PART III
SERVICES OF THE REGIMENT IN CEYLON FROM 1814–29
1814.
On the 4th July, 1814, the 2nd Battalion embarked on board transports for Ireland, and on the 24th following disembarked at Monkstown, County Cork, and marched into the Fort of Kinsale.
On the 10th of September the battalion marched to Clonmel, and on the 30th of October to Kilkenny, when most of the companies were detached to do duty in the adjacent villages.
On the 9th of November the depôt joined from Maldon in Essex, consisting of 1 major, 7 lieutenants, 5 ensigns, 10 sergeants, 4 drummers, and 192 rank and file, under Major Sullivan, who assumed the command of the battalion.
1815.
On the 26th January, 1815, the regiment marched for Dublin, from which place all the officers belonging to the 1st Battalion then doing duty with the 2nd were ordered to join it at the Cape of Good Hope.
1816.
In the month of March, 1816, the battalion marched for Armagh, and was detached in that and the neighbouring counties.
At this place Lieutenant-Colonel Cother, C.B., from the half-pay of the 71st, assumed the command.