It was shipped to the Cape Colony during the Eighth Kaffir War in 1851 and to China in 1860 at the time of the Second Opium War, fighting at the Third Battle of Taku Forts and the capture of Beijing.
It was shipped to the Cape Colony during the Eighth Kaffir War in 1851. It once again became the 1st Battalion when the 2nd Battalion was reformed in 1857, and went to China in 1860 at the time of the Second Opium War, fighting at the Third Battle of Taku Forts and the capture of Beijing.