Catalogue description War Office: Printed Annual Army Lists

These official lists give the names of the officers of the several regiments with the dates of their commissions, etc. Lists have been officially posted up with manuscript corrections. For some years the list is in two volumes.

In addition to the regular volumes there are special lists of the forces in North America (1783), of British American half-pay officers (1782-1783) and of foreign corps (1794-1802).

Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.

For two other books of Army lists, 1739-1740 (Lists of Reduced Officers on Half Pay, in Gt Britain and Army List (British and Irish Est.), see ADM 96/143

Secretary-at-War, 1660-1855

War Department, 1855-1857

War Office, 1857-1964