in August 1865 and became the 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot in May 1866. It returned to India in 1870 and was deployed to Rangoon in Burma in 1876 before going back to India in 1880. As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 89th was linked with the 94th Regiment of Foot and assigned to district no. 65 at Gough Barracks in Armagh. On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot to form the Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers). Battle honours Battle honours won by the regiment were: Napoleonic Wars: Egypt (Sphinx superscribed "Egypt"), Java American war of 1812: Niagara Anglo-Burmese Wars: Ava Crimean War: Sevastopol Colonels of the Regiment Colonels of the Regiment were: 89th Regiment of Foot 1793–1795: Maj-Gen. William Crosbie 1795–1797: Lt-Gen. Andrew Gordon 1797: Lt-Gen Henry Bowyer 1797–1801: Gen. Alexander Ross 1801–1802: Gen. James Ogilvie 1802–1806: Gen. Sir Eyre Coote, GCB, KC 1806–1808: Lt-Gen. John Whitelocke 1808–1818: Gen. Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey 1818–1823: Gen. Sir George Beckwith, GCB 1823–1837: Gen. Sir Robert Henry MacFarlane, KCB, GCH 1837–1857: Gen. Sir Charles Bulkeley Egerton, GCMG, KCH 1857–1864: Gen. Charles George James Arbuthnot 1864–1870: Gen. Charles Gascoyne 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot- (1866) 1870–1874: Lt-Gen. Sir John Garvock, GCB 1874: Maj-Gen. Caledon Richard Egerton 1874–77: Lt-Gen. Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy, VC, KCB 1878-1880: General Sir Henry de Bathe, 4th Baronet 1880: General John Arthur Lambert References Sources Further reading External links The War of 1812 Website Animated Battles Infantry regiments of the British Army Irish regiments of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1793 Military units and formations disestablished in 1881 Defunct Irish regiments of the British Army British military units and formations of the Napoleonic Wars 1881 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the Peninsular War 1793 establishments in the British Empire Irish regiments British military units and formations of the War of 1812