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On return from India in 1819 the 84th absorbed its 2nd Battalion and in 1827 went to Jamaica where it helped quell slave riots. Having returned home in 1839 the 84th moved to Burma in 1842 and once more to India in 1845. At the outbreak of the [[Indian Mutiny]] on 10th May, 1857 the 84th became heavily involved. Of the sixty strong detachment at [[Cawnpore]] only one man survived and the main contingent was committed to the defence, relief and recapture of [[Lucknow]]. No less than six Victoria Crosses were awarded for these actions, four of which are now in the Rotherham collection. The 84th was saluted from the battery of [[Fort William ]] upon leaving [[Calcutta]] in 1859 (one of only two regiments to be so honoured) after seventeen years in India. On return to England, the 84th received an address of welcome from the Mayor of Sheffield and the men were presented with penknives from the Cutlers' Company. The next twenty three years were relatively calm for the 84th, serving in Ireland, Canada and the Channel Islands.