Lieutenant T. Lane died at Castlecomer on 26th June, 1848.
On the 1st September, 1848, Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.B. and K.C.M.G., succeeded General Frazer in the colonelcy of the regiment.
In September, 1848, the regiment was removed to Fermoy, whence it furnished detachments to Fethard, Lismore, and Clogheen.
PART V
SERVICES OF THE REGIMENT IN INDIA, 1849–57
On the 1st December, 1848, the regiment was ordered to be augmented to the establishment as per margin,[15] and received instructions to prepare for service in the East Indies, and on the 9th January, 1849, two companies, with head-quarters, proceeded to Cork, and embarked on the 11th, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Trydell, in the freight ship Bombay, for Bombay, and sailed for its destination on the 17th of the same month.
1849.
The remainder of the regiment followed in the succeeding months of February and March, as follows, viz.—
In the China, under Major Townsend.
In the Mermaid, under Brevet Major Ainslie.