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[/DCHTj MAY II, I9I6. Pnlf JeTh?m Ii'n*a"3' A"en P' 'V(iamS' Edmund D- SPictr> and ;„Th? f",,®wi"« appeared in a supplement to the Ijmdon Gazette issued on the 6th mit. i— .JH'**i~C'?',"""%rtJ. and " bt Temporary Captains whilst so ZP?td^TUtnl- CiR Rowd«- Wore. K., from i Hying Officer; April 17 h 1916 .Temporary Lieut. W. R. Nelson, Gentral L.st, W / ''"'^'"pmttr i; April 18th, 1916. From Flying Officers, Inif/ T temporary Captains whilst >o employed.-April 18th, Pitt' r-m Zn'lL,CUt- A- W" H" Jatn«' 3'd Hrs. ; Temporary MW1, v h hu'mfn' Gen"al List; Lieut. E. P. PI nty, Manch. R. ; Second Lieu>. R. F. S. Morton, Special Reserve. mZSETrK °tetS' fnd '" be Temporary Captains whilst so ffi„T I* '• and ^°n- LieuL> Mead, from an Assistant k EH™ n r^ Apn' ISth' ,9'^ Temporary Lieut. S. J. York. R., /v/r»f officers.— April 13th, 1916: Second Lieut. J. R.F.A., Special Reserve; Lieut. N. H. Bottomlty, E. Special Reserve, and to be seconded. Flying Officer Observer) —Lieut. J. R Dennistoun, Can. Local Forces, from Can. Cav. Dep6t; April 16th, 1916. Balloon Officers.— April 1st, 1916: Lieut. D. C. L. Speed, K.R. Rif. C, and to be seconded; Temporary Lieut. O. Hook, Gord. Mighis., and to be transferred to the General List; Second Lieut. P. 0< Kershaw, Special Reserve. April 3rd, 1916: Second Lieut. G. C. Levick, K.R. Rif. C, and to be seconded. Temporary Second Lieut. G. W. Lynn, 22nd Middlx. R., and to be transferred to the General L*st; April 12th, 1916. Capt. J. P. Shelley, R. Lane. R., and to lie seconded ; Temporary Second Lieut. G. S. D. M. P*pe, Gord. Highrs., and to be transferred to the General List. Temporary Second Lieut. G. K. Simpson, General List. Second Lieut. II. P. L. Hig man, R. E. (T.F.). Temporary Second Lieut. T. Kennie, E. York R., and to be transferred to the General List. April 18th, 1916 ; Second Lieut. R. G. Cookson, Special Reserve. Second Lieut. P. B. Moxon, Special Reserve. Assistant Equipment Officers.—Temporary Second Lieut. D. P. Geddes, General List; April 7th, 1916. Second Lieut, (on prob.) J. M. Furnival, Special Reserve; April 20th, 1916. Lieut. D. C. ® ® The Roll of Honour. THE Secretary of the Admiralty announces the following casualties:— Under date April 26th : Slightly Wounded and Taken Prisoner. Flight Sub-Lieutenant Cecil B. Gasson, R.N. Under date May 3rd : Injured. Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant Alexander McN. Proctor, R.N. Under date May 4th : Mif-sing. Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald E. Greensmith, R.N. Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant Kenneth M. van Allen, R.N. I'nder date May 4th : Drowned. Klight-Lieutenant Oswald N. Walmesley, R.N. Under date May 5th : Flight Sub-Lieutenant Herbert R. Simm«, R.N. Sub-Lieutenant Cyril J. A. Mullens, R.N.V.R. Under date May 5th : Slightly Injured Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant Augustine F. Marlowe, R.N. Previously reported Missing, now reported Not Missing. Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald E. Greensmith. Under date May 6th : Missing, unofficially reported Prisoners of War Flight Sub-Lieutenant Arthur T. N. Cowley, R.N. Sub-Lieutenant Ronald M. Inge, R.N.V.R. ® ® New German Air Base at Brussels. A REPORT received by the Telcgraaf from the Dutch frontier says that the Germans are completing a new sta'ion for airships and aeroplanes in the immediate neighbourhood of Brussels. German Prince Killed. ACCORDING to the Frankfurter Zeitung the eldest son of Prince Ernst von Saxe-Meiningen—Baron Georg von Saalfeld—was killed in an air fight at La Basset by a British aviator. James, Wore. R., Special Reserve, and to be seconded ; April 27th, 1916. