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

Allied Army

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

British Army

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

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
- 2e Brigade d'Infanterie - General Joseph Vinoy with 4,000 men.

Russian Army

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