A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895Ross, J. (John)
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A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895
Ross, J. (John)
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901; Great Britain. Army. Coldstream Guards
During the war of 1815, and the subsequent occupation of Paris, there
were only three Battalions of the Brigade in England, and they were all
quartered in the West-end of London. In the winter of 1815-16, after the
conclusion of the peace, two more Battalions returned home, when Windsor
and the Tower were again occupied. On the 20th of August, 1816, a roster
was published for the regular half-yearly change of quarters, viz. from
the Tower, to Windsor, to Lower Westminster, to Portman Street barracks,
to Knightsbridge barracks. This arrangement was slightly altered in
December, 1818, when French territory was evacuated, and Finsbury and
Chatham were added to the list.[132] The quarters at these last two
places were shortly afterwards vacated, or irregularly occupied, and
Holborn and Brighton (or Portsmouth) substituted for them; in the end of
1821, a Battalion of Foot Guards proceeded to Dublin, and six months
later the Brigade was stationed as follows:—Grenadier Guards, 1st
Battalion, Dublin; 2nd Battalion, Tower; 3rd Battalion, Knightsbridge:
Coldstream Guards, 1st Battalion, King’s Mews barracks (now known as St.
George’s barracks); 2nd Battalion, Portman Street: Third Guards, 1st
Battalion, Lower Westminster; 2nd Battalion, Windsor.[133]
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Footnote 132:
_Brigade Orders_ , Aug. 20, 1816, and Dec. 9, 1818; the latter of
which contained a provision to enable the Coldstream and the Third
Guards to exchange quarters with a Regiment having two Battalions in
London, in the event of both their Battalions being simultaneously out
of town.
Knightsbridge barracks occupied a site near St. George’s Place, Hyde
Park Corner, at the back of the present Alexandra Hotel; Portman
Street barracks was situated where Granville Place, Portman Square, is
now built.
Footnote 133:
The changes of stations, as far as they affect the Regiment, up to
January, 1833, are given in Appendix No. 273 of MacKinnon’s _Origin
and Services of the Coldstream Guards_ ; after that date, they are to
be found in Appendix No. XV.
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