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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 323battalion, and on the staff at the Cape. Retired, 1852. Died atLongford, Ireland.Bruce, John. Ensign, 15th February, 1850; lieutenant, 14thOctober, 1851 ; captain, 1st September, 1854. Served at the Cape(Kaffir War) and in Greece with the regiment. Retired, 17th November,1857. Died in Edinburgh, 1858.Bruce, Alexander Cunningham (p. s. c.). Ensign, 18th June,1852 ; lieutenant, March, 1854. Served in Malta, Greece, IonianIslands, and India, with the regiment. Adjutant, 1855 to 1857;captain, 31st August, 1858. Served on the staff in India as deputyadjutantand quarter-master-general, Bengal, 1863 to 1868. Brigademajorat Shorncliffe, 1869 to 1871. Major, 1st January, 1873.Commanded the regiment during the Zulu War of 1879 was; presentat the battle of Ginginhlovo, relief of Ekowe, and subsequent operations;was mentioned in the despatches. Lieutenant-colonel, 21stJune, 1879. Medal with clasp and C.B.Bruce, Stewart Hervey. From 63rd Foot, with which he hadserved in the Crimea from the 6th September, 1855, including thesiege and fall of Sebastopol ;also the bombardment and capture ofKinbourne (medal with clasp and Turkish medal). Captain, 19thDecember, 1861. To 91st, 6th November, 1863. Served with theregiment in India. To half-pay, 4th February, 1871.Brunker, James Robert. Ensign, 9th April, 1825 ; lieutenant,9th September, 1828 ; adjutant, 8th January, 1829, to 4th October,1832. Served in Jamaica with the regiment. Captain, 14th September,1832. To 15th Foot, 1833.Bryant, John Valentine. From 44th Foot. Captain, 16thJanuary, 1812. Died, 1814.Buchan, Alexander. From half-pay, 25th Foot. Lieutenant,1st July, 1819 ; adjutant, 24th October, 1821, to 23rd April, 1823.To 77th Foot, 10th November, 1825.Bulkeley, Thomas. Ensign, 1796. Retired, 1797.Buller, John Edward. Ensign, 4th December, 1857; lieutetant,15th December, 1858. Served in the Ionian Islands and Indiawith the regiment, and as aide-de-camp to Sir William Mansfield,Commander-in-Chief in India. Died, 1870.Bunbury, Thomas. From 3rd Foot. Lieutenant, 17th August,1809. Served in the Peninsula, at Nive (severely wounded), Nivelle,and Toulouse, attached to Portuguese service. To half-pay, 25thOctober, 1814. Subsequently served in 80th Foot.Burcham, John. Ensign, 2nd September, 1812. Retired, 1813.Burke, Hubert P. Ensign, 10th July, 1855; lieutenant, 5thMarch, 1858. Served in the Ionian Islands and India with theregiment. To 8th Hussars, 15th November, 1864.