Wales where it served at both Sydney, and Van Diemen's Land, where they participated in the Black War. It was then transferred to Bombay, with the first units of the 40th leaving Australia in 1828. While in India, the regiment was stationed in Belgaum and then Pune before moving to Bombay. In January 1839 the regiment was sent to the Sindh and took part in the capture of Karachi. The regiment camped at Quetta on their way to Afghanistan where they experienced one of the worst out breaks of disease of any regiment of the British Army. It arrived in Kandahar in October 1841 and then fought under General William Nott at the Battle of Kabul in August 1842 during the First Anglo-Afghan War. The regiment returned to India in December 1842 and fought at the Battle of Maharajpore in December 1843 during the Gwalior campaign. It returned to England in September 1845. The regiment returned to Australia in June 1852 and served in Victoria where it suppressed the Eureka Rebellion in December 1854. It also took part in the Taranaki and the Waikato campaigns in the early 1860s during the New Zealand Wars. The regiment arrived home in August 1866 but returned to India in September 1872. 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 40th was linked with the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), and assigned to district no. 14 at Peninsula Barracks, Warrington. On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) to form the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment). Uniforms Battle honours The battle honours of the regiment were as follows: Egypt, Montevideo, Roliça, Vimiero, Talavera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Peninsula, Toulouse, Waterloo, Candahar (1842), Ghuznee (1842), Cabool (1842), Maharajpore, New Zealand Colonels of the Regiment Colonels of the regiment were: 1717–1750: Lt-Gen. Richard Philipps 1750–1752: Lt-Gen. Hon. Edward Cornwallis The 40th Regiment of Foot 1752–1759: Maj-Gen. Peregrine Thomas Hopson 1759–1760: Maj-Gen. Hon. John Barrington 1760–1770: Lt-Gen. Robert Armiger 1770–1786: Lt-Gen. Sir Robert Hamilton, 4th Baronet of Silvertonhill The 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment 1786–1818: Gen. Sir George Osborn, 4th Baronet 1818–1829: Gen. Sir Brent Spencer, GCB 1829–1834: Gen. Sir James Kempt, GCB, GCH 1834–1837: