 The regiment was posted to India in July 1822 and was deployed to Rangoon for service in the First Anglo-Burmese War in May 1824.It formed part of an army which advanced up the River Irrawaddy to the Kingdom of Ava and then captured Bagan in February 1826.It received a territorial affiliation in 1831, becoming the 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot.