 In August 1782 the regiment took a county title as the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot.The regiment returned home in 1785.Detachments from the regiment embarked as marines in early 1793 and were in combat on the third-rate HMS "Leviathan" at the capture of Toulon in December 1793, the attack on the Tour de Mortella in February 1794 and at the Glorious First of June in June 1794.