This list is an attempt to show the extent of British Troops that were present in South Africa, when they arrived and the ship they arrived on. The dates are not always exact and could be the nearest known date. The main source for the detail here was 'Our Regiments in South Africa' by John Stirling, published by Naval and Military Press Ltd

Regiment	Battalion	Ship	Date of Sailing	Sailed From	Date of Arrival	Arrived Where/Notes
Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)	1st Battalion	DOUNE CASTLE	24 November 1899		15 December 1899	Cape
Army Chaplains Department
Army Ordnance Corps
Army Service Corps	22nd & 41st Company	GOORKHA	8 July 1899	Southampton	2 August 1899
Bedfordshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	SUMATRA	16 December 1899		8 January 1900	Cape
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)	1st Battalion			India	end December 1901
Border Regiment	1st Battalion	SUMATRA	27 September 1899	Malta	21 October 1899	Cape Town
Buffs (East Kent Regiment)	2nd Battalion	GAIKA	22 December 1899		13 January 1900	Cape
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	2nd Battalion	CITY OF CAMBRIDGE	23 October 1899		21 November 1899	Durban
Cheshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	BRITANNIC	7 January 1900		27 January 1900	Cape
City Imperial Volunteer Battery					27 February 1900	Cape
City Imperial Volunteers		BRUTON	16-21 January 1900
City Imperial Volunteers		GARTH CASTLE	16-21 January 1900
City Imperial Volunteers		ARIOSTO	16-21 January 1900
City Imperial Volunteers		GAUL	16-21 January 1900
City Imperial Volunteers		KINFAUNS CASTLE	16-21 January 1900
Coldstream Guards	1st Battalion	MALTA		Gibraltar	16 November 1899	Cape
Coldstream Guards	2nd Battalion	GASCON			12 November 1899	Cape
Composite Regiment of Household Troops		MAPLEMORE	30 November 1899		24 December 1899	Cape
Composite Regiment of Household Troops		PINEMORE	4 December 1899		29 December 1899	Cape
Connaught Rangers	1st Battalion	BAVARIAN	10 November 1899		28 November 1899	Cape
Devonshire Regiment	1st Battalion	SUTLEJ	21 September 1899	Bombay		One of four infantry battalions despatched from India to Natal before war was declared
Devonshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	MANILLA	20 October 1899		15 November 1899	Cape
Dorsetshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	SIMLA	28 November 1899		17 December 1899	Cape
Dragoon Guards	1st (King's)	MAPLEMORE	8 January 1901		January 1901	Cape
Dragoon Guards	2nd (Queen's Bays)	OROTOVA	18 November 1901		December 1901
Dragoon Guards	3rd (Prince of Wales's)	VITORIAN	22 January 1901
Dragoon Guards	5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)	LINDULA	27 September 1899	India		Natal - Arrived in South Africa before the start of the war
Dragoon Guards	6th (Carabiniers)				beginning December 1899
Dragoon Guards	7th (Princess Royal's)	ARMENIAN	8 February 1900		1 March 1900	Cape
Dragoons	1st (Royal)		Beginning November 1899		26 November 1899	Durban
Dragoons	2nd (Royal Scots Greys)	BRITISH PRINCESS & RANEE + one other ship			7 December 1899	Cape
Dragoons	6th (Inniskilling)	WAKOOL	3 November 1899	Tilbury Docks	26 November 1899	Cape
Dragoons	6th (Inniskilling)	CHICAGO	9 November 1899	Albert Dock	2 December 1899	Cape Town
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)	2nd Battalion	AVONDALE	2 December 1899		25 December 1899	Cape then Durban
Duke of Cornwall's Light Inafntry	2nd Battalion	FORMOSA	5 November 1899		29 November 1899	Cape
Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)	2nd Battalion	GASCON	16 December 1899		7 January 1900	Cape
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)	1st Battalion	ORIENT	30 December 1899		21 January 1900	Cape
Durham Light Infantry	1st Battalion	CEPHALONIA	24 October 1899		18 November 1899	Cape
East Lancashire Regiment	1st Battalion	BAVARIAN	18 January 1900		3 February 1900	Cape
East Surrey Regiment	2nd Battalion	LISMORE CASTLE and HARLECH CASTLE	19 October 1899		14 November 1899	Durban
East Yoirkshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	NILE	14 March 1900		3 April 1900	Cape
