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I/GHH SEPTEMBER IO, 1915. THE BRITISH AIR SERVICES. Royal Naval Air Service. THE following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 1st inst.:— Temporary Sub-Lieut. (R.N.V.R.) R. V. Harcourt, M.P., pro moted to temporary Lieutenant, with seniority of Aug. 30th. R. S. Collinson granted temporary commission as Sub-Lieutenant (R.N.V.R.), with seniority of Aug. 26th, and appointed to " Presi dent," additional. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 2nd inst. :— Probationary Flight Sub-Lieut. J, O. Davis, confirmed as Flight Sub-Lieutenant, promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant, _ with seniority of Aug. 31st, and appointed to " President," additional, for R.N.A.S. The undermentioned have been entered as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenants, for temporary service, with seniority of Sept. 4th, and appointed to " President," additional, for R.N.A.S.: W. E. Gardner, S. A. Black and J. B. Howard, all lent to " Excellent," for short (G.) course. The following temporary commissions (R.N.V.R.) have been franted : F. E. Rowett as Lieutenant, and A. M. litz-Randolph as ub-Lieutenant, both with seniority of Sept. 1st, and appointed to " President," additional, for R.N.A.S. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 3rd inst.:— Capt. I. T. Courtney, R.M.L.I., granted the temporary rank of Major whilst holding the appointment of Squadron-Commander in the R.N.A.S. Dated Sept. 1st. Temporary Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., F. F. Chambers pro moted temporary Lieutenant. To date Sept. rst. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 4th inst.:— Temporary Sub-Lieut. R. Graham, R.N.V.R., transferred to R.N.A.S. as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant for temporary service, and appointed to the " President," additional, for R.N.A.S. To date Sept. 3rd. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 6th inst. :— Temporary Lieut. (R.N.V.R.) B. Johnson promoted to temporary Lieutenant-Commander (R.N.V.R.), with seniority of Sept. 2nd. The undermentioned have been entered as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenants, for temporary service, with seniority as follows: J. M. Alexander, July 24th ; A. Fellowes-Buck, Sept. 4th ; S. M. Kinkead, H. P. Watson, V. E. Sieveking, L. Edwards, and J. S. Bolas, all Sept. nth. A. H. Kendall, granted temporary commission as Lieutenant (R.N.V.R.), with seniority of Sept. 4th. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 7th inst.:— Flight-Commander H. Delacombe, granted acting rank of Squadron Commander. To date Sept. 4th. Flight-Lieut. G. Colmore, granted acting rank of Flight-Com mander. To date Sept. 4th. Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing). THE following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 1st inst.:— Sergeant-Majors to be Quartermasters, with the honorary rank oj Lieutenant.— Aug. 13th, 1915 : Tohn Mead, William J. Waddington, James E. Parkin. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—To be Second Lieutenants (on probation): Otto Lerwill; Aug. nth. Cecil Faber; Aug. 12th. Ernest Selby; Aug. 15th. John B. Fitzsimons; Sept. 1st, 1915. The following appeared in the London Gazette of the 3rd inst. : — Flying Officers.—Aug. 21st: Capt. R. A. Bradley, North Staffordshire, and seconded ; Second Lieut. C. d'A. E. W. Reeve, Suffolk, and seconded ; Temporary Second Lieut. A. C. Hagon, Royal Warwickshire, and tranferred to General List; Second Lieut. J. N. Washington, Manchester, and seconded ; Second Lieut. I. H. D. Henderson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and seconded; Second Lieut. V. S. Brown, Special Reserve. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenants (on probation) confirmed in rank : F. W. Wright, J. E. Marriott, J. H. Herring, C. Defries, V. S. Brown. To be Second Lieutenants (on probation); W. N. M. Dunkley; July 24th. L. A. McDougald ; Aug. nth. A. T. Thompson; Aug. 12th. H. H. Bright; Aug. 26th. T. M. Scott; Sept. 1st. The following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 6th inst. :— Squadron-Commander.—Capt. (temporary Major) Gerard P. Wallace, Staff, South African Permanent Force, and to be temporary Major. July 31st, 1915. Flight-Commanders, and to be temporary Captains.—July 31st, 1915: Lieut, (temporary Capt.) Basil H. Turner, Staff, South African Permanent Force; Lieut, (temporary Capt.) Kenneth R. Van der Spuy, Staff, South African Permanent Force; Lieut, (tem porary Capt.) Gordon S. Creed, Staff, S. African Permanent Force. Flying Officer.—Temporary Lieut. Edward C. Emmett, Staff, S. AfricanJPermanent Force, and to be temporary Lieutenant. July 31st. Assistant Equipment Officer.—Lieut. Selwood H. Hewett, Staff, South African Permanent Force, and to be temporary Lieutenant. July 31st, 1915. The following appeared in the London Gazette of the 7th inst. :— Memoranda.—To be temporary Second Lieutenant: Stanley T. Welch, from Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps, Special Reserve. Sept. 8th, 1915. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants: Aug. 1st, 1915: Francis W. H. Lerwill, Arthur M. Wynne, Alexander B. Rendall, Frederick H. Jenkins, Frank S. Barnwell, Herbert P. S. Clogstoun, Alan M. Morison, Marwood E. Lane, Frank W. Goodden, Robert H. Mayo, Hazelton R. Nicholl, Oliver D. Filley, Stanley W. Caws, Rupert H. S. Mealing, Howard L. Cooper, Charles J. Chabot, Cecil H. Pixton, George L. P. Henderson, E. R. Scholefield, Cecil Barber, Robert G. Gould, Sacheverell A. Hebden, Oscar Greig. To be Second Lieutenants (on probation) : Evelyn F. Driver, late temporary Second Lieutenant South African Aviation Corps ; July 31st, 1915. Geoffrey Somers Clarke ; Aug. 3rd, 1915. Central Flying School. THE following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 2nd inst. :— Officer in Charge of the Experimental Flight graded as a Squadron Commander).—Capt. George B. Stopford, R.A., a Flight Com mander, Military Wing; Aug. 6th, 1915. (Substituted for the notification which appeared in the Gazette of Aug. 19th, 1915.) THE "X" AIRCRAFT RAIDS. "X7" Raid, September 7th (September 8th). IN view of the decision of the Government not to allow details of aircraft raids to be published we are as before (see issue of June nth, 1915) giving to each one an index number. Eventually, when details are available, ive shall give the respective information under these index numbers, which will facilitate easy reference to each particular raid. The following has been issued by the Press Bureau, the date in brackets indicating when the statement was issued:— " Hostile aircraft again visited the Eastern Counties last night, and bombs were dropped. " It is known that there have been some fires and some casualties, but particulars are not yet available. "The number of the casualties will be communicated to the Press as soon as they can be ascertained." Later. " Three Zeppelins visited the Eastern Counties last night, and dropped bombs. Anti-aircraft guns were in action. Aeroplanes went up, but were unable to locate the airships. " Fifteen small dwelling houses were demolished or seriously damaged, and a large number of doors, windows, «Src, were broken. Several fires were caused, but were promptly extinguished. There was no other serious damage. " The following casualties have been reported : Killed, men 2, women 3, children 5. Total 10. Wounded (seriously), men 4, women n, children 5. Total, 20. Wounded (slightly), men 9, women 5, children 9. Total 23. Missing, believed to be buried in debris, men 1, women 2. Grand total 56. i-u " All the above are civilians, except one soldier, re ported seriously wounded." 666
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