| The following table shows the dates of embarkation and disembarkation for British regiments who were involved in the Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880 and their journeys from the United Kingdom to India (including any service en-route, eg. in Africa). The primary source has been a range of British nineteenth-century newspapers (see sources at foot), so accuracy is only as correct as the reports, though they have been double-checked where possible.
The Suez Canal was opened in 1869, and until 1873 British troops were usually conveyed to India by disembarking at Alexandria and then taking the overland train to Suez where a second troopship would transport the regiment to India. From 1873 onwards the journey would normally be continuous from Portsmouth (England) or Queenstown (Ireland), traversing the canal, and then on to Bombay.
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Regiment
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Date
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Port
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Ship
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Notes
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d=depart; a=arrive
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1/5th Foot
Northumberland
Fusiliers |
Out
26/8/66
27/8/66
--/9/66
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d Kingstown
d Kingstown
a Karachi/Bombay?
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Sussex
Essex |
left wing
HQ + right wing |
Return
8/11/80
9/12/80 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Jumna |
many 1st Batt transferred to 2d Batt before departure from India |
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2/7th Foot
Royal Fusiliers |
Out
1/10/73
1/11/73 |
d Queenstown
a Bombay |
Serapis |
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Return
2/3/89
29/3/89 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Serapis |
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2/8th Foot
King's Liverpool
Regiment |
Out
23/9/77
25/10/77 |
d Portsmouth
a Bombay |
Euphrates |
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Return
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25/10/92
14/11/92 |
d Bombay
d Aden
a Portsmouth |
Serapis |
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2/9th Foot
East Norfolk
Regiment |
Out
24/10/74
26/11/74 |
d Portsmouth
a Bombay |
Jumna |
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Return
3/2/90
4/3/90 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Serapis |
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2/11th Foot
North Devonshire
Regiment |
Out
9/2/77
13/3/77 |
d Portsmouth
a Bombay |
Serapis |
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Return
11/1/93
27/1/93
(8/2/93
30/3/93
14/4/93
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d Bombay
a Alexandria
a Portsmouth
d Alexandria
a Devonport
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Euphrates
Euphrates
Jumna
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barracked at Cairo
families of 11th) |
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1/12th Foot
East Suffolk
Regiment |
Out
22/9/76
24/10/76 |
d Queenstown
a Bombay |
Crocodile |
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Return
26/2/92
22/3/92 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Euphrates |
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2/14th Foot
West Yorkshire
Regiment |
Out
5/10/78
7/11/78 |
d Queenstown
a Bombay |
Crocodile |
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Return
8/11/94
14/11/94
7/2/96
23/2/96
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d Bombay
a Aden
d Cape Coast Castle
a Dover
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Britannia
Manila
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some invalided men arrived Liverpool on the Loanda
d 30/1/96, a 13/2/96
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2/15th Foot
East Yorkshire
Regiment |
Out
3/2/75
17/3/75 |
d Portsmouth
a Bombay |
Jumna |
delayed at Gibraltar due to damage
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Return
28/2/88
6/3/88
23/11/88
12/12/88
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d Bombay
a Aden
d Aden
a Portsmouth
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Serapis
Serapis
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1/17th Foot
Leicestershire
Regiment |
Out
abt 13/1/70
28/1/70
30/1/70
15/2/70 |
d Queenstown
a Alexandria
d Alexandria
a Bombay |
Himalaya
Euphrates |
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Return
4/2/82
8/3/82 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Serapis |
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1/18th Foot
Royal Irish
Regiment |
Out
18/1/72
8/2/7220/10/74
13/11/74
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d Queenstown
a Malta
d Malta
a Bombay
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Malabar
Malabar
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Return
28/8/84
16/9/84
26/8/85
9/9/85
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d Bombay
a Suez
d Alexandria
a Plymouth
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Hankow
Stirling Castle
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1/25th Foot
King's Own
Scottish Borderers |
Out
12/10/75
15/11/75 |
d Cork
a Bombay |
Malabar |
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Return
6/1/91
6/2/91 |
d Bombay
a Devonport |
Crocodile |
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1/51st Foot
South Yorkshire
Regiment /
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
Out
17/10/72
15/11/72 |
d Queenstown
a Bombay |
Euphrates |
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Return
31/10/87
25/11/87
20/12/87
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a Mandalay
d Bombay
a Portsmouth
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Sir William Peel
Serapis
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from Burma |
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2/59th Foot
East Lancashire
Regiment |
Out
7/9/67
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7/9/67
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7/9/67
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11/3/69
27/3/69
23/2/69
9/3/69
11/3/69
26/3/69
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d Kingstown
a Ceylon
d Kingstown
a Ceylon
d Kingstown
a Ceylon
d Ceylon
a Bombay
d Portsmouth
a Alexandria
d Suez
a Bombay
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Clyde
Harkaway
Peeress
Malabar
Crocodile
Euphrates
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Headquarters + 304 men
204 men
274 men
new drafts |
Return
31/10/80
25/11/80 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Orontes |
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2/60th Foot
King's Royal
Rifle Corps |
Out
14/9/67
27/9/67
4/10/67
20/10/67 |
d Queenstown
a Alexandria
d Suez
a Calcutta |
Crocodile
Euphrates |
100 men from Winchester |
Return
10/1/81
25/1/81
13/12/81
11/1/82
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d Bombay
a Durban
d Durban
a Portsmouth
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Euphrates
Dublin Castle
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1/63rd Foot
Manchester
Regiment |
Out
--/10/70
20/10/70
23/10/70
7/11/70 |
d Queenstown
a Alexandria
d Suez
a Bombay |
Serapis
Euphrates |
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Return
22/8/82
6/9/82
21/10/82
2/11/82
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d Bombay
a Ismailia
d Alexandria
a Portsmouth
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(poss. Principia)
Iberia
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2/66th Foot
Berkshire
Regiment |
Out
18/2/70
5/3/70
7/3/70
24/3/70
25/2/70
14/3/70
17/3/70
1/4/70
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d Queenstown
a Alexandria
d Suez
a Bombay
d Queenstown
a Alexandria
d Suez
a Bombay
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Serapis
Jumna
Crocodile
Malabar
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left wing
HQ + right wing
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Return
20/1/81
19/2/81 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Malabar |
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2/67th Foot
Hampshire
Regiment |
Out
1/11/72
15/12/72 |
d Portsmouth
a Rangoon |
Malabar |
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Return
14/1/88
7/2/88 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Malabar |
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2/70th Foot
East Surrey
Regiment |
Out
abt 06/10/71
9/11/71 |
d Queenstown
a Bombay |
Crocodile |
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Return
6/9/84
17/9/84
26/8/85
6/9/85
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d Bombay
a Suez
d Alexandria
a Portsmouth
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Himalaya
Arab
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1/72nd Foot
1st Seaforth
Highlanders |
Out
22/2/71
--/3/71
9/3/71
24/3/71 |
d Queenstown
a Alexandria
d Suez
a Bombay |
Crocodile
Jumna |
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Return
25/2/82
3/3/82
16/10/82
30/10/82
15/10/82
1/11/82
16/10/82
2/11/82
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d Bombay
a Aden
d Alexandria
a Portsmouth
d Alexandria
a Portsmouth
d Alexandria
a Portsmouth
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Jumna
Caspian
Olympus
Ascalon
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HQ + 2 co.
