This is the complete order of battle of opposing forces at the Battle of Balaclava.

Allied Army[edit]

The Allied Army consisted of British and French troops as well as Turkish formations under British command.

British Army[edit]

• Headquarters - General Lord Raglan
  • Lieutenant-General on staff - Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne
  • Quartermaster-General - Brigadier-General Richard Airey
  • Adjutant-General - Brigadier-General James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt
  • Commander, Royal Artillery - Brigadier-General Thomas Fox-Strangways
  • Commander, Royal Engineers - Captain John William Gordon
• Cavalry Division - under Lieutenant-General George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan with a total force of 1,500 sabres and 6 field guns.
  • Heavy Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier-General James Scarlett
    • 4th Dragoon Guards - Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hodge
    • 5th Dragoon Guards - Captain Adolphus Burton
    • 1st Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel John Yorke
    • 2nd Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Griffith
    • 6th Dragoons - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry White
  • Light Cavalry Brigade - Major-General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
    • 4th Light Dragoons - Brevet Colonel Lord George Paget
    • 8th Hussars - Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Shewell
    • 11th Hussars - Lieutenant-Colonel John Douglas
    • 13th Light Dragoons - Captain John Oldham
    • 17th Lancers - Captain William Morris
  • Royal Horse Artillery
    • I Troop - Captain George Maude

• 1st Division - Lieutenant-General Prince George, Duke of Cambridge with 4,000 men.
  • 1st Guards Brigade - Major-General Henry Bentinck
    • 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards - Brevet Colonel Edward Birch Reynardson
    • 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards - Brevet Colonel George Upton
    • 1st Battalion Scots Fusiliers Guards - Brevet Colonel Edward Forestier-Walker
  • 2nd Highland Brigade - Brevet Colonel Duncan Cameron
    • 42nd Highlanders - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Tulloch
    • 79th Highlanders - Lieutenant-Colonel John Douglas
  • Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Dacres
    • A Field Battery (2nd Company, 8th Battalion) - Captain David Paynter
    • H Field Battery (5th Company, 11th Battalion) - Captain Edward Wodehouse
• 4th Division - Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart with 5,000 men.
  • 1st Brigade - Brigadier-General Thomas Goldie
    • 20th Foot - Brevet Colonel Frederick Horn
    • 21st Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ainslie
    • 57th Foot - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Powell
  • 2nd Brigade - Brigadier-General Arthur Torrens
    • 2 companies, 46th Foot - Captain William Hardy
    • 63rd Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Exham Swyny
    • 68th Foot - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Smyth
    • 1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Horsford
  • Royal Artillery - Lieutenant-Colonel David Wood
    • P Field Battery (4th Company, 12th Battalion) - Brevet Major Samuel Townsend
• Balaclava defences - Major-General Sir Colin Campbell with 4,000 men and 35 naval and field guns.
  • 93rd Highlanders - Lieutenant-Colonel William Ainslie
  • Battalion of Detachments - Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Burton Daveney
  • Royal Marine Brigade - Acting Colonel Thomas Hurdle
    • 1st Composite Battalion, Royal Marines - Captain William Hopkins
    • 2nd Composite Battalion, Royal Marines - Captain Richard Meheux
  • Artillery
    • 5 batteries, Royal Marine Artillery - Captain George Alexander
    • W Field Battery (1st Company, 11th Battalion) - Captain George Barker
  • Attached Turkish Army forces - Lewa Rustem Pasha
    • 8 infantry battalions and artillery

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French Army[edit]

Commanded by General François Certain Canrobert.

• 1re Brigade de Cavalerie - General d'Allonville with 1,500 sabres.
  • 1er régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique [fr]
  • 4e régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique [fr]
• Corps d'Observation - General Pierre Bosquet
  • 1re Brigade d'Infanterie - General Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse
    • 7e régiment d'infanterie de ligne [fr]
    • 1er régiment de zouaves [fr]
    • 4e bataillon de chasseurs à pied [fr]
  • 2e Brigade d'Infanterie - General Joseph Vinoy with 4,000 men.
    • 20e régiment d'infanterie de ligne [fr]
    • 27e régiment d'infanterie de ligne [fr]
    • 9e bataillon de chasseurs à pied [fr]

Russian Army[edit]

Commanded by Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov with a total of 25,000 men and 78 guns.

• Cavalry - Lt. Gen. I.I. Ryzhov with 3,000 sabres and 16 guns.
  • Kiev Regiment
  • Ingermanland Regiment
  • (No.)1 Ural Cossacks
• North Column - Col. A.P. Skiuderi with 4,000 men and 12 guns.
  • Odessa Regiment
  • (No.)53 Don Cossacks
  • (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
• Left Center Column - Maj. Gen. K.R. Semiakin with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
  • Azov Regiment
  • Dnieper Regiment
  • (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
• Right Center Column - Maj. Gen. F.G. Levutski with 3,000 men and 8 guns.
  • Ukraine Regiment
• South Column - Maj. Gen. S.I. Gribbe with 3,000 men and 10 guns
  • Dnieper Regiment
  • Composite Uhlan Regiment
  • Ingermanland Regiment
  • (No.)60 Don Cossacks
• Forward Reserves - Maj. Gen. O.P. Zhaboritski with 5,000 men and 10 guns.
  • Vladimir Regiment
  • Susdal Regiment
  • (No.)6 Rifle Battalion
  • Ingermanland Regiment (two squadrons)
  • (No.)60 Don Cossacks (two sotnias)
• Reserves - total of 2,000 men and 12 guns.
  • Ukraine Regiment (1 squadron)
  • (No.)4 Rifle Battalion (1 company)
  • Composite Uhlan Regiment

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