Elswick Battery	1st Northumberland Volunteer Yeomanry
Essex Regiment	1st Battalion	GREEK	14 November 1899		2 December 1899	Cape
Essex Regiment	2nd Battalion		December 1901	India	December 1901
Gloucestershire Regiment	1st Battalion		16-30 September 1899	India	before 24 October 1899
Gloucestershire Regiment	2nd Battalion	CYMRIC	1 January 1900		1 January 1900	Cape Town
Gordon Highlanders	1st Battalion	CHESHIRE	9 November 1899		28 November 1899	Cape
Gordon Highlanders	2nd Battalion		September 1899	India	September 1899	Natal
Grenadier Guards	2nd Battalion	DUNERA	18 March 1900		11 April 1900	Cape
Grenadier Guards	3rd Battalion	GOORKHA	25 October 1899	Gibraltar	15 November 1899	Cape
Hampshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	ASSAYE	4 January 1900		23 January 1900	Cape
Highland Light Infantry	1st Battalion	AURANIA			11 November 1899	Cape
Hussars	10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal)	ISMORE				St Helena Bay - Ship came to grief in St Helena Bay, all men saved
Hussars	10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal)	COLUMBIAN			beginning December 1899	Cape
Hussars	13th	MONTFORT & TEMPLEMORE			beginning December 1899
Hussars	14th (King's)	VICTORIAN			1 January 1900	Cape - A and C Squadrons
Hussars	14th (King's)	CESTRIAN			10 January 1900	Cape Colony - B Squadron
Hussars	18th					Already at Glencoe at the outbreak of war
Hussars	19th (Princess of Wales's Own)	PANDUA	23 September 1899	Simla		Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war
Hussars	20th			Bombay	December 1901	Durban
Hussars	3rd (King's Own)			India		Durban
Hussars	7th (Queen's Own)	MANCHESTER MERCHANT	30 November 1901
Hussars	8th (King's Royal Irish)		February 1900		March 1900
King's (Liverpool Regiment)	1st Battalion	BRAEMAR CASTLE				Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)	2nd Battalion	DILWARA	2 December 1899		25 December 1899
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)	2nd Battalion			Mauritius		Stationed in South Africa at the outbreak of war
King's Own Scottish Borderers	1st Battalion	BRAEMAR CASTLE and GOORKHA	beginning January 1900		26 January 1900	Cape
King's Royal Rifle Corps	1st Battalion					Stationed at Glencoe, in the North of Natal, at the outbreak of war
King's Royal Rifle Corps	2nd Battalion	AVOCA	16-30 September 1899	India	between 1 - 17 May 1899	Durban
King's Royal Rifle Corps	3rd Battalion	SERVIA	4 November 1899		24 November 1899	Cape then Durban
King's Shropshire Light Infantry	2nd Battalion		7 November 1899
Lancashire Fusiliers	2nd Battalion	NORMAN	2 December 1899		19 December 1899	Cape
Lancers	12th (Prince of Wales's Royal)	CITY OF VIENNA & MOHAWK			16 November 1899	Cape
Lancers	16th (Queen's)			Bombay	21 January 1900	Cape Colony
Lancers	17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own)	VICTORIAN	14 February 1900		10 March 1900	Cape
Lancers	5th (Royal Irish)					Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war
Lancers	9th (Queen's Royal)	WARDHA & NOWSHERA	25 September 1899	India
Leicestershire Regiment	1st Battalion					Stationed at Glencoe, in the North of Natal, at the outbreak of war
Lincolnshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	GOORKHA	4 January 1900		25 January 1900	Cape
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	1st Battalion	AVOCA		Ceylon	between 1 and 14 May 1900	Stationed in South Africa at the outbreak of war
Manchester Regiment	1st Battalion	GOTH	24 August 1899	Gibraltar	15 September 1899	Cape Town and on to Natal
Manchester Regiment	2nd Battalion	BAVARIAN	16 March 1900		6 April 1900	Cape
Munster Fusiliers	1st Battalion					Stationed in South Africa at the outbreak of war
Munster Fusiliers	2nd Battalion		December 1901	India	December 1901
Norfolk Regiment	2nd Battalion	ASSAYE	4 January 1900		23 January 1900	Cape
Northamptonshire Regiment	2nd Battalion		October 1899
Northumberland Fusiliers	1st Battalion	THE GAUL	early October 1899	Southampton	before 10 November 1899
Northumberland Fusiliers	2nd Battalion	KILDONAN CASTLE	early November 1899		23 November 1899	Cape
