The regiment embarked for Mauritius in February 1831 and remained there until it returned to England in June 1843. It went back to India in April 1849 and saw action on the North West Frontier during the Indian Rebellion. It embarked at Calcutta for Hong Kong in 1860 but returned home in 1861. It was posted to Gibraltar in 1866 and to Malta in 1868, before sailing for Nova Scotia in 1872, transferring to Bermuda in 1876 and embarking for home in 1877.