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

Lieutenant Cooke Collis was appointed adjutant vice Blunt promoted.

1869.

Captain Luke O’Connor died at Glasgow.

1870.

On 11th March the regiment, under Colonel A. B. Hankey, embarked on the troopship Tamar and proceeded to Alexandria, marched to Suez, and embarked on the troopship Euphrates on 25th March. Arriving at Bombay on the 8th April, the regiment proceeded to Poona and was quartered in Wanourie Barracks.

In April, Ensign W. De Hoghton died at St. Remo.

In June the establishment was altered to eight companies.

1871.

Captain R. H. James died at Poona in April.

In November three companies proceeded on detachment to Bombay, two to Sattara, and one to Asserghur.