I would like to ask for your help to identify medals with the clasp Defence of Ladysmith. This is in preparation for a book on the QSA with clasp Defence of Ladysmith This will take approximately 18 months to complete.
These are the units I have identified so far. The numbers after the colon represent the number of medals identified. There are subtotals for each different section. For some of the units, this is an accurate number but, for others, more work is needed to confirm the entitlement. There are certainly duplicates and omissions but this first pass is to identify the units that received the clasp.
Staff: 31
Cavalry: 3,049
Royal Horse Guards: 6
1st Dragoons: 2
2nd Dragoon Guards: 1
3rd Hussars: 1
4th Dragoon Guards: 17
4th Hussars: 23
5th Dragoon Guards: 652
5th Lancers: 885
6th Dragoon Guards: 1
6th Dragoons: 2
7th Dragoon Guards: 3
7th Hussars: 2
8th Hussars: 1
9th Lancers: 3
11th Hussars: 76
16th Lancers: 11
17th Lancers: 1
18th Hussars: 806
19th Hussars: 555
20th Hussars: 1
Infantry: 6,741
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: 1
Devonshire Regiment: 838
Gloucester Regiment: 523
Gordon Highlanders: 834
Grenadier Guards: 1
King's Own Scottish Borderers: 6
KRRC: 641
Leicester Regiment: 979
Life Guards: 2
Liverpool Regiment: 906
Manchester Regiment: 876
Middlesex Regiment: 1
Norfolk Regiment: 6
Rifle Brigade: 784
Royal Dublin Fusiliers: 45
Royal Fusiliers: 8
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: 234
Royal Irish Fusiliers: 19
Royal Irish Regiment: 6
Royal Lancaster Regiment: 3
Royal Scots: 2
Royal Scots Fusiliers: 1
Royal West Surrey Regiment: 5
Scottish Rifles: 14
Seaforth Highlanders: 2
Somerset Light Infantry: 1
South Staffordshire Regiment: 1
West Riding Regiment: 1
Wiltshire IY: 1
Artillery: 1,318
Army Ordnance Corps: 1
Army Ordnance Department: 5
RA: 5
RA, Ammunition Column, 2nd: 24
RA, Ammunition Column, 3rd: 2
RA, Ammunition Column, 4th: 59
RA, Ammunition Column, 5th: 27
RA, Ammunition Column, 7th: 10
RFA, Staff: 20
RFA, 4th: 1
RFA, 5th: 2
RFA, 7th: 1
RFA, 10th: 2
RFA, 13th: 184
RFA, 14th: 2
RFA, 21st: 121
RFA, 42nd: 182
RFA, 53rd: 168
RFA, 62nd: 3
RFA, 63rd: 1
RFA, 64th: 1
RFA, 65th: 2
RFA, 66th: 1
RFA, 67th: 172
RFA, 68th: 1
RFA, 69th: 174
RFA, 73rd: 5
RFA, 74th: 1
RFA, 77th: 1
RFA, 78th: 1
RFA, 81st: 1
RFA, 82nd: 1
RFA, 86th: 3
RFA, 87th: 6
RFA, 105th: 1
RFA, 117th: 2
RFA, 130th: 1
RGA Staff: 1
RGA, 10th Mountain Battery: 88
RHA: 1
RHA, A Battery: 26
RHA, G Battery: 1
RHA, J Battery: 6
RHA, X Battery: 1
Royal Engineers: 342
Medical: 236
Army Hospital Corps: 52
Army Veterinary Department: 5
RAMC: 179
Support: 140
Army Chaplains' Department: 6
Army Pay Department: 1
Army Service Corps: 132
Remount Dept: 1
Colonial: 1,810
Border Mounted Rifles: 277
Commander in Chief's Body Guard: 3
Dundee Town Guard: 2
Durban Light Infantry: 5
Field Intelligence Department: 19
French's Scouts: 2
Imperial Light Horse: 348
Imperial Military Railways: 3
Johannesburg Mounted Rifles: 4
Ladysmith TG: 165
Natal Carbineers: 430
Natal Guides: 45
Natal Mounted Rifles: 223
Natal Naval Volunteers: 67
Natal Police: 97
Natal Royal Rifles: 1
Natal Volunteer Hotchkiss Detachment: 21
Natal Volunteer Medical Corps: 12
Natal Volunteer Staff: 14
Natal Volunteer Transport Service: 26
Natal Volunteer Veterinary Corps: 6
Railway Pioneer Regiment: 1
South African Constabulary: 32
South African Light Horse: 2
Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry: 3
Umvoti Mounted Rifles: 1
Utrecht Vryheid Mounted Police: 1
Indian: 64
Calcutta Light Horse: 1
Indian Ordnance Department: 19
Indian Subordinate Medical Department: 22
Supply and Transport: 22
Royal Navy: 284
HMS Powerful: 283
HMS Terrible: 1
Other: 9
Civilian: 4
Correspondent: 4
Press Censors' Department: 1
Total: 14,024
If you can add any units to this list, please let me know.