left for home in June 1815 but, shortly after arriving in England, it embarked for Ostend from where it marched to Paris. Meanwhile, the second battalion was disbanded in December 1815. On the return journey from France, in January 1816, the brig Boadicea was wrecked in heavy storms off the east coast of Ireland while carrying 290 troops and 34 women and children from the regiment: 190 people died when the ship went down off Courtmacsherry. The Victorian era The regiment embarked for Mauritius in January 1819 and returned home in March 1832. It then sailed for Gibraltar in January 1837, on to the West Indies in December 1839 and on to Canada in April 1843 before returning home in May 1848. It then embarked for the Ionian Islands in January 1855; it also saw action at the Siege of Sevastopol in summer 1855 during the Crimean War. The regiment returned to India in February 1857 to help suppress the Indian Rebellion. It took part in the recapture of Cawnpore in July 1857 and then took part in the reinforcement of Lucknow defending the residency until it was relieved in November 1857. It transferred to Aden in 1869 and returned home in 1870. 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 82nd was linked with the 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot, 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 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment). Battle honours Battle honours won by the Regiment were: Peninsular War: Roliça, Vimiera, Vitoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthez, Peninsula American War of 1812: Niagara Crimean War: Sevastopol Indian Mutiny: Lucknow Colonels of the Regiment Regimental colonels were: 82nd Regiment of Foot 1793–1797: Gen. Charles Leigh 1797–1798: Gen. James Stuart 1798–1836: Gen. Sir Henry Pigot, GCMG 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) - (1802) 1836–1841: Gen. Sir John Wilson, KCB 1841–1850: Lt-Gen. Sir Andrew Pilkington, KCB 1850–1856: Lt-Gen. Francis Miles Milman 1856–1859: Lt-Gen. Nicholas Hamilton, KH 1859–1872: Gen. Hon. Thomas Ashburnham, CB 1872–1881: Gen. William Samuel Newton References Sources External links Infantry regiments of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1793