4 co.
2 co.
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1/78th Foot
2nd Seaforth
Highlanders |
Out
15/2/79
21/2/79
19/3/79 |
d Queenstown
d Gibraltar
a Bombay |
Malabar |
80 men 71st attached at Gibraltar |
Return
23/1/97
6/2/97
25/2/97
18/3/97
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d Bombay
a Malta (Comino)
d Bombay
a Southampton
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Dunera
Victoria
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525 men quarantined (due to plague at Bombay) to join 1st batt at Malta
419 men
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2/81st Foot
North Lancashire
Regiment |
Out
25/2/70
7/3/70
11/10/74
31/10/74
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d Queenstown
a Gibraltar
d Gibraltar
a Bombay
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Tamar
Euphrates
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Return
10/11/83
5/12/83 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Euphrates |
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2/85th Foot
King's (Shropshire)
Light Infantry |
Out
31/1/68
15/2/68
21/2/68
10/3/68 |
d Queenstown
a Alexandria
d Suez
a Bombay |
Serapis
Jumna
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Return
10/1/81
25/1/81
8/11/81
7/12/81
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d Bombay
a Durban
d Natal
a Cowes
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Euphrates
Balmoral Castle
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2/92nd Foot
Gordon Highlanders |
Out
26/1/68
9/2/68
--/2/68
26/2/68 |
d Queenstown
a Alexandria
d Suez
a Bombay |
Crocodile
Malabar
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Return
15/1/81
29/1/81
25/12/81
29/1/82
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d Bombay
a Durban
d Natal
a Portsmouth
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Crocodile
Calabria
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4th Battalion
Rifle Brigade |
Out
21/10/73
23/11/73 |
d Queenstown
a Bombay |
Jumna |
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Return
28/12/89
27/1/90 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Malabar |
2 collisions on journey home |
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Regiment
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Date
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Port
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Ship
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Notes
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d=depart; a=arrive
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6th Dragoon Guards
(Carabiniers) |
Out
30/12/77
31/1/78 |
d Portsmouth
a Bombay |
Euphrates |
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Return
25/10/88
20/11/88 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Crocodile |
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8th Hussars
(King's Royal Irish) |
Out
17/12/78
15/1/79 |
d Portsmouth
a Bombay |
Jumna |
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Return
26/10/89
20/11/89 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Crocodile |
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9th Lancers
(Queen's Royal) |
Out
9/1/75
10/2/75 |
d Portsmouth
a Bombay |
Euphrates |
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Return
28/10/85
23/11/85 |
d Bombay
a Portsmouth |
Crocodile |
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10th Hussars
(Prince of Wales'
Own) |
Out
10/1/73
11/2/73 |
d Portsmouth
a Bombay |
Jumna |
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Return
6/2/84
19/2/84
30/3/84
21/4/84 |
d Bombay
a Suakim
d Suakim
a Portsmouth |
Jumna
Jumna |
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| 13th Hussars |
Out
8/1/74
12/2/74 |
d Portsmouth
a Bombay |
Serapis |
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Return
11/11/84
28/11/84
13/10/85
4/11/85 |
d Bombay
a Durban
d Durban
a Portsmouth |
Serapis
Pembroke Castle |
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15th Hussars
(The King's) |
Out
14/11/69
29/11/69
1/12/69
17/12/69 |
d Portsmouth
a Alexandria
d Suez
a Bombay |
Serapis
Malabar |
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Return
10/1/81
25/1/81
23/11/81
3/1/82 |
d Bombay
a Durban
d Natal
a Portsmouth |
Euphrates
Tamar |
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| Sources: The Times, Freeman's Journal, The Hampshire Telegraph, The Hampshire Advertiser, The Morning Post, The Nottinghamshire Guardian, The Aberdeen Weekly Journal, The Birmingham Daily Post, The Bristol Mercury, The Belfast News Letter, The Standard, The Cheshire Observer, The Glasgow Herald, The Star, The Dundee Courier, The Huddersfield Daily Chronicle, The Liverpool Mercury, Lloyds Weekly Newspaper, The Bradford Observer; also some individual seervice records. |
