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This period saw the 69th serve on garrison
duty in England (1826-1831), the West Indies and Demerara,
South America (1831-1838), Nova Scotia (1839-1842) and then
England. From 1847 to 1851 the Regiment served in Malta and
then moved on to the West Indies in 1851.
Back in England, in 1857 the Ups and Downs
were within six months on their way to Burma, and was the
first regiment to use the overland route via Egypt to the
East. In 1864, the 69th returned to England from India prior
to embarking for Canada in 1867. In 1870 the regiment successfully
routed an incursion by Fenians on the US/Canadian border into
Canadian territory, an action which earned the Canada General
Service Medal for battalion members.
Later that same year the 69th moved to Bermuda
and back to Europe and the Gibraltar garrison in 1873. In
1878 the Regiment returned to England where, in July 1881,
it was redesignated as the 2nd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment.
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