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MARCH 22, 1917. THE ROLL, Or HONOUR. REPORTED by the Admiralty:— Accidentally Killed. Flight Sub-Lieut. Ronald V. Knight, R.N. Ee* -1 Accidentally Drowned. & Flight'Sub-Lieut. Rowland Birks, R.N. i F4331 1st Grade Air-Mech. C. D. Boyland, R.N.A.S. ' J 29316 2nd Grade Air-Mech. A. E. Goode, R.N.A.S. Reported,by^the War Office:— Killed. 2nd Lieut. V. A. Berridge, Bedfords, attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. G. M. G. Bibby, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. H. G. C. Bowden, R.F.C. Lieut. C. J. O. Brichta, Can. Mounted R., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. W. S. Gardner, R.F.A., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. G. W. B. Hampton, Suffolk and RrF.C. Lieut. W. F. W. Hills, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. G. C. Hoskins, R.F.C. Capt. the Hon. E. F. P. Lubbock, M.C., F.R.C. 2nd Lieut. A. J. McWha, R.F.C. Lieut. C. W. Short, M.C., Ind. A. Res. of Off., attd. R.F.C. Capt. F. J. Simpson, Can. M.R., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. D. B. Stevenson, Duke of Cornwall's L.I., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. J. Thompson, R.F.C. 31384 2nd Air-Mech. A. T. Chalmers, R.F.C. 17691 Acting-Corpl. E. De Comeroy, R.F.C. 14417 2nd Air-Mech. W. Parkinson, R.F.C. - ' * - 32758 2nd Air^Mech. R. Ward, R.F.C. , ' Died of Wounds. - 2nd Lieut. D. E. Greenhow, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. G. R. F. Waner, R.E., attd. R.F.C. ' 41410 2nd Air-Mech. G. Clutterbuck, R.F.C. 740 Sergt. R. J. C. Tansley, R.F.C. Died. 45144 2nd Air-Mech. G. F. Sharp, R.F.C. Previously reported Missing, now reported Killed. Lieut. T. M. Bennet, M.C., R. Irish. R., attd. R.F.C. - Lieut. T. C. H. Lucas, Suffolk, attd. R.F.C. *-':',. Previously reported Wounded, now reported t' Died of Wounds. :' Lieut. G. K. Simpson, R.F.C. _,• • ••;,.^. , •--.;. • Wounded. " ••-*•,-•• ,; 2nd Lieut. N.' J. Brebner. Lincolns, attd. R.F.C. •. • 2nd Lieut. O. G. S. Crawford, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. L. C. Davies, M.C., Cam. (Sco. R.) and R.F.C, 2nd Lieut. S. McK. Fraser, Highland L.I., attd. R.F.C. Capt. F. R. Hardie, Hussars, attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. G. H. Harrison, Middlesex and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. G. Howe, R.F.C. Lieut. C. R. Knight, Queen's (R.W. Surrey), attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. J. E. Lewis, R.F.C. Lieut. J. W. Lockhart, R.F.C. '• Lieut. R. Mayberry, R. Scots. F., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. R. E. Neve, R.F.C. Lieut. C. E. M. Pickthorn, A.S.C, attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. A. C. Randall, R.F.C. Lieut. A. R. Rattray, R. Ind. Mar., attd. R.F.C. Capt, J. M. Robb, Northumberland F. and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. P. J. Roe, Leinster, attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. A. E. Turner, M.C, R. Warwicks, attd. R.F.C. Lieut. W. H. A. Whitworth, M.C., Dorset and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. W. A. G. Young, R.F.C. v 15094 1st Air-Mech. W. Davies, R.F.C. 21983 2nd Air-Mech. A. J. Dunn, R.F.C. 8996 Sergt. W. R. Hemmings, R.F.C. 30641 2nd Air-Mech. N. Johnson, R.F.C. 26812 2nd Air-Mech. H. S. Skelf, R.F.C. 5528 Sergt. W. Swingler, R.F.C. 14079 2nd Air-Mech. A. Underwood, R.F.C. Previously reported Prisoner of War, now reported Wounded and Prisoner of War. Lieut. A. W. Brown, Manchester, attd. R.F.C. Missing. Capt. W. S. R. Bloomfield, R.F.C. Sec. Lieut. F. C. Coops, King's (Liverpool), attd. R.F.C. : Major E. P. Graves, R.F.A., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. G. F. Haseler, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. H. M. Headley, R.F.A., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. F. E. Hills, R.G.A., and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. W. B. Hills, Hampshire