Army Service Corps
7th Infantry Division Lieutenant-General Charles Tucker	14th Brigade Major-General Herbert Chermside	2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, Lincoln Regiment 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borders 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Detachment Army Service Corps Bearer Company Field Hospital
	15th Brigade Major-General Archibald Graham Wavell	2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment Detachment Army Service Corps Bearer Company Field Hospital
	Divisional troops	18th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 62nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery 75th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 9th Field Company, Royal Engineers Ammunition Column Detachment Army Service Corps Field Hospital
9th Infantry Division Lieutenant-General Henry Colvile	3rd Brigade Major-General Hector MacDonald	2nd Battalion, Black Watch 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion, Arygll and Sutherland Highlanders Detachment Army Service Corps Cape Volunteer Bearer Company 3rd Company Field Hospital
	19th Brigade Major-General Horace Smith-Dorrien	2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion, Gordan Highlanders 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Detachment Army Service Corps 7th Division Field Hospital Bearer Company No. 1 Section Cape Field Hospital
	Divisional troops	Two 4.7-inch Naval guns 65th (Howitzer) Battery, Royal Field Artillery 82nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery 7th Field Company, Royal Engineers Ammunition Column Detachment Army Service Corps Field Hospital City of London Imperial Volunteers mounted infantry Grahamstown Volunteers mounted infantry

Moddder River

Division	Brigade	Units
1st Infantry Division Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen	1st Brigade Major-General Reginald Pole-Carew	3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion, Scots Guards Detachment Army Service Corps 18th Bearer Company 18th Field Hospital
	9th Brigade Major-General Charles Douglas	1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Four companies, 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Detachment Army Service Corps 1st Bearer Company 19th Field Hospital
	Divisional troops	Two 4.7-inch & two 12-pdr 12-cwt Naval guns 20th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 37th (Howitzer) Battery, Royal Field Artillery (4 Guns) 38th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Detachment 14 Company, Southern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery Field Company, Royal Engineers Balloon Section, Royal Engineers Ammunition Column Detachment Army Service Corps 1st Division Field Hospital

Naauwpoort and Colesberg

Major-General R. A. P Clements

Brigade	Units
12th Brigade	2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Four companies, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment 4th Battalion, Derbyshire Regiment
Attached	Two squadrons, 6th (Inniskillings) Dragoons J Battery, Royal Horse Artillery 4th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 37th (Howitzer) Battery, Royal Field Artillery (2 Guns) Detachment 14th Company, Southern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery

Sterkstroom

Lieutenant-General William Gatacre

Brigade	Units
Infantry Brigade	1st Battalion, The Royal Scots Regiment 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Regiment Four companies, 2nd Battalion, Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles Regiment 3rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Regiment
Artillery	Two 12-pdr 12-cwt Naval guns 74th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 77th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 79th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Detachment, Royal Garrison Artillery (Two 9-pdr guns)
Mounted Troops	Two companies of Mounted Infantry Cape Mounted Rifles Brabant's Horse Kaffrarian Rifles De Montmorency's Scouts Queenstown Mounted Volunteers

Kimberly

Brigade	Units
Colonel Robert Kekewich	23rd Company, Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery One section, 7th Field Company, Royal Engineers Four companies, 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Diamond Fields artillery Kimberly regiment Diamond Fields Horse Kimberly Light Horse Detachment, Cape Police Kimberly Town Guard

Mafeking

Brigade	Units
Colonel Robert Baden-Powell	Protectorate Regiment Bechuanaland Rifles Detachment, British South Africa Police Detachment, Cape Police Mafeking Town Guard

South Rhodesia

Brigade	Units
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Plumer^[b]	Rhodesia Regiment British South Africa Police Bulwayo Volunteers Bulwayo Town Guard

Lines of Communications, Cape Colony

Lieutenant-General Frederick Forestier-Walker^[c]
Colonel Henry Settle

Troops	Units
Lines of Communications Artillery	83rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery 84th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 85th Battery, Royal Field Artillery A. Battery, New South Wales Artillery Detachment, 14th Company, Southern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery 15th Company, Southern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery 15th Company, Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery Two 5-in guns, 16th Company, Southern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery
Lines of Communications Infantry	2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers Regiment 4th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlander's Regiment City of London Imperial Volunteers Railway Pioneer regiment

Natal Army

General Redvers Buller
Acting Chief of the Staff: Colonel Herbert Miles^[d]

