Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An tura rundunar zuwa Afirka ta Kudu a 1843 kuma ta ga aiki a Yaƙin Xhosa na Bakwai
a shekara ta 1846 da Yakin Xhosa na takwas a shekara ta 1851 kafin ya koma gida a shekara ta 1859. A shekara ta 1866, rundunar ta zama ta 45 (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Rundunar Sojoji. Ya shiga cikin Binciken Birtaniya zuwa Abyssinia a 1867.