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1915 - 0846.PDF
THE BRITISH UNDER thit heading are published each week t/u official announce ments of appointments and promotions affecting the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) and Central Flyiui; School. These notices are not aup icated. By way oj instance, when an appointment to the Royal Naval Air Service tf announce I by tkt Admiralty it is published Jorlhwith, but subse quently, when it appears tn the LONDON GAZETTE, it is not repealed in this column. Royal Naval Air Service. THE following appealed among the Admiralty announcements of the 22nd ult. :— Naval Instructors T. Slator, B.A., R. H. Whapham, M. A., B.Sc, and K. K. Cummings, M.A., to the " Pre idem," additional, for Eastchuich. Chingford, and Kii gsnerth Air Stations respectively. All to date Oct. 20th. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 28th ult. :— Sub-Lieut. (R.N.V.R.) R. G. Shire (temporary) promoted to Lieutenant (R.N.V.R.), with seniority of Oct. 25th. The following entries have been made: Probationary Flight Su>>-Lieutenants (temporary): A. E. Popham, R. J. E. S. Oawson, and P. D. Robertson, all with senioiity of Oct. JOlh, and appointed to "President II," additional, for R.N.A.S. Lieutenants (K.N.V.R., temporary): I. K. H. Locke, J. A. Holder, and A. F. Sidgreaves, all with seniority of Oct. 27th, and appointed to " President," additional, for R.N.A.S. Sub-Lieutenants (R.N.V.R., temporary): Chief Petty Officer E. Chodwick (R.N.), with seniority of Oct. 26th, and appointed to "Piesident," additional, for R.N.A.S.; Chief Petty Officers G. H. Unwin, H. Bedford, H. N. Speight, S. A. Hickson, P. G. Silley, and J. Paxton, with senioti'y of Ort. 26th, and appointed to " President," additional, for Anti-Aitcraft Corp*. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 30th ult. (— G. F. Meager, 4.B. (K.N.V.R,), entered as Proba'ionary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (temporary), with seniority of Oct. 29th, and appointed to " President," additional, lor R N. A.S.. E. N xon (Sec. Corporal) and J. D. Moffat both granted a temporary comnission as Lieuienant, R. M., with seniority of Oct. 4th and 28th respectively, for service in the Divisional F^ngineers, R.N. Division. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 1st inst.:— Paymaster H. A. Michell graded as Flight-Commander, with seniority of May 7th, and appointed to " Pre-ident," additional, for duly in Air Deiartme-nt, temporary, Oct. 29th. The undermentioned have been entered as Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenants (t' mporary) with seniority as follows, and all appointed to "Presidtnt," additional, for R.N.A.S.: R. J. McDmigall, Oct 4th; G. II. Si mpson, D. Whiuier, A. B. Shearer and L. W. Nurse, all Oct. 6 h ; H. D. Smith, A. T. O. Mann, and A. L Melhado, all Nov. 6th ; G. W. Biles, H. L. Hitch, W. Hi eking, A. N. Robinson, W. R. M. Hid, E. G. O. J ackson, J. F. Dixon, J. R. Crouch, E. C. H. Tebb, B. W. Irmsley, and If. A. Lovell, all Nov. 7th. The following appeared among the Admiralty announcements of the 2nd inst. :— I.. M. Kingsmill entered as Probationary Flight Sub Lieutenant, for temporary service, with seniority of Nov. 1st, and appointed to " President," additional, for R.N. A.S. Temporary Sub-Lieut. (R.N.V.R.) H. C. Woodward to "Presi dent," additional, for R.N.A.S. Nov. 1st. The following have been granted temporary commissions as Lieutenant (R.N V.R.), with seniority of Nov. 1st, and appointed to " President," additional, for R.N.A.S. : M. H. P. Allen S M Harding and W. Hallett-Carpenter. Royal Flylna Corps (Military Wing). THK following appeared in the London Gazette of the 22nd ult : Flying Officers.—Sept. 28ih : Temporary Second Lieut. R T Lillywhite, General List; Temporary Second Lieut. C. Foffcin General List. 66 ' ® ® A Third Aeroplane from Rhodesia. THE British South Africa Company has received a cable message from the Administrator of Southern Rhodesia requesting it to place at the dispo>al of the Secretary of State for War the sum of j6I,5O0 deposited with the Treasury at Salisbury for the purchase of an aeroplane as a gift to the Royal Flying Corps by the inhabitants of Gatooma, Southern Rhodesia, who ask that the aeroplane may be named " Gatooma." J AIR SERVICES. Assistant Equipment Officers. — Second Lieut. M. D. McFarlane, Middlesex, and to be seconded ; Sept. 8th. Second Lieut. E. S. Bramham, S.R. ; Sept. 15th. Second Lieut T. W. Winter, S.R. ; Sept. 22nd. Lieut. Hon. M. Baring, S R. ; Sept. 27th. The following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 27th ult. :— Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenant (on proba tion) Harold W. Butter worth is confirmed in his rank. The following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 28 h ult. :— Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenants (on proba tion) confirmed in their rank : Victor D. Bell, Alfied B. Adams, and Beaufoi J. Moore. The following appeared in the London Gazette of the 29th ult. :— _ Flying Officers to be Flight-Commanders.—Temporary Second Lieut. M. K. Cooper-King, General List, and to be Temporary Cap-ain whilst so employed ; Sept. 29th. Temporary Captain P. Babington, Hants (T.F.); Oct. 2nd. Oct. 14th: Capt. F. G. Small, Connaught Rangers; Capt. J. R. Howett, S.R. And to be Temporary Captains whilst so emphy d. Oct. 14th : Lieut. E. M. Murray, Q.V.U. Corps of Guides (F.F.) (Lumsden's), LA. ; Lieut. C. W. Anstey, S. Wales Borderers; Lieut. F. E Hellyer, Hants (T.F.); Lieut. D. R. Hanlon, R A. ; Lieut. C. M. Crowe, S.R. ; Lieut. G. C. N. Nicholson, S.R. ; Lieut. S. T. Saunderson, N. Irish H., S.R.; Lieut. H. L. Cooper, S.R.; Lieut. F. H. Jenkins, S.R. ; Lieut. H. R. Nicholl, S.R. ; Second Lieut. L. A. Patinson, R.F. ; Second Lieut. J. O. Cooper, S.R. ; Second Lieut. E. H. Mitchell, R.A. Flying Officers.—Lieut. C. H. Awcock, R.A., and seconded ; Sept. 2"!rd. Oct. 7th: Lieut. L. H. Sweet, Hants, and seconded. Second Lieut. W. A. Summers, 18th Hussars, and seconded ; Second Lieut. F. W. Stent, S.R. ; Temporary Second Lieut. W. R. E. Harrison, E. Kent, and tran-ferred to General List; Second Lieut. G. de L. Wooldridge, S.R. Lieut. J. H. Simpson, 5th Can. Lit Batt.; Oct. 12th. Oct. 16th: Second Lieut. E. M. Pollard, W. Yorks. (T.F.); Second Lieut. V. D. Bell, S.R. ; Second Lieut. A. B. Adams, S.R. ; Second Lieut. B. J. Moore, S.R. Memoranda.—J. R. Herbert to be S- cond Lieutenant for em ployment with Royal Flying Corps, Military Wing, Oct. 19th, 1915. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenants (on proba tion) confirmed in rank: F. W. Stent and G. de L. Wooldridge. To be Second Lieutenants (on probation): S. J. Sibley ; Sept. 4th. C. S. Ross; Sept. 10th. D. Cox; Oct. 3rd. The fo lowing appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the it inst. :— Flying Officers.—Oct. 5th, 1915: Capt. A. V. Newton, Prince Albert's (Somerset L.I.), Special Reserve (since deceased), from an Assistant Equipment Officer; Lieut. W. T. F. Holland, 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers, and to be seconded ; Lieut. F. F. Minchtn, Princes Patricia's Canadian L.I. ; Temporary Second Litut. A. D. Broughton, Reserve Regiments of Cavalry, and to be transferred to the General Li-t; Second Lieut. K. H. Riversdale- Elliot, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), and to be seconded; Second Lieut. H. W. Butterworth, Special Reserve. Supplementary to Regit'ar corps.—Lieutenants to be Temporary Captains; Nov. 2nd, 1915 : Clifford A. Hooper and Cecil H. Pixton. Second Lieut, (on probation) Exley L. Millar is confirmed in his rank. The following appeared in the London Gazette of the 2nd inst. :— Flying Officers.—Oct. 12th, 1915: Temporary Lieut. C. M. Leman, R.G.A., T.F. ; Tempoiary Second Lieut. R. Barton, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.), and is transferred to the General List; Second Lieut. M. Le Blanc-Smith, Special Reserve; Second Lieut. E. L. Millar, Special Reserve. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenants (on pro bation) confirmed in their rank : Lord Hugh R. H. Gascoigne- Cecil, Algernon C. Gilling, Stanley S. Nevill, Maurice Le Blanc- Smith, Geoff ey Somers-Clarke, Hugh Tomlinson, Norman Pellew, Sidney E. Cowan, Horatio H. Bright, Bowen May. ® © An Aeroplane from Trinidad. " TRINIDAD " will be the name of the fighter air-plane presented to the Army Council by the members of the Chamber of Commerce of that isLnd, as the outcome of a meeting convened recently by the President, Mr. W. Gordon Gordon, who contributed ,£800 and Mr. J. H. Smith, Vice-President, who gave £200. On their behalf a cheque for ^2,250 has been sent to the War Office by the West Indies. 846
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