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THE BRITISH UNDER this heading are published each week the official announce ments of appointments and promotions affecting the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) and Central Flying School. These notices are not duplicated. By way of instance, when an appointment to the Royal Naval Air Service is announced by the Admiralty it is published forthwith, but subse quently, when it appears in the LONDON GAZETTE, it is not repeated in this column. Royal Naval Air Service. THE following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 7th inst.:— Capt. (graded as Wing-Comraander) F. R. Scarlett, graded as Wing-Captain, with seniority of Oct. 4th. The following entries have been made : Major A. O. French-Brewster (Motor Machine Gun Service) as Acting Flight-Lieutenant, with seniority of Oct. 4th, and appointed to " President," additional, for R.N.A.S. H. W. Evens as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant, for temporary service, with seniority of Oct. 6th, and appointed to " President," additional. A. Raworth as temporary Lieutenant (R.N.V.R.), with seniority of Oct. 6th, and appointed to " President," additional, for Inspectional Duties. C. H. Nelson as Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (R.N.V.R.), with seniority of Oct. 6th, and appointed to " President II," additional, for Wireless Telegraphy Duties. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 8th inst. :— Sub-Lieut. B. Annoot (temporary, R.N.V.R.) promoted to Lieutenant, with seniority of Oct. 6th. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 1 ah inst. :— The undermentioned have been entered as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenants, with seniority as follows: Temporary Lieut. (R.N.V.R.) J. H. Vickers (for temporary service); Oct. 1st. j. A. Smith ; Oct. 10th. G. H. Bittles, J. J. de la T. Fox, and B. C. Tooke; all Oct. 17th. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 12th inst.:— The following have been entered as Probationary Flight Sub- Lieutenants, for temporary service: B. Wemp, C. Darley, T. Stephens, R. Courtnage, and F. Henderson; Sept. 1st. A. Todd and G. Smith; Sept. 6th. H. Page; Sept. 3rd. G. Williams and E. Poller; Sept. 3. A. Harland ; Aug. 28th. G. Fleming; Sept. 1st. B. Trechmann, L. Weil, F. Toms, and J. Marvin; Oct. I ith. A. McColl, G. Kllbura, and C. Studd ; Oct. 17th. Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing). THE following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 6th inst. :— Flying Officers.—Sept. 18th, 1915: Second Lieut. C. T. Black, Royal Warwickshire Regt., and to be seconded. Second Lieut. W. L. Robinson, the Worcestershire Regt., and to be seconded. Second Lieut. A. E. C. Archer, Buffs (East Kent Regt.), and to be seconded. Temporary Second Lieut. H. C. Wakefield, East Surrey Regt., and to be transferred to the General List. Second Lieut. A. G. L. J. Miller, Irish Guards, and to be seconded. Temporary Second Lieut. C. S. Wynne-Eyton, R.A., and to be transferred to the General List; Sept. 22nd, 1915. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenants (on pro bation) confirmed in their rank : Stuart A. Laird and Herbert Lee. To be Second Lieutenants (on probation): Leonard C. Kidd - Aug. 25th, 1915. Aug. 30th, 1915: Edwaid A. Richards and John P. Rowell, Geoffrey D. Pidgeon; Sept. 5th, 1915. Peter P. Eckersley; Sept. 20th, 1915. Richard P. J. M'Coy; Sept. 23rd, 1915. Norman Turner; Sept. 27th, 1915. Victor M. W'enner; Sept. 28th, 1915. William O. Russell; Oct. 7th, 1915. The following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 7th inst. ;— Memoranda.—Sergeants, from 19th Alberta Dragoons, to be Temporary Second Lieutenants, for duty with the Royal Flying Corps; Sept. 13th, 1915 ; F. C. Butler and H. C. Evans. The following appeared in the London Gazette of the 8th inst. : — Flight Commander.—Capt. W. F. MacNeece, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regt.). Sept. 91b, 1915. Flying Officers to be Flight-Commanders (and to be Temporary Captains whilst so employed).—Sept. 25th, 1915 : Lieut. H. F. C.lanville, West India Regt. ; Lieut. T. F. Rutledge, Special Reserve. Lieut. M. G. Christie, Special Reserve ; Sept. 26th, 1915. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—To be Second Lieutenants (on probation): Thomas W. Winter; Aug. 31st, 1915. Idwal O. Griffith; Sept. 5th, 1915. Henry S. Ebben; Sept. 13th, 1915. AIR SERVICES. The following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 9th inst.:— Temporary appointments made at the War Office : Deputy Assistant Director.—Major Alan D. Carden, R.E., from a Squadron-Commander, Royal Flying Corps, Military Wing. Sept. 1st, 1915. Staff Captains.—Aug. 1st, 1915: Lieut. (Temporary Capt.) Percy R. Grace, Royal Flying Corps, Special Reserve, from an Equipment Officer; Lieut. Alexander G. Clark, Royal Flying Corps, Special Reserve, from an Assistant Equipment Officer. Major Clive Mellor, R.E., from a Flight-Commander, Royal Flying Corps, Military Wing ; Sept. 1st, 1915. Staff Lieutenants.—Second Lieut. Edward S. Skipper, Royal Flying Corps, Special Reserve, from an Assistant Equipment Officer; Aug. 1st, 191?. Sept. 1st, 1915 : Qrmr. and Hon. Lieut. Walter J. D, Pryce, Royal Flying Corps, Military Wing. Second Lieut. Noel C. F. Francis, R.F.A., T.F. Equipment Officer.—Second Lieut. H. E. Chaney, Lancashire Fus,, from an Assistant Equipment Officer, and to be Temporary Captain whilst so employed. Sept. 21st, 1915. Assistant Equipment Officers.—Second Lieut. E. S. Skipper, Special Reserve; June 12th, 1915. Second Lieut. S. A. Laird, Special Reserve; Aug. 1st, 1915. Temporary Second Lieut. P. B. Hunter, A.S.C. ; Sept. 17th, 1915. Temporary Capt. L. Sadler, A.S.C. ; Sept. 25th, 1915. Temporary Lieut. G. I. N. Deane, R.E., T.F.; Sept. 27th, 1915. The following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the nth inst. :— Flying Officers.—Sep.. 25th, 1915: Lieut. A. H. Jackson, the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), and to be seconded ; Second Lieut. L. Kingdon, the Worcestershire Regt., and to be seconded : Second Lieut. R. Newman, Special Reserve; Second Lieut. A. S. C. MacLaren, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Special Reserve, and to be seconded; Second Lieut, E. H. P. Cave, A.S.C., and to be seconded. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants: Cyril C. Wigram; Aug. 1st, 1915. Sept. 1st, 1915: Valentine W. Eyre and Colin Defries. Sept. 27th, 1915 : Elliott I. Bingham and Herbert A. Oxenham. To be Captains; Sept. 1st, 1915: Lieut. (Temporary Major) Edward N. Fuller. Lieuts. (Temporary Capts.) Thomas O'B. Hubbard, Cecil H. Saunders, James Valentine, Percy R. Grace, Alfred Huggins, Richard H. Collier, Francis C. Jenkins, Horatio C. Barber, John T. C. Moore-Brabazon, Ronald L. Charteris, Maurice B. Blake, Charles G. Bell, David E. Stodart, Lionel S. Metford, Norman C. Spratt, Victor A. Barrington-Kennett, Cyril C. Wigram, Tom V. Smith, Harold Blackburn, Malcolm McB. Bell-Irving, Robert Orme, Bentfield C. Hucks, Hon. William F. F. Scmpill (Master of Sempill), Gilbert B. Rickards, Hereward de Havilland, Edwin L. M. L. Gower, Arthur V. Bettington, Gerald C. R. Mumby, Harold Burchall, Robert Loraine, Thomas F. Rutledge, and Malcolm G. Chrisiie. Lieutenants: Gordon N. Humphreys, John R. Howett, Archibald G. Weir, Frederick L. Scholte, Frank S. Barnwell, and William H. T. Rampling-Rose. The appointment of Gerrit Forbes to a Second Lieutenancy, which appeared in the Gazette of June 12th, 1915, is cancelled as from Sept. 27th, 1915. The following appeared in the Lotidon Gazette of the 12th inst. :— Flight - Commander. — Temporary Lieutenant Frederick H. Cleaver, and to be Temporary Captain whilst so employed. Oct. 1st, 1915. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenants (on pro bation) confirmed in their rank: Robert Newman and Wilfred H. Furlonger. To be Second Lieutenants (on probation); Sept. 13th, 1915: William J. King, Francis S. Creswell, Bernard V. Grealy, and Clair St. Noble. Reginald Groves; Sept. 14th, 1915. Herbert M. Fulton; Sept. 20th, 1915. Philip K. Turner; Oct. 1st, 1915. D. S. C. Macaskie ; Oct. 2nd, 1915. Oct. 4th, 1915. Charles G. Hetherington, Thomas C. Wilson, and Reginald A. Courtney. Frederick N. Grimwade; Oct. 5th, 1915. Central Flying School. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 5th inst. :— Flight Lieut. H. S. Adams, granted acting rank of Flight Com mander, with seniority of Oct. 4th, and appointed to " President," additional, for Central Flying School. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the nth inst.:— Flight-Commander.—H. A. Littleton to "President," additional, for duty at Central Flying School, vice Busk. Oct 10th.
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