Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-third Regiment, County of Dublin, from 1793 to 1907 / Including the Campaigns of the Regiment in the West Indies, Africa, the Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada, and India

by Edward William Bray

PART VII
SERVICES OF THE REGIMENT, 1864–1907

Lieutenant Colthurst was promoted vice Baumgartner transferred to Bombay Staff Corps, and Lieutenant Blunt appointed adjutant vice Colthurst.

1864.

In April the regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel Hankey moved to Aldershot, and was quartered in the North Camp.

1865.

The depôt of the regiment joined the regiment from Chatham, making the strength up to twelve companies.

In April the head-quarters, seven companies, moved to Sheffield, and the remaining five companies to Weedon.

In May two companies were sent to Bradford, in June one company to York; the latter returned to head-quarters in September, and the former in October.

In June and July detachments of the regiment were called upon to aid the civil power during riots in connection with the elections at Nottingham, Grantham, Lincoln, and Rotherham.

In October two companies were detached for duty at Tynemouth.