sentences:  The regiment embarked for New South Wales in the role of convict escorts and guards in August 1817.It was then deployed to India in 1824 and saw action suppressing a rebellion by the forces of Chikka Virarajendra, the Raja of Coorg, in 1834 during the Coorg War.It departed for service in the Crimean War in early 1855 and took part in the Siege of Sevastopol later that year.