Heights in October 1812 during the War of 1812. The regiment returned home in 1815 to undertake Royal guarding duties at Weymouth. The regiment's new scarlet coats and white breeches so impressed Princess Charlotte of Wales that she asked to be associated with the regiment. The regiment accordingly became the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (or the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot in 1816. The Victorian era The regiment was sent to China in 1840 for service in the First Opium War. It fought at the Capture of Chusan in July 1840, the Battle of Canton in March 1841 and the Battle of Amoy in August 1841 as well as the occupation of Shanghai in summer 1842. It then returned home in 1843. The regiment departed for service in the Crimean War in early 1854 and fought at the Battle of Alma in September 1854, the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 and the Siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854. It then returned home in 1856. 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 49th was linked with the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot, and assigned to district no. 41 at Brock Barracks in Reading. On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Battle honours Battle honours awarded to the regiment were: Egmont-op-Zee, Copenhagen, Queenstown, China, Crimean War: Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol St. Lucia 1778 (awarded to successor regiment, 1909) Victoria Crosses Victoria Crosses awarded to men of the regiment were: Lieutenant John Augustus Conolly, Crimea War (26 October 1854) Corporal James Owens, Crimea War (30 October 1854) Sergeant George Walters, Crimea War (5 November 1854) Colonels of the Regiment Colonels of the regiment were: 49th Regiment of Foot - (1751) 1743–1754: Col. Edward Trelawney 1754–1761: Lt-Gen. George Walsh 1761–1764: Lt-Gen. John Stanwix 1764–1768: Maj-Gen David Graeme 1768–1820: Gen Sir Alexander Maitland, 1st Baronet The 49th (Princess of Wales's Hertfordshire) Regiment - (1816) 1820–1829: Lt-Gen. Sir Miles Nightingall, KCB 1829–1846: Gen. Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB 1846–1861: Gen. Sir Edward Bowater, KCH 1861–1871: Gen. Sir Edmund Finucane Morris, KCB 1871–1874: Gen. Thomas James Galloway 1874–1881: Gen. Sir Charles Henry Ellice, GCB References Further reading External links The Rifles (Berkshire and