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Stcond Lieut, (in prob.) W. OHara relinquishes his comm'ssion ; April 17th, 1916. The following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette i-sued on the 8th inst.:— Flying Officers Observers).—Lieut. G. C. de Bombasle, R. Canadian R. ; Feb 15th, 1916. Second Lieut. R. R. Money, E. Yorkshire R., and to be seconded ; Feb. 27th, 1916. Assistant Equipment Officers.—Lieut. C. H. Awcock, R. A., from a Flying Officer ; Ma-ch 1st, 1916. Temporary Second Lieut. J. L. Miles, General List; April 23rd, 1916. Second Lieut. W R. Lewis, Special Restrve ; April 25th, 1916. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—To be Second Li utenants (on probation): Charles jarrott; April 18th, 1916. Frederick W. Roberts ; April 22nd, 1916. Central Flying School. The following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 4th inst:— Assistant Commandant [graded as fVing-Commander).—Lieut, (temporary Major) E. L. Conran, 21st Lrs., a Squadron-Commander vice Capt. (temporary Lieut. Col.) C. G. Hoare, 39th Horse, Ind. Army; April 2nd, 1916. The following appeared in the London Gazette of the 5th ins'. :— Attached to Headquarter Units, Brigade Major.—Capt. G. Livingstone, 3rd Lond< n Regt. (T.F.), from a Wing-Adjutant, R.F.C., vice Capt. B. C. Fellows, retired pay, Indian Army. April 18th, 1916. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieut, (on probation) R. G. Cookson is confirmed in his rank. To be Second Lieutenants : Paul B. Moxon; Mar. 4th, 1916. Philip S. Kershaw; Mar. 18th, 1916. To be Second Lieutenants (on probation): Harry S. Pell; Mar. 25th, 1916. William S. Roberts; April 18th, 1916. Capt. Henry S. Lees-Smith, Defence Forces of the Union of South Africa, George V. Aimer, James D. Hewett, William F. Williamson, and James C. Burney-Cumming; April 22nd, 1916. THE following appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette issued on the 8th inst. :— Major N. D. K. MacEwen, Arg. and Suth'd. Highrs., from a Wing Adjutant to be Adjutant ; April 1st, 1916. ® ® The War Office have notified the following casualties : Killed. Cap'ain E. H. Mitchell, R.A. and R.F.C. Second Lieutenant J. Mitchell, Royal Flying Corps. Died of Wounds. Lieutenant A. P. Dickie, Black Wa'ch and R.F.C. Second Lieutenant H. M. E. Adie, R.F.C. Second Lieutenant J. Milner, Durham L.I., attached R.F.C. Died. 2nd Class Air-Mechanic F. H. Briscoe, Royal Flying Corps. Previously Officially reported Missing, now Unofficially reported Killed. Major V. A. Barrington-Kennett, Royal Flying Corps. Wounded. Lieutenant S. H. B. Harris, Royal Flying Corps. Lieutenant C. R. Rowden, Worcester Regt., attached R.F.C. Second Lieutenant G. S. Bush, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant C. E. Foggin, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant N. B. Harris, Ro)al Fl>ing Corps. Second Lieutenant C. Monckton, R. Irish Fus. and R.F.C. Second Lieutenant R. K. Shires, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant P. R. Tankerville-Chamberlayne, Hussars and R.F.C. Second Lieutenant W. H. Tolhurst, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant H. C. Vickery, W. Yorks Regt., attached R.F.C. Previously Officially reported Missing, now Unofficially reported Prisoner of War. 470 Corporal N. V. Piper, Royal Flying Corps. ® ® Increased Reward for Zep.-Strafers. MR. JOSEPH COWKN, of Stella Hall, near Newcastle, has in creased his offer to the first aviator who brings down a Zeppelin in British territorial waters or on English territory to £2,000. The German Aerial League. AT the annual meeting in Berlin of the German Aerial Navy League it was announced that the membership had increased in th e past 12 months from 9,000 to 36,000. 392
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