Division	Brigade	Units
2nd Infantry Division Major-General Neville Lyttelton	2nd Brigade Major-General Charles Knox	2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
	4th Brigade Colonel C.H.B Norcott	2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 3rd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion, The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)
	Divisional troops	One troop, 13th Hussars 7th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 63rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery 64th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers
5th Infantry Division Lieutenant-General Charles Warren	10th Brigade Major-General John Talbot Coke	2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
	11th Brigade Major-General Arthur Wynne	1st Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) Rifle Reserve Battalion
	Divisional troops	One troop, 1st (Royal) Dragoons Colonial Scouts 28th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 73rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery 78th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 37th Field Company, Royal Engineers Ammunition Column
Unattached	2nd Mounted Brigade Colonel Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald	Composite regiment of mounted Infantry South African Light Horse Thorneycroft's mounted infantry
	6th Brigade Major-General Geoffrey Barton	2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)
	5th Brigade Major-General Arthur Fitzroy Hart	1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion, Border Regiment 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
	Naval Brigade Captain Edward Pitcairn Jones, Royal Navy	One 6-inch gun Five 4.7-inch guns Eight 12-pdr 12-cwt guns
	Corps troops	19th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 61st (Howitzer) Battery, Royal Field Artillery Two 5-inch guns, 16th Company, Southern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery No. 4 Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Ammunition Column Telegraph Detachment, Royal Engineers "A" Pontoon Troop, Royal Engineers Balloon Section, Royal Engineers

Springfield

Brigade	Units
1st Cavalry Brigade Colonel J F Burn-Murdoch	1st (Royal) Dragoons 13th Hussars 14th Hussars (two squadrons) "A" battery, Royal Horse Artillery Two 12-pdr Naval guns 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment Imperial Light Infantry

Greytown

Brigade	Units
Colonel Edward Cecil Bethune	Bethune's mounted infantry Natal Police Umvoti Mounted Rifles Two 7-pdr guns, Natal Field Artillery Two 12-pdr 8-cwt Naval guns Detachement, mounted infantry

Ladysmith

Lieutenant-General George White
Chief of the Staff: Major-General Archibald Hunter^[d]

Division	Brigade	Units
Natal Field Force	3rd Cavalry Brigade Major-General John Brocklehurst	5th Dragoon Guards 5th Lancers 18th Hussars 19th Hussars Imperial Light Horse
	Mounted Brigade Colonel William Royston	Natal Carbineers Natal Mounted Rifles Border Mounted Rifles
	7th Brigade Colonel Ian Hamilton	1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders Regiment Two companies, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers Regiment Seven companies, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
	8th Brigade Colonel Francis Howard	1st Battalion, Leicester Regiment 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps Four companies, 1st Battalion, Liverpool Regiment Company, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
	Divisional troops Colonel William Knox	23rd Field Company, Royal Engineers Telegraph section, Royal Engineers Balloon section, Royal Engineers Four companies, 1st Battalion, Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Kimberly Town Guard
	Artillery	Naval brigade (two 4.7-inch and four 12-pdr 12-cwt Naval guns) 13th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 21st Battery, Royal Field Artillery 42nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery 53rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery 67th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 69th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Two guns, No. 10 Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Two 6.3-inch Howitzers

Lines of Communications, Natal

Brigadier-General James Wolfe Murray^[c]

Brigade	Units
Lines of Communications	2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Natal Royal Rifles Colonial Scouts Durban Light Infantry Natal Field Artillery

Notes

^ While nominally part of the Cavalry Division, all these units were detached to other duties.
^ Formally part of Baden-Powell's force, Plumer had been operating independently since his superior was cut off in Mafeking.
^ ^a ^b Forestier-Walker was Commander of the Lines of Communication with his headquarters in Cape Town. Murray and Settle were both subordinate to him, responsible for Natal and Cape Colony respectively.
^ ^a ^b Major General Archibald Hunter was officially Chief of the Staff to Buller, however he had remained in Ladysmith with Buller's assent.

References

^ Maurice, Frederick (1906). History of the war in South Africa, 1899–1902 Vol 1. London. Retrieved 7 March 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Amery, Leo (1905). The Times History of the War in South Africa Volume III. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company. pp. 375–378. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[3] While nominally part of the Cavalry Division, all these units were detached to other duties.

[4] Formally part of Baden-Powell's force, Plumer had been operating independently since his superior was cut off in Mafeking.

[LOC-5] Forestier-Walker was Commander of the Lines of Communication with his headquarters in Cape Town. Murray and Settle were both subordinate to him, responsible for Natal and Cape Colony respectively.

[COS-6] Major General Archibald Hunter was officially Chief of the Staff to Buller, however he had remained in Ladysmith with Buller's assent.

[1] Maurice, Frederick (1906). History of the war in South Africa, 1899–1902 Vol 1. London. Retrieved 7 March 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] Amery, Leo (1905). The Times History of the War in South Africa Volume III. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company. pp. 375–378. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

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