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JANUARY 4, 1917. UKDBR the above heading will be published weekly particulars of a personal character relating to those who have fallen or have been wounded in the country's service, announcements of marriage and other items concerning members of the Flying Services and tthirs well known in the world of aviation. We shall be pleased to receive for publication properly authenticated particulars suitable for this column. Casualties.Second Lieutenant NOEL MITFORD HENSON ATKINSON,East Lancashire Regiment, attached R.F.C., was killed on December 27th while serving in England, a'ged 25. His brother,Second Lieutenant Guy C. Kencll Atkinson, East Lancashire Regiment, died on October 30th last of wounds received onOctober 24th, The younger and elder sons respectively of Dr. and Mrs. T, Rcnell Atkinson, of Chadwell Heath, Essex,they were educated at Chigwell School and enlisted in the U.P.S. Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, on the outbreak of war.They served in the trenches through last, winter and were sent home last spring for commissions, which they obtainedin the East Lancashire Regiment. Lieutenant HERBERT BRERETON, R.F.C., was killed onDecember 21st, aged 22 years. He had been on active service for 19 months, and had formerly held a commission in theLiverpool Regiment. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brereton, of 24, Nottingham Place, W. Second Lieutenant GEORGE DOUGLAS PECHELL, IndianArmy Reserve of Officers, attached R.F.C. (killed while flying on December 21st), was younger son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir A. Alexander Brooke-Pechell, Royal Hospital, Chelsea. He was gazetted to the Indian Army Reserve of>Officers in November, 1914, and in the following January was attached to one of the Infantry regiments. Subsetquently Lieutenant Pechell was attached to the Royal Flying i -;; :.iin ALAN JOHN MACDONALD PEMBERTON (MAC), M.C.,J.e.inster Regiment, attached R.F.C., who was missing on November 3rd, and who is now reported to have been killedon that* date, was the son of the late Major-General W. W. Pemberton, I.S.C. Born at Toronto in 1892, he was edu-cated at Fairfield, Malvern Link, and at Repton (The Priory), and obtained a commission in the Leinster Regiment in 1911.JIc went out to France in December, 1914, and was present at the battles of St. Eloi and Ypres. He was mentioned indespatches, and was awarded the Military Cross. He joined the Royal Flying Corps last January, and went to the front inOctober. Captain ALFRED SPENCER M*ASON SUMMERS, Hussars,attached R.F.C., who was reported missing on September 15th, and is now reported killed while attacking a hostile balloon,aged 30, was the only son of the late Mr. J. W. Summers, M.P., and Mrs. Summers, of Emral Hall, Worthenbury,North Wales. He was born in 1886, and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a first in law.He joined the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, and in 1909 was . gazetted to the Cavalry (Hussars), going out to the front inAugust. 1014, as machine-gun officer, and being mentioned in despatches in May, 1Q15. In December, 1915, he wasattached to the R.F.C., and went out to the front in the following May as a flight commander. He was married inJuly, 1914, and leaves a son. Captain CECIL ROBERT TIDSWELL, Dragoons and R.F.C.,killed was in his 36th year, and was the only son of Mr. and Mr-;. K Ii. Tidswell, of Bosmexe Hall, Needham Market, andWilton Crescent. He entered the cavalry in September, IIMI. was promoted in 1904. and had his captaincy in April,t «.*>>• j. while he was gaxetted Flight Commander in the R.F.C. in I une of this year. Captain Tidswell saw service before thepresent war in South Africa, in 1902, and received the Queen's medal with five clasps. Second Lieutenant BERNARD VERNON GORDON, R.F.C., who was accidentally killed while flying in England onDeeembei 14th, aged 18, was the youngest son of the late Thomas Gordon and Mrs. T. Gordon, of Eastbourne andSevenoaks. He received his commission direct from East- bourne Cpllege last July. Lieutenant H. R. DEiGkTON SIMPSON, R.F.C., who wasaccidentally killed while flying in England on December 19th, aged 20 years, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W.Simpson, of New York. Second Lieutenant PERCY ANDREW WRIGHT, R.F.C. (diedon December 21st from injuries received while flying the previous day), was 29 years of age and the son of Mr. J. P.Wright, of Fort Francis, Ontario. He obtained his com- mission in April last and was gazetted flying officer in thefollowing July. Missing. Second Lieutenant GEORGE H. BENTHAM, East SurreyRegiment and R.F.C., officially reported missing, is the eldest son of Mr. H. Bentham, of the Department of theMinistry of Munitions, Kirkliston Drive, Bloomfield, Belfast. Married and to be Married.The marriage arranged between Captain A. R. STANLEY CLARKE, Dorset Regiment and R.F.C., and Miss BAKER willtake place quietly at Almondsbury about the middle of January. At Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge, Lieutenant CHARLES HURD HOWELL, R.F.C., was married to MARGARET, daughterof the late ex-Governor WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and of Mrs. MICHAEL FOSTER, of Harrogate andSan Remo. Flight Lieutenant GRAHAM GOODENOUGH MCHARDY, R.N.,younger son of Captain Hardy McHardy, R.N., Thornbury, East Liss, was married to FRANCES VALENCIA, only daughterof the late Colonel HARRY SHULDAM-LEGH, M.V.O., TheRoyal Irish Regiment, on December 20th at St. Mary's, TheBoltons, S.W. On December 16th, at St. Peter's Church, Cranley Gardens, Flight Commander J. H. LIDDERDALE, R.N., son of Dr. andMrs. Lidderdale, of Prestbury, Gloucestershire, was married to MAUD, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. HANSONWALKER, of 2, Queen's Elm Square, Chelsea, S.W. The marriage of Lieutenant GUY MOON, R.E. (attachedR.F.C.), son of Lieutenant and Mrs. Moon, of Weston-super- Mare, to DOROTHY, daughter of the late Rev. J. H. TWINING,formerly Vicar of Woodford, Salisbury, and Mrs. Twining, of St. Mary's, Derby Road, Bournemouth, took place onDecember 20th at St. Martin's Church, Ruislip, Middlesex. The engagement is announced bltween Captain HAROLDE. REYNELL, Black Walfih, attached R.F.C., eldest son ofMr. H.E. Reynell,of Kobe, Japan, and GEORGIANA CATHERINE,eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN LJDDELL, of Shanghai,China. The marriage arranged between Lieutenant R. H. SPENCER,Royal Artillery and R.F.C., son of the Rev. R. E. Spencer, late vicar of Willington, Maidstone, and Mrs. Spencer, and MOLLY, younger daughter of Major J. W. H. THOMPSON, andMrs. Thompson, of 2, Southwick Crescent, W., and Bratton House, Wincanton, will take place very quietly early inFebruary. A notable Anglo-Italian marriage is announced to takeplace early this month at Rome between Mr. CHARLES F. PIERCY, an Artillery officer serving with the R.F.C., and DONNA ORTENSIA DI MIGNANO, daughter of the Duchessa diMignano and the late Duca, of Castel Mignano, Naples. Mr. Piercy is the son of Mr. Robert Piercy, of Marchwiel Hall,Denbighshire, has Italian connections, and among his aunts are Lady (Buchanan) Jardine, Lady Elliot, and Mrs. Bell-Irving, of Rokeby. Items. The will of the late Sir HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM, the" Chronic Inventor," as he once styled himself, of Sandhurst Lodge, High Road, Streatham, whose death took place onNovember 24th, aged 76 years, has been proved at the gross value of £33,090.
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