The depôt companies moved to Fermoy, and were attached to the 86th Regiment.
Lieutenant G. Beresford shot himself at Deesa.
Two companies proceeded to Baroda on detachment in October, at which place the regiment found guards of honour on the 18th and 23rd November for the arrival and departure of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
1876.
Lieutenant A. H. Oakeley died at Deesa on 10th October.
In December one company from Deesa and the three composing the detachments at Ahmedabad and Baroda marched to Porebundur and embarked on the I.G.S. Dalhousie for Karachi; and then with the 50th Regiment were sent, on account of smallpox, into camp at Jemadar Ha Laudi.
1877.
The head-quarters of the regiment marched from Deesa to Mandavi, and arriving at this place (twenty-three marches) on 10th January, 1877, proceeded on the Dalhousie to Karachi, where they were joined by the companies from camp.
In February two companies were sent on detachment to Hyderabad.
The depôt companies, now at the Curragh, moved to Aldershot.