and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. A. Holden, Yorkshire, attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. P. S. Joyce, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. V. O. Lonsdale, R.F.A., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. M. J. J. G. Mare-Montembault, Yeo. and R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. A. J. Pearson, M.C., R.F.C. Lieut. S. J. Pepler, Can. Inf., attd. R.F.C. " " 2nd Lieut. A. G. Ryall, Durham L.I., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. J. Shepard, R. Warwicks., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. C. A. R. Shum, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. J. Smyth, R.F.C. Capt. J. D. Stuart, Can. Pioneers, attd. R.F.C. - 2nd Lieut. G. M. Underwood, R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. A. E. Watts, R.F.C. Lieut. A. D. Whitehead, R. Warwicks., attd. T.F.C. Previously reported Missing, now reported Prisoner of War in German bands. 2nd Lieut. F. A. Mann, Suffolk, attd. R.F.C. Prisoners of War in Turkish hands. Lieut. E. A. Floyer, Ind. A. Res. of Off., attd. R.F.C. 2nd Lieut. C. V. Palmer, Norfolk, attd. R.F.C. Correction: Killed. 2nd Lieut. B. W. Hill, R.F.C., should read Lieut. Hill. Honours for the R.F.C. A SUPPLEMENT to the London Gazette issued on March 18th announced that His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the undermentioned honours and rewards for distinguished service in the field, in Mesopotamia, with effect from March 10th, 1917, inclusive :— To be Brevet-Major. Capt. (Temp. Lt.-Col.) J. E. TENNANT, M.C., Scots Guards and R.F.C. D.S.O. Capt. (Temp. Major) H. DE HAVILLAND, R.F.C., S.R. Military Cross. Lt. J. R. BURNS, Scot. Rifles and R.F.C. Sir Douglas Haig and the R.N.A.S. THE Secretary of the Admiralty issued the following announcement on March 17th :— " Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in France, has expressed his appreciation of the fine work and good services rendered by the squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service (No. 8) attached to his Armies. " He states that this squadron has done much fighting, and that pilots have shown great enterprise and dash, and have always acquitted themselves admirably. JH" Numerous offensive patrols have been carried out by the squadron over the enemy's lines, and it has to its credit 14 hostile aircraft certainly destroyed and 13 driven down, the larger part of which must have been wrecked." Legion of Honour for American Pilot. THE Cross of the Legion of Honour has been conferred on Adjutant Raoul Lufbery, a pilot of the 120th Aerial Squadron, who enlisted under the French colours for the duration of war. Up to December 27th, 1916, he had brought down six enemy aeroplanes, and has been awarded the Military Medal. German Pilot Killed by Dutch Soldiers. THE Handelsblad reports that, on March 13th, a German aeroplane, while flying over Sluis, was fired at by Dutch troops, who were drilling near the Terhofstede fortifications. The German airman, who was seen to be wounded, landed in Dutch territory, but had sufficient strength to restart his machine and descend again 300 yards beyond the frontier demarcation wire in Belgian territory. German troops hastened to the assistance of the wounded airman, who was last seen being carried away by a Red Cross detachment. According to later information received by the Handelsblad, the pilot was dead when picked up at Knocke. A German Claim. THE communiqui issued from Berlin on March 19th, regarding the destroyer fighting, commences with the following :— " One of our naval aeroplanes on Saturday afternoon dropped bombs on the gasworks at Dover." 271
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