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It may be that the proprietors of civilian schools, even if their schools are commandeered by the Government for the duration of the war, may find themselves in no worse position financially than they are at present. Just what they will do afterwards is a matter for their own decision, but I do not see any cause for anxiety. Aviation is going to be a vastly different thing to what it has been in the past, but though it stand on a different footing, there will be prosperity in it for everybody, which is, unfortunately, more than can be said for it in the past. Why doubting Thomases should arise now, who look 9 # Casualties. Lieutenant ARTHUR RICHARD HOWE BROWNE, R.F.C., only son of the late Arthur R. Browne and Mrs. B. H. Wilbraham, and grandson of !,<>rd Kicbard Howe Browne, who previously was reported missing, is now reported killed in action in France on December 5th la*t. Second Lieutenant GEORGE HKVGATR FINCHAM, 6th Squadron, R.F.C., who was killed in France on March 9th. He was the second and only surviving son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Fincham. A.O.D.,and the late Mrs.W. F. Jameson. He was aged 25, and was educated at the College of the Sacred Heart, Wimbledon. At the outbreak of war he was engaged with much success on engineering work in Southern India. He returned to England and applied for a commission in the R.F.C.,and very quickly obtaining his pilot's certificate, he was gazetted as a pilot in June, 1915. He flew over (0 j>in his squadron in France in August, 1915, and in February of this year was promoted Flight-Commander and posted as Captain, though up to the time of his death he had not appeared as such in the Gazette. During this period he had many successful encounters with hostile aeroplanes, and on one occasion successfully repelled and outmanoeuvred an attack by five hostile machine?. He met with his death during an engagement with a hostile machine while on an observation flight over the enemy lines, when, his observer having been killed, he was himself severely wounded, and, losing consciousness, his machine fell in the British lines. He was a most skilled and intrepid pilot. Flight-Lieutenant REGINALD ARTHUR SAUNDERS, 7th London Brigade R.F.A. (T.F.), attached R.F.C., whose death has just been announced after a successful encounter in the air in France on March 14th, was the second son of Mr. Arthur Saunders, Principal Clerk in the Town Clerk's office at the Guildhall of the City of London. Major Pretyman, head of his squadron, in writing to his father to say that his death was a great loss, described him as one of the bravest of the Flight-Commanders. The young officer, who was 22 years old, had won several important distinctions for his previous exploits. Lieutenant CYRIL WY.VYARD BATTYK, R.F.C., who was acci dentally kilted on March 13th whilst flying, was the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Battye, of Windsor. He was aged 21. Captain CI.AI D ALLAN GILBERT LINDSAY HAMILTON FARIE, 1st Highland Light Infantry and R.F.C., died.on March 15th of wounds received in Mesopotamia on March 8th, aged 29 years. He was the younger and only surviving son of the late Robert Farie, of I >unmore, Victoria, and the late Mrs. Farie, formerly of Ruthven, 29, The Boltons, S.W., and grandson of the late James Farie, of Farms, Lanarkshire. He was gazetted to the Highland Light Infantry in May, 1907, and was appointed to the Royal Flying Corps in June, 1914. Lieutenant GRAHAM PRICK, of the R.F.C., whose death was announced last week, was killed while engaged in a duel with a GcfflAtn aeroplane at a Might of 8,999 ft. The Major of hits squadron, writing to bis parents with regard to the tight, said that it was " a plucky fight against odds." Lieutenant Price had created a record for his squadron with 15 fights in the air. Shortly before his death he wrote to his parents:—" If anything happens to me, do not grieve, but feel thankful that you had a son to give to the country. upon the future with pessimistic eyes after hanging on by the counterfoil of their cheque book through all those years of trouble and doubt, is beyond me. The sun of prosperity in aviation is rising well above the horizon, yet rather than see it and rejoice, they turn their backs east ward and say " I can't see it." I won't recount the story of Nelson and his telescope, because I don't know whether it be true, but this I know is true, that aviation, after drifting about on the swirl of uncertainty, being thrust this way, and drawn that, to an end of which none could tell, has now come into its own, and is going to be a gigantic business. $ ® Wounded. Captain the Hon. LAURENCE JOHN EVELYN TWISLETON. WYKEHAM-FIENNES, 4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (T.F.) and R.F.C., has been wounded with the B.E.F. in the North of France. He is the third son of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, and was born in 1890. Shortly after war broke out he got a captain's commission in the first-mentioned regiment, and he has been a flight commander in the military wing ot the R.F.C. since last November. Items. Flight-Commander REGINALD JOHN BONK, R.N., who brought down the raiding seaplane on Sunday last, entered the Navy as a cadet in January, 1905, and after serving in the armoured cruisers " Donegal" and " Devonshire," was promoted to a Sub-Lieutenancy eight years ago. His first appointment in this rank was to the Destroyer " Foam," and in 1910 he was gazetted to the " Thames," a depdt ship for submarines. Three years ago, with Admiralty permission, he took up flying and obtained his pilot certificate at Eastbourne, on Eastbourne Aviation Company's biplane, on August 16th, 1913, and was immediately afterwards drafted to the Central Flying School at Upavon for instruction in naval and military aero nautics. After three months he was sent as a Flying Officer to the Naval Air Station at Yarmouth, and on the creation of the Royal Naval Air Service in July, 1914, was gazetted a Flight Lieutenant He remained at Yarmouth until early last year, when he was transferred to No. 4 Wing of the Royal Naval Air Service stationed at Dover. He was promoted Flight-Commander on February 23rd last, and ranks in the Navy as a Lieutenant, with seniority of December 31st, 1910. He is keen on hockey and football. He is 27 years of age and unmarried. Lieutenant-Colonel SYKES, i$th King's Hussars, who was recom mended for the Companionship of St. Michael and St. George by the Admiral in Command of the Naval Forces in the Mediterranean, joined the Flying Corps in its early stages, and was in supreme command at several manoeuvres. He fought as a trooper in South Africa, and subsequently served in the 15th Hussars and on the Staff. He has been at the front throughout this war. Flight-Lieutenant GORDON L. THOMPSON, R.N.A.S., has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for carrying out photo graphic work at low altitudes over the enemy lines in Gallipoli. As a Trinity Hall man, he was in the famous Cambridge rowing crew, and was an international oarsman. He is well known as a member of the Leander and Thames Rowing Clubs. He was formerly an officer of the 24th London Regiment, but transferred to theR.N.A.S. Married and to be Married. The marriage of Captain B. P. GREENWOOD, R.F.C., elder son of B. I. Greenwood, of Shoreham, Kent., to KATHLEEN, daughter of the late G. H. DIDLEY and Mrs. DUDLEY, of Kingswinford, Staffs, took place on March 21st, at St. Andrew's, Wells Street. The engagement 15 announced between CHRISTOPHKK RIDLBY RICHARDSON, Lieutenant, 6th Royal West Kent Regiment attached R.F.C., second son of Wil.iam Ridley Richardson and the late Mrs. Richardson, of Ravensfell, Bromley, Kent, and WINIFRED MARY, eldest daughter of ALFRED LODGE, of Charter house, Godalming, formerly Professor at R.I.E. College, Cooper's Hill. PERSONALS. UNDER the aben/e heading will be published weekly particulars of a personal character relating to those who have Jallen or have been wounded in the country's service, announcements of marriages and other items concerning members of the Flying Services and others well known in the world of aviation. We shall be pleased to receive for publication properly authenticated particulars suitable for this column. 244
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