Oxfordshire Light Infantry	1st Battalion	GAIKA	22 December 1899		13 January 1900	Cape Town
Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)	2nd Battalion	BRITON	5 December 1899		20 December 1899	Cape
Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)	2nd Battalion	ORCANA	21 December 1899	Cape	21 December 1899	Durban
Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)	2nd Battalion		January 1900		3 February 1900	Cape
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)	1st Battalion			Halifax	10 May 1900	Cape
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)	2nd Battalion			West Indies	January 1902
Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)	2nd Battalion	ROSLIN CASTLE	19 October 1899		8 November 1899	Cape then Durban (Arr 11th)
Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)	1st Battalion	CANADA	1 December 1899		20 December 1899	Cape
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)	2nd Battalion					Stationed in Cape Colony, South Africa, at the outbreak of war
Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)	1st Battalion	ORCANA	27 October 1899		18 November 1899	Cape
Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers	1st Battalion		24 September 1899	Alexandria, Egypt	12 October 1899	Durban
Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers	2nd Battalion	HAWARDEN CASTLE	23 October 1899		12 November 1899	Cape
Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	2nd Battalion	YORKSHIRE	19 October 1899		14 November 1899	Durban
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)	2nd Battalion	BAVARIAN	16 March 1900		6 April 1900	Cape
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	1st Battalion		3 March 1900	Egypt	23 March 1900
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)	1st Battalion	GERMAN	28 October 1899		20 November 1899	Cape then Durban
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)	2nd Battalion	JELUNGA	2 October 1899	Crete	26 October 1899	Durban
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)	4th Battalion		15 December 1901	England
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)	Composite Rifle Battalion			Crete & South Africa
Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Dublin Fusiliers	1st Battalion	BAVARIAN	10 November 1899		28 November 1899	Cape then Durban
Royal Dublin Fusiliers	2nd Battalion					Stationed in South Africa at the outbreak of war
Royal Engineers
Royal Field Artillery	13th Battery					Already in Natal at outbreak of war
Royal Field Artillery	14th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	17th Battery				23 February 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	18th Battery	ZIBENGHLA	Before outbreak of war
Royal Field Artillery	19th Battery				1 January 1900	Durban
Royal Field Artillery	20th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	21st Battery	LALPOORA	19 September 1899	Bombay		Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war
Royal Field Artillery	21st Battery	BOOLDANA	20 September 1899	Bombay		Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war
Royal Field Artillery	28th Battery					Went out with Vth Division
Royal Field Artillery	2nd Battery				12 February 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	37th (Howitzer) Battery
Royal Field Artillery	38th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	39th Battery				14 February 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	42nd Battery					Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war
Royal Field Artillery	43rd (Howitzer) Battery				24 February 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	44th Battery				12 February 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	4th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	53rd Battery					Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war
Royal Field Artillery	5th Battery				23 February 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	61st (Howitzer) Battery
Royal Field Artillery	62nd Battery
Royal Field Artillery	63rd Battery	ISMORE				Lost their guns on the Ismore
