[6] Its flank companies (grenadier and light infantry) were with General John Burgoyne during the ill-fated Saratoga campaign.

[7] Lieutenant Richard Houghton of the 53rd led the Royalton raid in 1780 burning three towns in eastern Vermont.

[12] The regiment returned to England in spring 1795 but then embarked for the West Indies in November 1795 where it took part in the capture of Saint Lucia in May 1796.

[13] It also helped suppress an insurrection by caribs on Saint Vincent in June 1796;[14] expeditions to Trinidad and Puerto Rico followed in February 1797 and April 1797 respectively.

[2] The 1st battalion left for India in April 1805[16] where it undertook a punitive expedition to the Fortress of Callinger in Allahabad Province in February 1812.

[17] It also helped secure a pyrrhic victory at the Battle of Nalapani in October 1814 during the Anglo-Nepalese War.

[18][19] The 1st battalion also took part in engagements against Pindari forces in 1817 during the Third Anglo-Maratha War[20] and did not return home until July 1823.

With the Fenian Brotherhood threatening from the United States, the regiment departed Ireland for Canada, arriving in Quebec in August 1866, subsequently garrisoning London for the next 2 years.