Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Battalion ya ci gaba da yin horo na shekara-shekara da aikin manufa, ana ba shi bindigar Martini-Henry a 1882. Kamar yawancin battalions na Militia, 4th Devons sun ba da kansu don aikin garrison a lokacin Yaƙin Anglo-Masar
na 1882, amma babu wanda aka incarnated. An kira Rukunin Tsaro na yau da kullun lokacin da rikicin kasa da kasa ya taso a cikin 1885 a kan abin da ya faru na Panjdeh yayin da yawancin Sojojin yau da kullun ke aiki a lokaci guda a kan Nile Expedition; wakilin CO ya ba da Battalion na 4 don aikin garrison, amma an ƙi wannan da ladabi. An sake rage rundunonin Devonshire Militia a 1890, zuwa kafa kamfanoni shida.