NB: Although various regiments garrisoned the Citadel
over the years it should perhaps be remembered that members of the Royal Artillery were
were invariable present as the main armament of the fortress was its heavy guns
|
| | |
| 1873 |
Royal Regiment of Artillery |
| 1873 |
Royal Regiment of Engineers |
| 1873 |
4th Battalion, Kings Royal
Rifles |
| 1874 |
1st Battalion, 102nd (Royal
Madras) Fusiliers |
| 1876 |
1st Battalion, East Sussex
Regiment |
| 1876-7 |
31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment |
| 1877 |
2nd Battalion, Lancashire
Fusiliers |
| 1877-8 |
2nd Battalion, 20th (East
Devon) Regiment |
| 1879 |
1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's
Light Infantry (32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry) |
| 1879 |
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment
(56th (West Essex) Regiment) |
| 1881 |
1st Battalion, West Yorkshire
Regiment |
| 1881 |
1st Battalion, 14th (Buckinghamshire)
Prince of Wales Own |
| 1882 |
1st Battalion, Dorset Regiment |
| 1882-3 |
1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal
West Surrey Regiment) |
| 1883-4 |
1st Battalion, Cheshire
Regiment |
| 1885-6 |
1st Battalion, Royal Scots
Fusiliers |
| 1886-7 |
1st Battalion, Dorset Regiment |
| 1888-91 |
2nd Battalion, Queen's Own
(Royal West Kent Regiment) |
| 1891-2 |
2nd Battalion, North Stafford
Regiment (here during the census for 1891) |
| 1892-3 |
2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire
Regiment |
| 1894-6 |
2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire
Light Infantry |
| 1897-9 |
2nd Battalion, Northumberland
Fusiliers |
| 1899 |
2nd Battalion, Prince Albert's
(Somerset Light infantry) |
| 1900 |
4th Battalion, Somerset
Light Infantry |
| 1900-01 |
3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment |
| 1901 |
4th Battalion, Manchester
Regiment |
| 1902 |
2nd Battalion, Manchester
Regiment |
1902->
23 Sep 1904 |
2nd Battalion, Dorset Regiment
Left for Colchester |
| 23 Sep 1904-6 |
2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire
Regiment |
| 1907 |
Depot Royal Field Artillery |
| 1908-11 |
1st Battalion, Somerset
Light Infantry |
| 1911-12 |
2nd Battalion, Royal Warwick
Regiment |
| 1912-13 |
1st Battalion, Welch Fusiliers |
| 1914 |
2nd Battalion, Welch Fusiliers |
| 1914 |
Royal Garrison Artillery |
| 1914 |
3rd Battalion, King's Own
Scottish Borderers |
| 1914 |
9th Battalion, King's Own
Scottish Borderers |
| 1914 |
Royal Naval Division (various
battalions) with the 3rd Battalion Devonshire Regiment |
| 1915 |
2nd Battalion, 15th Devonshire
Regiment |
| 1916 |
1st Battalion, Hampshire
Regiment |
| 1916 |
Oxford & Bucks Light
Infantry |
| 1916 |
2nd Battalion, Dorset Regiment |
| 1916 |
2nd Battalion, Oxford and
Bucks Light Infantry |
| 1916 |
44th Battalion. Training
Res Devon |
| 1916 |
1st Battalion, Dorset Regiment |
| 1917 |
Australians |
| 1919 |
2nd Battalion, Dorset Regiment |
| 1919-22 |
2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers |
| 1923 |
2nd Battalion, Buffs |
| 1926 |
Gloucester Regiment |
| 1929 |
2nd Battalion, Dorset Regiment
from the Rhine |
| 1933 |
Green Howards |
| 1933-1948 |
Other units occupied the
Verne during this time, but details are not known at the present time |
| 1948 |
The Verne was converted into a prison |
