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l/TiGHT) APRIL 20, i9Ij through the cloud* which had developed into a mist, found them selves within twenty yards of the sea at Boulogne, when they expected to find the seashore near Calais. " Such risks are being taken continually by our men. They are never deliberately taken by the enemy. He is essentially a high flier. Recently I have seen several German planes so high as to be mere specks, and of the many I have seen none has been lower, I ihould say, than 7,000 ft. The contrast between the two policies or practices - ours and the German—is made without any idea of criticism. For all I know each may be right in relation to the general strategy, or the different aims, or native talent. But this ® ® PERSONALS. UNDER the above heading will be published weekly particulars of a personal character relating to those who have fallen or have been woutukd 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 10 receive for publication properly authenticated particulars suitable for this column. distinction holds in almost all forms of air service. When the Germans fight they strike. When our men fight they usually chat and pursue. The German photographer, who has become rarer trusts to the power of the telescopic lens. The German observer and reconnaissance flyer has faith in the long view and the lesser risk, and however high his courage he doss not stray much beyond the book into the realms of adventure. "Well, the ways of a man in the air are as wonderful as many of Solomon's four ways ; and perhaps, after ail, it is the very diffeieuce in these ways that most makes enemies respect one another i qualities. You will find no contempt in either air service." ® 0 Casualties. Captain RAYMOND L. ARMES, North Staffordshire Regiment, who was reported missing after the fighting at Anzac, and is believed to have been killed, belonged to Sudbury, and was a brother of Lieutenant-Colonel Armes, of the Stiflolks. Last year he was invalided home suffering from illness contracted at the front. He was a keen sportsman, and extremely popular with footballers. In February he was appointed a staff officer of the Royal Flying Corps, and had passed the Staff College and the School of Economics. Second Lieutenant WILLIAM NORMAN THOMAS, R.F.C., who was killed on April 8th, aged 38, was a director of Messrs. W. S. Thomas Sons (Ltd.), c»ntractors,of Oswestry. He joined the Montgomeryshire Yeomany as a trooper in September, 1914, being promoted sergeant despatch rider in December of the same year. He received his commission in the Shropshire L'ght Infantry in June last, and took his flying certificate at Hendon in the following month. He was educa'ed at Wellingborough, and was a good cricketer and hockey player, frequently representing Shropshire. Lieutenant DOUGLAS TWEEDY-SMITH, second son of Mr. Tweedy- Smith, Normanhurst, Westcliff-onSea, is announced to have died on the 10th inst. at the Red Cross Hospital, Netley. Before the out break of war he was a member of the London University O.T.C., and had done four years' service in the Public School Cadet Corps. When hostilities broke out he immediately received a commission in the 15th Middlesex, and last year transferred to the Ro]al Flying Corps, in which he speedily obtained a pilot's certificate and his " wings," being promoted last October to be inspector of aeroplanes at the headquarter?, Farnborough. In this capacity he had, after passing machines, to fly with them to headquarters in France. On November 37th last whilst so engaged he was delayed by a snow storm and a gale of wind, and arriving at headquarters after dark, he unfortunately had to descend without the assistance of flares, and met with a serkms accidtnt, only recovering from a dangerous illness at the end of March of the present year. On returning to his duties he was ordered to take a draft of men to France, and owing tq submarine menace had to return under exciting conditions. On arrival at Southampton he was taken seriously ill and conveyed to Netley Hospital, where he died on the evening of the 10th inst. He was a keen motorist and aviator, a good all-round sportsman, and greatly beloved by his brother-officers and a large circle of friends. He was educated at Palmer's College, Grays. Lieutenant Douglas Tweedy-Smith was born on September 24th, 1896. ® ® Another Damaged Zeppelin Story. DAMAGED Zeppelins appear to have a partiality for the Namur district, if all the rumours which come from the Dutch frontier are to be credited. A report received in Amsterdam states that a Zeppelin, which was probably returning from England, has de scended in a very badly damaged condition at