At the close of the services of the regiment in the Peninsula and South of France, the names of the following non-commissioned officers, whose meritorious services had been rewarded with commissions, were inserted in the Record Book,-- William Douglas. William Hack. James Nevin. John Abraham. John Robinson. William Fortune. George Armstrong. John Thompson. Simon Musgrave. William Hall. John McKay. William Bace. Patrick Melvin. Andrew Connell. Thomas Williams. William Scott. Francis Begg. Christmas Knight. John Bell. George Tyrrell. Samuel Rose. The regiment landed at Cork in July, and marched to Dundalk, where the second battalion was disbanded on the 24th of October; the men fit for duty being transferred to the first battalion. [Sidenote: 1815] From Dundalk the regiment marched to Newry, where it was stationed during the year 1815,--a period memorable in the history of Europe, on account of the return of Bonaparte to France,--his overthrow on the field of Waterloo,--and his removal to St. Helena. [Sidenote: 1816] In June, 1816, the regiment embarked from Ireland, and proceeded to Portsmouth, where it landed, and was stationed during the summer months at Fort Cumberland. In the autumn it embarked for Jamaica, and arrived at Spanish-town in December. [Sidenote: 1817] [Sidenote: 1821] The regiment was stationed at Spanish-town, Uppark camp, Stony-hill, and Kingston, in Jamaica, upwards of five years, during which period it lost by disease seven officers, and three hundred and fifty-six non-commissioned officers and soldiers. [Sidenote: 1822] Having transferred the men who volunteered to remain in the country to other corps, the regiment embarked from Jamaica in March, 1822, and landed at Plymouth in May following. [Sidenote: 1824] The regiment performed garrison duty at Plymouth until the spring of 1824, when it proceeded to Ireland; it was stationed at Cork until October, when it marched to Limerick. [Sidenote: 1825] Leaving Limerick in 1825, the regiment proceeded to the counties of Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, and Westmeath. [Sidenote: 1826] In 1826 the head-quarters were established at Athlone, with detachments at various stations in the neighbouring counties. [Sidenote: 1827] The regiment was assembled at Birr, in June, 1827, and in July marched to Richmond Barracks, Dublin, where it was divided into six service and four depôt companies; the service companies embarked in October for Liverpool, from whence they proceeded by canal to Fenny Stratford, and afterwards marched to Chatham. [Sidenote: 1828] On the 30th of June, 1828, the service companies, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. P. Barlow, embarked from Gravesend for the island of Ceylon where, they arrived in November, and landed at Colombo.