The regiment embarked for Jamaica in February 1824 and lost many men to fever there before returning home in June 1834. It embarked for Malta in November 1837 and for Corfu in February 1842. It then embarked for Jamaica again in January 1843 and went on to Halifax in Nova Scotia in January 1846 before embarking for home in May 1848. It sailed for Malta in March 1854 and, having landed at Scutari in April 1854, saw action at the Battle of Alma in September 1854, the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 and at the Siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854. Sergeant John Park and Private Alexander Wright were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions during the war. The regiment returned home in July 1856.