Marchovelette, in the province of Namur, and the German authorities have taken all pre cautions to prevent anybody approaching the scene of the disaster. No indication is, however, given as to when the incident occurred. Another German Wireless Story. IN the " news" sent out by wireless from Berlin on the 14th, there were the following statements which, we are officially informed, are so grossly exaggerated that it is only just possible to recognise the incident on which they may be founded : — " Rotterdam reports interesting details supplied by Dutch sailors returned from England about the last Zeppelin raids. Leith, Hull, Sunderland, Newcastle, and Grimsby suffered terribly. In Leith harbour a British four-masted ship was completely destroyed. At the railway station a train was bit. A big spirit factory was also hit by an incendiary bomb and burnt down. The Tyne bridge, near Newcastle, was almost entirely destroyed. At Grimsby, barracks Lieutenant JOHN NICHOL, 'of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and R. F.C., who was killed on April 5th, was the second son of L)r. and Mrs. Nichol, of Margate. He was educated at Mr. Hawtrey's, West- gate, at Charterhouse School, and the R. M.C., Sandhurst. He re- ceivedhis commission in 1912, and joined the 1st Battalion of his regi ment in Pretoria, returning shortly before the war. He was prevented from going to the front with his regiment by an accidental injury, and after a few months with the 6th Battalim was attachtd to the R.F.C. as an observer. In this capacity he served at the from from February to October, 1915, and was then sent home to W trained as a pilot. He took his " wings " in January, 1916, and met with his fatal accident on April 5th. Married and to be Married. Flight-Lieutenant THEODORE MARHURG, was married at Netley on the io-.h inst. to the Baroness GISELE DE VIVARIO, of Liege. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. T. Marburg, formerly American Minister at Brussels, and was an undergraduate of Pembroke College, Oxford, until last summer, when he became a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. Early in October he went to France, and on December 7th he met with an accident. He and his observer were starting from an aerodrome on a " spotting " flight in a high wind, and had reached a height of about 200 ft. when the engine failed and the machine nose-dived to the earth. The observer escap d with nothing more serious than a nervous shock, but Lieutenant Marburg's left knee was pierced by a piece of woodwork, ard, in spite of every effort of the medical services, it was found necessary five weeks after the accident to amputate the leg above the knee. The bride is a refugee from Liege. The bride and bridegroom sailed for America on Saturday. Lieutenant Marburg hopes to be provided with an artificial leg on his.return and to resume his duties as a pilot. An engagement is announced between ALISTER FREDERICK KEBLE WHITE, Lieutenant, i/6th Suffolk Regiment, and R.F.C., eldest son of the Rev. and Mrs. A. Keble White, of Chevmgton, Suffolk, and DORIS FREDA, only daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel W. T. PRETTY, T.D., D.L., i/6th Suffolk Regiment, and Mrs. PRETTY, of Greylands, Melton, Suffolk. Items. Flight Sub-Lieutenant REGINALD ALEXANDER JOHN WARNE- FORD, of Satley, Oxhey Avenue, Watford, who was killed on Jane 7th, while flying at the Buc Aerodrome, Paris, left £39 W- »»• Letters of administration are granted to his mother, Mrs. Alexacdra Corkery, of Morton Road,-Exmouth, Devon. ® ® were devastated, and several hundreds of soldiers were buried undtr the ruins. A large number of French anti-aircraft guns, together with French officers and soldiers, have recently been brought to England, and are employed at several places." Moving Zeppelins Back. WRITING on Sa'urday, the Daily MaiTs correspondent « Rotterdam pointed out that, fearing a repetition of the A successful air raid on Zeebrugge, the Germans are taking ordinary precautions and are removing the Zeppelins from th at E'terbeek and Berghem to Germany. Bill-Posting by Zeppelins. INFORMATION received in Amsterdam from a frontier spondent states that two Zeppelins visited a number of small yulagf* in the province of Luxemburg as well as Liege on April 7 » throwing down French papers, which had been specially P"n"r£ giving a revised version of Herr Bethmann Hollweg's speech. 1 Zeppelins also scattered proclamations advising the population., 1 view of the early end of the war and the inevitable victory of »* German arms, to cease their hostility towards the Germans in taeu own interests. extra-sheds corre- 344
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