In January, 1838, the service companies proceeded to Berbice, but returned to Demerara in June following. [Sidenote: 1839] The service companies proceeded from Demerara to Barbadoes, in June, 1839. [Sidenote: 1840] On the 21st of April, the service companies, consisting of 30 serjeants, 8 drummers, and 449 rank and file, embarked, under the command of Brevet Major T. C. Harpour, from Barbadoes for North America, in Her Majesty's ships Sapphire and Athol. The regiment disembarked at Chambly, in Canada, on the 21st of May. During the year 1840 the depôt companies were stationed at Buttevant and Galway. [Sidenote: 1841] The service companies proceeded from Chambly to Drummondville, in May, 1841. In June, 1841, the depôt companies were removed from Galway to Templemore. [Sidenote: 1842] The head-quarters, under the command of Major E. B. Brooke, marched from Drummondville on the 19th of May, and arrived at St. Helen's, Montreal, on the 25th of May, 1842. On the 3rd of November, 1842, the service companies embarked in the Pestonjee Bomonjee transport at Quebec, and disembarked at Plymouth on the 15th of December following. The depôt companies joined the regiment on the 15th of December, 1842, having been removed from Ireland to Plymouth in October. [Sidenote: 1843] In May, 1843, the regiment proceeded from Plymouth to Weedon, and in July marched to Manchester. [Sidenote: 1844] Lieutenant-General John Clitherow was appointed by Her Majesty to be Colonel of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, on the 15th of January, 1844, upon Lieutenant-General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.B. (Adjutant-General to the Forces), being removed to the Forty-second, Royal Highland, regiment. In December, 1844, the regiment was removed from Manchester to Dublin. [Sidenote: 1845] During the year 1845 the regiment continued to be stationed at Dublin. [Sidenote: 1846] In January, 1846, the regiment marched to Limerick, and in May proceeded to Cork. At this period the regiment was augmented to twelve companies, consisting of 67 serjeants, 25 drummers, and 1200 rank and file, and was subsequently organised into two battalions, preparatory to embarking on foreign service. On the 9th of November, 1846, Colonel Thomas Bunbury, K.H., commanding the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, was promoted to the rank of Major-General, and Major Edward Basil Brooke was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy, vacant by the promotion of Major-General Bunbury.[17] [Sidenote: 1847] During the year 1847 the SIXTY-SEVENTH continued at Cork. [Sidenote: 1848] The first battalion embarked at Cork, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Basil Brooke, in the Herefordshire freight-ship, on the 8th of January, 1848, and arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th of that month.