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•<#*• SEPTEMBER 21, 1916. PERSONALS.Casualties. Second Lieutenant ARTHUR JAMES4BOWKRMA.N, SomersetLight Infantry and R.F.C., reported killed, was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Bowerman, Grangemount. Wel-lington, Somerset. He was educated at Oueen s College, Taunton, and afterwards became a member" of the staff ofSedgwick, Collins and Co., insurance brokers, at Lloyd* Early in September, 1914. lie joined tho Artists' Rifles,receiving his commission in the Somerset Light Infantry zn the following December, and went to the Front in September.1915. In January of this year he was attached to the Brigade Staff as grenadier and Intelligence Officer. At the end otJuly be was attached to the Royal Flying Corps, and graded as a qualified Observer. Lieutenant Bowerman was 2-> yearsof age. Second Lieutenant GUY N. COUSANS, Royal InniskillnigFusiliers, attached R.F.C., whose death is announced, was bom in 1897. He was educated at The Wick and Cppingham, and entered Sandhurst in April, 1915. He was gazetted into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and was attached to theRoyal Flying Corps in February, 1916. He was sent to the front in May last as Observer. He met his death inaerial combat on September 9th. He was the only son of tin- late Henry Edward Cousans, and stepson of .Mr. Cousans, ofKimbolton House, Huntingdon. Lieutenant HAMISH SXRATHV MACKAY, Royal GarrisonArtillery and R.F.C., who is reported killed, was J2 years of age, and was the younger son of Colonel J. 1". Mackay, White-house, Cramond, Midlothian. Second Lieutenant JAMES LESLIE ROHKKION, YorkshireRegiment and R.F.C., reported killed on September 6th, aged 21, was the youngest son of Mr. K 11. Roberton. J.P., amiMrs. Roberton, of Stoke Golding Lodyr, near Hincklev, Leicestershire. He was educated at Magdalen College School,Oxford, and from there went to st udy farming at the Khodesiau Government experimental farm. On his return to F.nglandin 1914, having matriculated at the University of London, he entered the London Hospital as a medical student. In 1915he joined the O.T.C.and received his commission in the York- shire Regiment. After being machine gim instructor forsome time he was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps this year, and gained his pilot's certificate last month. Whenpatrolling the lines he crossed to attack .1 hostile machine, and while doing so his machine was shot down by a Fokker. Flight-Lieutenant CHARLES W. GRAHAM, R.N.A.S., aged23, who was killed in a seaplane accident off the Fast Coast, was the son of Mr. C. K. Graham, 9, Kitson Road, Barnes, and was awarded thelDistinguiKhed Service Order early thi»year for gallantry whili fighting m the iur He attacked and brought down a German seaplane, winch taught tire and sankoff thr Belgian coast. lie dropped into the water and »w«m ashore, having been previously wounded while trying a m*wmachine. Wounded.News has been received by Mx T. Gar rood, of Friary Street. Guildiotd, that hiss IKif!, Lieutenant G. GftKttMtl).R.F.C., is in hospital in tost Africa, sullrring i»t>ni wounds Lieutenant Garrood joined the Army in 191.4. <uid »iu givena commission in the inniskiHings in 1015. In Mny lust year he went to Gallipoli, and was so severely wounded that hewas thought to Iw dead, and placed .uuon^st those ready (or burial, his lather being officially informed that he had beenkilled. After a lung period in hospital hr returned to England, and qualified as u flying officer. Man-tad and to b« Marriad.A marriage has Iwen arranged between TuoMAS KlCHAKD CiiKiwYND, Lieutenant, 7th Dragoon Guards, attachedK.KC, eldest son of Mr. and the Hon. Mrs lUrkin. of 1'iwk House, Mapperlev. Nottingham, and grandson ot Sir TIIIIUIUMBukin, Bart.. of'Ruddington, and MARGKRY TUSTIN, seconddaughter of the late Mr. W. J. 'Justin and Mr^. Fielding- Ould, of 13. William Street, Knightsbridge, and grand-daughter of the late Mr J Tustin, of Burstow Hall, Hurley, Surrey. An engagement is announced between Captain A. R. STANLEY CLARKE, Dorsetshire Regiment, attached R.F.C..only son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Clarke, of lk-iglnnotc, Wim- borne. and MAKJOKIE, elder daughter of Mr. and Mm. HIATT BAKER, of Oakland*, Almondsbury, The engagement is announced of Lieutenant T. V. HUUIIKS,attached U.N.A.S., son of Mr. George Hughes, J IV. ol Abbey Hill, Kirn, Argyle-shire, and MAHKL, elder daughter ol Lieu-tenant-Colonel H. CimriKS, Rifle Brigade, of Hove, Sussex. The engagement is announced of Flight Sub-LieutenantH. V. TiiRKY, K.N., only m>u ol Mr. and Mrs A. 'Jerry, of Highgate, and DOKOTHV LVTTON. younger daughtrt of thelate Mr. CllARLlts WILSON, and Mrs. WILSON, ol itighgatc. An engagement is announced between I'lighi Sub-Lieutenant NORMAN '.. WOODS, K.N.A.S., youtign rum o( Mr.William ID. Woods, of K.uigiora, Arthur Koiui, Wimbledon f'ark, and Sydney, and FLORENCE INNKS, youngust d.uightciof 11. I. PERKINS. I.S.O., F.R.G.S., F.(..S., Surveyor General.B. Honduras, and MM. I'KRKINS, of Wimbledon J'uik, »ndgranddaughter of Major-General Ed. Norman l'erkin», Dcngal Staff Corps. The Raid on Sofia. CARRYING a message from General Sarrail to the- FrenchMinister at Bucharest, Sub-Lieut. Noel—so well known at Hendon—and Lieut. Leseur on September 14th flew fromSalonica to Bucharest, a distance of 350 miles, after dropping several bombs and a parcel of proclamations on Sofia. Twoother French machines also started from Salonica with a similar mission, and landed in Roumanta safely. Details,as given by one of those which reacln-Tl Bucharest, are -is follows :—" Four machines left Salonica at 20 minutes past six in the morning oa a military mission, and with orders to drop bombson Sofia as a reprisal for the recent bombing of Bucharest. " We arrived over Sofia at 20 minutes to 10 withouthaving met with any adventures on the way. The gilded dome of the Royal Palace glittered in the brilliant sunshine,and served as a splendid mark. Several fires broke out. W <• were heavily shelled without being hit. A German aeroplanealso attempted to attack us, but met with no success. At 20 minutes past 11 the first aeroplane arrived at the Bucharestaerodrome. The second reached the same place at 3yr.lock, while the two others landed in Roumanian territory. ' A translation of the proclamation which was dropped is as follows :—'• People of Sofia ! The soldiers of the Entente do not fight against the civil population. Our airmen bomb onlymilitary establishments. Zeppelins and German aeroplanes throw bombs on Salonica and Bucharest, assassinating oldmen -women and children. The Germans alone are capable of such deeds. Such crimes call for vengeance. People ofSofia 1 Your town to-day expiates the crimes of your allies. SI7 If such crimes arc again column ted, by the same punishment." they will bt followed A sketch-map of Noel's Sofia straftnft flight.
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