| Iin 1822 the 41st embarked from England
for India and by 1824 it was serving with Sir Colin Campbell's
expeditionary force to the Kingdom of Ava (now Burma), where
they were involved in the lst Burma War until March 1826.
That campaign was followed by years of garrison duty in India,
a period highlighted mainly by the territorialisation of the
Regiment as the 41st or The Welch Regiment of Infantry in
February 1831.
In 1842 the regiment formed part of an Army
of Retribution that launched a two-pronged attack on Afghanistan.
Included in General Nott's Column, its services in the arduous
campaign were later marked by the award of the battle honours
'Candahar', 'Ghuznee' and 'Cabul'. Returning to the United
Kingdom in 1843, the regiment served in South Wales. In 1845
it moved on to Ireland and garrison duties until 1851.
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