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WML AUGUST 27, 1915. THE TWO NEW ROYAL IT has been announced that His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned officers in recognition of their most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in the field :— Captain JOHN AIDAN LIDDELL, 3rd Batt. Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) and Royal Flying Corps. —•• For most contpicuous bravery and devotion to duty on 31st July, 1915.—When on a flying reconnaissance over Ostend- \ Bruges-Ghent he was severely wounded (his right thigh being ll UOHT. • • —I i!.->3Sil'v^ . Capt. John Aldan Liddell, £.£. broken], whi:h caused momentary unconsciousness, but by a great effort he recovered partial control after his machine had dropped nearly 3,000 feet, and notwithstanding his collapsed state succeeded, although continually fired at, in completing his course, and brought the aeroplane into our lines—half an hour after he had been wounded. The difficulties experienced by this officer in saving his machine, and the life of his observer, cannot be readily expressed, but as the control wheel and throttle control were smashed, and also one of the under-carriage struts, it would seem incredible that he could have accomplished his task. CORPS V.Cs. Royal Engineers FLYING Captain LANOE GEORGE HAWKER, D.S.O. and Royal Flying Corps. For most conspicuous bravery and veiy great ability on July 25th 1915. When flying alone he attacked three German aero planes in succession. The first managed eventually to escape, the second was driven to ground damaged, and the third, which he attacked at a height of about 10,000 feet, was driven to earth in our lines, the pilot and observer being killed. Capt. Lanoe George Hawker, ©.€., D.S.O. The personal bravery shown by this officer was of the very highest order, as the enemy's aircraft were armed with machine- guns, and all carried a passenger as well as the pilot. It may be recalled that Capt. (then Lieut.) Hawker was awarded the D.S.O. in May for "conspicuous gallantry on April 19th, when he succeeded in dropping bombs on the German airship shed at Gontrode from a height of only 200 feet." RUSSIAN HONOURS IN a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 25th inst, it was stated that:— " His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia has been graciously pleased to confer, with the approval of His Majesty the King, the under-mentioned rewards for gallantry and distinguished service in the field :— The Order of St. George, 4th Class- Sec. Lieut. WILLIAM HENRY DYKE ACLAND, Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry (T.F.), attached R.F.C. The Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class, with Swords. Major and Brevet-Col. HUGH MONTAGU* TKENCHARD, C.B., D.S.O., A.D.C., Royal Scots Fusiliers and R.F.C. Major (temporary Lieut.-Col.) TOM INCE WEBB-BOWEN, Bedford- shire Regiment and R.F.C FOR THE R.F.C. The Order of St. Stanislas, 3rd Class, with Swords. Captain and Brevet-Major CHARLES ALEXANDER HOLCOMBE LONGCROFT, Welsh Regiment and R.F.C. The Order of St. Anne, 4th Class, inscribed "For Valour in War." Sec. Lieut. IVOR THOMAS LLOYD, S. Wales Borderers and R.F.C. Cross of the Order of St. George, 3rd Class. Sergt. SIDNEY CHARLES GRIGGS, NO. 5 Sqdn., 2nd Wing, R.F.C. Cpl. JACK NORTH ROGERS, NO. I Res. A. Sqdn., Ad. Wing, R.F.C. Medal of St. George, 2nd Class. Sergt. EDWIN CECIL RUMFORD, NO. 2 Squadron, 1st Wing, R.F.C. Medal of St. George, 3rd Class. 1st Class Air-Mechanic THOMAS HENRY SUTCLIFFE, NO. 5 Squadron, No. 2 Wing, R.F.C. There are no restrictions as to the occasions on which these decorations may be worn. No individual applications for permission to wear them need therefore be submitted. 626
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