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JULY 20, 1016. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—To be Second Lieut s. (on pro bation): Walter B. Kellogg; June 10th, 1916. June 19th, 1916 : •Gastrill B. Wilkins, Erie F. B. Curtiss, William E. Bousfield, Maurice Myers, John V. de la C. Elliott, and Herbert Weakley ; June 19th, 1916. Stanley Clark ; June 28ih, 1916. Maurice A. Benjamin, Austin E. Neal, Douglas Welch, Frank S. Smith, Hon. Charles E. St. G. Caulfield, Joseph W. Gardner, Forrest G. Parsons, Arthur B. Drewery, Raymond Balttis, William L. Alison, Patrick S. Leigh, Herbert D. Pashley, Maurice R. Helliwell, Charles H. Bell, James Mitchell, Lewis Sloden, William D. Thom, Gordon T. Pettigrew, James Gardner, Fredeiick A. D. Grace, Mervyn C. Mossop, Philip M. Haarer, Charles A. M. Furlonger, Thomas A. 1. Guyatt, John J. Dunne, Russell G. Robson, Harold E. Ward, Ronald E. Littell, Gerald H. Foley, John Doxey-Parkinson, George V. Cottam, Clement A. Pike, Leonard M. Barlow, Edwin A. Mearrs, and William B. Melville ; July 8th, 1916. MENTIONED IN IN a supplement to the Londm Gazette, published on July 13th, is given a despatch from General Sir Charles Monro giving the names of officers and men mentioned for distinguished and gallant services during the petiod of his command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Among them are :— Royal Naval Air Service.—Commander C. R. Samson, D.S.O., R.N., Wing-Commander, R.N.A.S. ; Lieutenant-Colonel E. L. Gerrard, R.M.L.I., Wing-Commander, R.N.A.S. ; Lieutenant R. B. Davies, V.C., D.S.O., R.N., Wing-Commander, R.N.A.S. ; Cap'.ain H. Fawcett, R.M.L.I., Acting Wing Commander, R.N.A.S. ; Flight-Lieutenant G. L. Thomson, D.S.C., R.N.A.S. ; Flight-Commander H. Stanley.Adams, R.N.A.S. ; Midshipman E. K. H. St. Aubyn, D.S.C., R.N. ; Second Lieutenant W. B. Jones, R.M. ; Flight-Lieutenant E. A. O. Auldjo-Jamieson, R.N.A.S. ; Carpenter J. J. Brownridge, R.N., Warrant Officer, First Grade, R.N.A.S. In the same supplement is a list of officers and men brought to [/OGHT] The following appeared in a supplement to the Londtn Gazette issued on July 17th :— Assistant Equipment Offitets.—Second Lieut. G. V. Randall, Ilamps. R. (T.F.); July and,,i9i6. July 4th, 1916 : Second Lieut. H. D'O. Beningfield, Special Reserve; Second Lkut. A. L. Turd, Special Reserve. Memoranda.—To be Temporary Second Lieuts. for service in R. K.C. : (uly 8th, 1916: Pte. Francis Bissicks, frcm Inns of Court O.T.C. ; Pie. William Heniy Irvine, from R. Fus. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieuts. (on pro bation) confirmed in their rank : P. Pralle, G. A. Lasctlles, H.D'O. Beningfield, A. L. Jurd, and G. P. Alexander. To be Second Lieuts. (on probation) : Ernest A. Salt ; July 1st, IQI6. Philip L. Wood, Rodney Stubbs, James Rimmer, Herbirt Sim.on, and Basil H. Godfrey ; July 8th, 1916. DESPATCHES. notice by Maj.-Gen. C. V. F. Townshend, C. B., D.S.O., in con nection with operations under his command in Mesopotamia. Among them appear :— Royal Naval Air Service.—Flight-Lieutenant V. G. Blackburn, D.S.C. ; Flight-Lieutenant A. K. Robertson ; Mr. G. D. Nelson, Warrant Officer, 2nd Grade. Royal Flying Corps.