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

In July, the battalion moved to the Curragh for drills, and in August to “New Barracks,” Fermoy, with a detachment of one company at Fort Carlisle, Queenstown.

1891.

A rifle busby was sanctioned and taken into wear on Christmas Day.

1892.

Captain Curzon was appointed adjutant vice Wilkinson.

1893.

The battalion moved from Fermoy to Newry on 19th June, sending a detachment in October to Drogheda.

1894.

A field-service cap was taken into use in place of the Glengarry, which had been worn since 1874.

On 4th June, Major R. J. Knox was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and succeeded to the command vice Cutbill, whose four years of command had terminated.