Royal Field Artillery	64th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	65th (Howitzer) Battery
Royal Field Artillery	66th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	67th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	68th Battery				17 February 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	69th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	73rd Battery
Royal Field Artillery	74th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	75th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	76th Battery				21 January 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	77th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	78th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	79th Battery
Royal Field Artillery	7th Battery				before 23 November 1899
Royal Field Artillery	81st Battery				21 January 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	82nd Battery				21 January 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	83rd Battery				11 February 1900
Royal Field Artillery	84th Battery				11 February 1900
Royal Field Artillery	85th Battery				11 February 1900
Royal Field Artillery	86th (Howitzer) Battery				23 February 1900
Royal Field Artillery	87th (Howitzer) Battery				20 February 1900
Royal Field Artillery	88th Battery				14 February 1900
Royal Field Artillery	8th Battery				17 February 1900	Cape
Royal Field Artillery	9th Battery				23 February 1900	Cape
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)	2nd Battalion	PAVONIA		Gibraltar	18 November 1899	Cape
Royal Garrison Artillery	10th Mountain Battery					Already at Ladysmith at the outbreak of war
Royal Garrison Artillery	4th Mountain Battery
Royal Garrison Artillery	Heavy Batteries
Royal Horse Artillery	A Battery			India	5-7 February 1900	Natal
Royal Horse Artillery	G Battery				before 11 December 1899
Royal Horse Artillery	J Battery				February 1900	Cape Colony
Royal Horse Artillery	M Battery				20 March 1900	Cape
Royal Horse Artillery	O Battery
Royal Horse Artillery	P Battery
Royal Horse Artillery	Q Battery
Royal Horse Artillery	R Battery
Royal Horse Artillery	T Battery
Royal Horse Artillery	U Battery
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	1st Battalion	CATALONIA	5 November 1899		30 November 1899	Cape then Durban
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	2nd Battalion			India	Close of 1901
Royal Irish Fusiliers	1st Battalion	AVOCA	25 September 1899	Alexandria
Royal Irish Regiment	1st Battalion	GASCON	14 December 1899		7 January 1900	Cape
Royal Irish Rifles	2nd Battalion	BRITANNIC	26 October 1899		14 November 1899	Cape
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Royal Scots	1st Battalion					(Corps Troops)
Royal Scots Fusiliers	2nd Battalion	PAVONA	22 October 1899		18 November 1899	Cape
Royal Sussex Regiment	1st Battalion			Malta	20 March 1900	Cape
Royal Warwickshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	GAUL	26 November 1899		16 December 1899	Cape
Royal Welsh Fusiliers	1st Battalion	ORIENTAL	22 October 1899		13 November 1899	Cape
Scots Guards	1st Battalion	NUBIA	20 October 1899	Southampton	13 November 1899	Cape
Scots Guards	2nd Battalion	BRITANNIC	15 March 1900		5 April 1900	Cape
Seaforth Highlanders (Duke of Albany's Ross-Shire Buffs)	2nd Battalion	MONGOLIAN	21 October 1899		16 November 1899	Cape
Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)	1st Battalion		28 November 1899	Suez	14 December 1899
South Staffordshire Regiment	1st Battalion	AURANIA	18 March 1900		9 April 1900	Cape
South Wales Borders	2nd Battalion	BAVARIAN	18 January 1900		3 February 1900
Suffolk Regiment	1st Battalion	SCOT	early November 1899		28 November 1899	Cape
Welsh Regiment	1st Battalion	KILDONAN CASTLE			22 November 1899	Cape
Worcestershire Regiment	1st Battalion	BRAEMAR CASTLE	1 March 1900		8 April 1900	Cape
Worcestershire Regiment	2nd Battalion	TINTAGEL CASTLE	16 December 1899	Southampton	8 January 1900	Cape Town
York and Lancaster Regiment	1st Battalion	MAJESTIC	13 December 1900		30 December 1900	Cape