—Second Lieutenant E. J. Fulton, 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) ; Captain S. C. B. Mundey, Oxf. and Bucks. L.I. ; Captain H. Petre, Common wealth Mil. Forces ; Captain T. W. White, Commonwealth Mil. Forces. With reference to the list of officers and men mentioned in despatches, whic^ appeared on page 541 of "FLIGHT" for June 29th, an official correction haf been issued to the effect that the name of Flight Sub-Lieutenant Isaac Henry Woolf Barrato, R.N.A.S., should be substituted for the name Flight Sub-Lieutenant Isaac Henry Woolf, R.N.A.S. / THE ROLL THE Secretary of the Admiralty announces the following casualties:— Killed (July \oth). Flight Sub-Lieutenant Victor Nicholson, R.N. Probationary Midshipman Bernard W. Davy, R.N.R. Accidentally Killed (July 14/A). Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant Edmund A. Freeman, R. N. Injured (July gtA). Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant Paul O. Gadbois, R.N. The following casualties have been officially announced by the War Office:— Killed. Captain G. A. Burney, Yeomanry and R.F.C. Second Lieutenant A. G. T. Cruickshank, R.G.A., attached R.F.C. Second Lieutenant J. W. Halcrow, Dorset Regt., attachtd R.F.C. Second Lieutenant R. Sherwell, Lincoln Regt., attached R.F.C Previously reported Missing, believed Killed, now reported Killed. Lieutenant J. R. Dennistoun, Canadian Div. Cyclist Co., attached R.F.C. Died of Wounds. Second Lieutenant C. T. H. Vaisey, Royal Flying Corps. Died. 4231 Corporal J. Smith, Royal Flying Corps. Wounded. Second Lieutenant P. R. Meredith, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant H. S. Paynter, E. Surrey Regt., attached R.F.C. , Royal Flying Corps. Seagr. ve, R. Waiwick Rcgt., OF HONOUR. m Second Lieutenant T- H. Ro's Lieutenant H. O'N. de H. attached R.F.C. Lieutenant W. Stobart, Durham L.I., attached R.F.C. Second Lieutenant T. A. Tillard, Yeomanry, attached R.F.C. 2592 Sergeant H. N. Johnson, Royal Flying Corps. Missing- Second Lieutenant W. F. L. Castle, Royal Flying Corp?. Second Lieutenant S. H. Ellis, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant W. B. Ellis, A.S.C., attached R.F.C. Lieutenant D. H. Gray, Royal Flying Corps. Second Lieutenant N. P. Tucker, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached R.F.C. Major F. F. Waldrcn, Hussars, attached R.F.C. Believed to have been Taken Prisoner at Kut-el-Amara. Second Lieutenant C. H. Courthope-Munroe, Indian Army, Reserve of Officers, attached R.F.C. Previously Officially reported Missing, now Unofficially reported Prisoners of War- 10805 2nd Class Air-Mechanic E. R. Coleman, Royal Flying Corps. 4995 1st Class Air-Mechanic P. Shaw, Royal Flying Corp.". The following officers have been reported by the Base as believed to have been taken prisoners at Kut-el-Amara. Official lists have not yet been received from the Turkish Government:— Captain R. D. de la C. Corbett, Indian Infantry, attached R.F.C. Captain S. C. B. Mundey, Oxford and Bucks. L.I., attached R.F.C. Captain T. R. Welfc, Indian lnrantry, attached R.F.C. Fatal Accidents. A FATAL accident occurred at Farnborough on Monday evening. A machine piloted by Sec. Lieut. W. B. Power, R. F,G, was seen to side-slip, and nose-dive to the ground, the p ilot being instantly kil.'ed. While flying over the Hounslow district soon after 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening1, an aeroplane suddenly crashed to the ground in the cemetery. The wreck immediately burst into flames, and th; pilot and observer were burnt to dea'h. 603 E
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