The regiment sailed for Malta in October 1820 and then on to the Ionian Islands in October 1821 before returning home in 1830. It then embarked for Ceylon in October 1835 and, after ten years on the island, sailed on to the Cape of Good Hope where it landed in April 1846 for service in the Seventh Xhosa War. It embarked for England in January 1847. It sailed to Balaklava in December 1854 and saw action at the Siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854. The regiment returned to England in June 1856 but then embarked for India in February 1857 to help suppress the Indian Rebellion. It took part in the relief of Lucknow in November 1857, an action which saw members of the regiment awarded six Victoria Crosses. The regiment embarked for home in September 1869.