1844
Quitting Fermoy on the 2nd of July, 1844, the regiment proceeded to Buttevant, and on the 28th of September to Cork, having been put under orders for Foreign service. The six service companies, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Lord Arthur Lennox, embarked for Gibraltar in Her Majesty’s troop-ship Resistance, from Cork, on the 27th of November, 1844, and disembarked at their destination on the 12th of December following.
1845
1846
1847
The depôt companies marched from Cork to Templemore in April, 1845, and to Nenagh in February, 1846. In September, 1847, they proceeded to Charles Fort, near Kinsale, and in December were removed to Scotland, and stationed at Paisley.
1848
The regiment remained at Gibraltar until February, 1848, and on the 15th of that month embarked for Barbadoes under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Gascoyne, on board the Bombay transport. The following letter was addressed by General Sir Robert Wilson, Governor of Gibraltar, to the Adjutant-General reporting the embarkation:—
Gibraltar, 15th of February, 1848.
“Sir,
“I have the honour to acquaint you that Her Majesty’s SEVENTY-SECOND regiment embarked this morning on board the transport Bombay, and I have the satisfaction to add, that up to the last moment this distinguished corps conducted itself so as to merit the highest approbation that could be bestowed on the commanding officer, officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates for military qualities, and general deportment towards the community at large.
I have, &c.
R. T. Wilson,
General and Governor.”