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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIKE HIGHLANDERS. 229During its stay in Greece, the regimenthad 1857.to deplore the loss of one officer, PaymasterDalrymple, who was killed bythe fall of hishouse.His remains were buried in the plain justoutside the town of Piraeus, to the right of theroad to Athens, in the same placeas nineteennon-commissioned officers and men, who had diedsince the regiment landed. The graves weremarked by marble slabs and monuments ; and, onleaving, the place was committed to the care ofthe local authorities.On the 18th of the month head-quarters andthe right wing embarked on board H.M.S. Majestic,the leftwing on H.M.S. Cressy. The Frenchtroops had left the previous evening on Frenchwar-steamers, so that the evacuation of Greecewas completed on that date.On arrival in the Ionian Islands, the headquartersand partof thebattalion were stationedat Corfu,while the remainder were detached toVido, and other detachments were formed in Aprilat Zante and Ithaca.The followingis a list of the officers wholanded in the Ionian Islands with the regiment :Colonel Campbell (in command) ; Major Patterson ;Captains John Bruce, Battiscombe, Hibbert, and