[2] The regiment was deployed to Flanders in spring 1747 for service in the War of the Austrian Succession and saw action at the Battle of Lauffeld in July 1747.

[1] The regiment embarked for North America in January 1755 for service in the French and Indian War and, having landed in Virginia in February 1755,[4] saw action at the disastrous Battle of the Monongahela, the Siege of Louisburg in June 1758 and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in September 1759.

[2] It sailed for the West Indies in 1761 and took part in the invasion of Martinique in January 1762 and the Battle of Havana in March 1762.

[4] After losing many troops to fever the remnants of the regiment were captured by the French in Dominica in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War; they were interned until 1780 when they were released and allowed to travel home.

[4] The regiment embarked for New South Wales in the role of convict escorts and guards in August 1817.