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MAY IO, 1917. Hucks, R.F.C., who took up Lord Desborough on one of thetrips, and looped several times. Gen. Smuts said he accepted the aeroplane on behalf ofthe South African Government as a bond of union between this nation and the nation growing up in South Africa, andexpressed to Gen. Sir David Henderson the hope that this machine would help to maintain the superiority in the airwhich the service he so ably commanded had attained. Sir (/TIGHT David Henderson, on l/ehalf of the Royal Flying Corps, tookover the machine on the stipulated conditions, namely, that it should be sent to France as soon as possible, and that afterthe war, the machine itself, or its successor, should be handed over to the South African Government. The machine was named by Mrs. Schriener breaking a bottleof wine over the propeller, and the Marchioness of Winchester affixed a springbok's head to the aeroplane as a mascot. PERSONALS I,! Casualties.Second Lieutenant LAWSON E. ALLAN, Yeomanry, attachedR.F.C., Who was killed on April 26th, was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Allan, of Oxton, Cheshire, his fatherbeing sub-manager of the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company. Educated at Sedbergh, he secured acommission in the Yeomanry two years ago. In November, "1915, he went to the front as signalling officer, and a year laterjoined the R.F.C. as an observer. He was due home shortly to qualify for his pilot's certificate. Lieutenant ERIC ARTHUR BARLTROP, R.E., attached R.F.C.,was the eldest son of the late Rev. A. H. Barltrop and of Mrs. Barltrop, of 12, Albany Road, Bedford. He was educatedat St. John's School, Leatherhead, and at Queen's College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree. On the outbreakof War he enlisted in the Royal Engineers, receiving his commission in the same corps in November, 1914, and beingpromoted lieutenant in the following March. In September, 1915, he proceeded to Gallipoli, where he was employed asBrigade Signal Officer, and, on the evacuation of the Pen- insula, he was sent to Egypt, where he contracted typhoid,and was invalided home in February, 1916. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in the following October, and, receivinghis pilot's certificate on March 28th last, joined his squadron at" the front immediately. On April 23rd, during an actionin the air, he was shot through the head and killed. Captain SEYMOUR BARNE, Hussars, attached R.F.C., wasthe youngest son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel St. John and Lady Constance Barne, of Sotterley and Dunwich,Suffolk, and nephew of the late Marquess of Hertford. He was educated at Eton, and, joining the Hussars, was with hisregiment during the retreat from Mons, and was wounded at the first battle of Ypres. He received the Military Cross.Since 1915 he has held a Staff appointment with a cavalry brigade. Recently, however, he felt it his duty to volunteeras a cavalry observer with the Air Service. In this capacity he was flying over the line on April 23rd, and was shot downby an enemy aeroplane. Second Lieutenant AUSTIN BONNER, R.F.C., who is reportedkilled in action on April 30th, was the youngest son of the late Henry Bonner and Margaret E. Bonner/ 31, Radnor Road,Handsworth. Major HUBERT DUNSTERVILLE HARVEY-KELLY, D.S.O.,Royal Irish Regiment, attached to R.F.C., missing, is a son of the late Colonel H. H. Harvey-Kelly, of the Indian Army,and was born in 1891. Entering the Royal Irish .Regiment in 1910, he got his captaincy five years later. During thepresent war he became a squadron commander of the R.F.C., with the rank of major, has been mentioned in despatches,and was awarded the D.S.O. in 1915. Second-Lieutenant CHAS. VERDON DARNELL, ConnaughtRangers and R.F.C., killed in action on April 25th, was the only son of Dr. C. K. Darnell, Bangor, and was 22 years ofage. Flight Sub-Lieutenant HOLBROOK LANCE GASKELL, R.N.,who death in action is officially announced, was born in 1897, and was the youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs.J. B. Gaskell, of Roseleigh, Woolton, Lancashire. He was educated at Greenbank School, Sefton Park, ShrewsburySchool, and was entered at Pembroke College, Cambridge, but joined the R.N.A.S. and took his pilot's certificate onJune 24th, 1916. He left England for active service the last day of the same year. Second Lieutenant LEWES WOODHAM MOTT, Essex Regi-ment, attached R.F.C. (killed in action on April 23rd), was only son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Mott, of St. Stephen's Lawn, Cheltenham, and of Much Hadham, Herts. He was 20 yearsof age, and received his commission in January, 1915. Lieutenant CYRIL JOHN PILE, Royal Field Artillery andR.F.C., killed in action, Was 19 years of age and the youngest son of Sir Thomas D. Pile, of Kenilworth House, WillesdenLane. He had his commission in the R.F.A. Special Reserve in September, 1915, and was gazetted flying officer, R.F.C.,in January, 1916. , Second Lieutenant HUGH PATER, West Yorkshire Regimentand R.F.C., who was accidentally killed while flying on April 17th, aged 28, was the eldest son of the Rev. S. Pater,rector of Sunderland. He was educated at Bow School, Durham, under Mr. W. H. Bramwell, and at Rossall School(Mr. Furneaux's house). For some years he was master at the Durham Cathedral choir school, and in September, 1914,he enlisted in the Public School Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. In June, 1915, he received his commission in the West York-shire Regiment. In August, 1916, he volunteered for the R.F.C. and on Saturday, April 14th, he received his certificateof efficiency and was expecting to be sent to the. front immediately. Second Lieutenant A. W. SPENCE, whose death has" occurredfrom injuries received in an accident while flying in Kent, was 21 years of age, and was the younger son of Mrs. Spenceand the late John Spence, of The Gabbs, Grove Park. He was educated at Haileybury College, and joined the Armyon the outbreak of war. Second Lieutenant Spence served in France for many months in the Middlesex Regiment.Invalided home last year, he transferred to the R.F.C. Recently he was given his wings. *•' Second Lieutenant CYRIL HARVEY TROLLOPE, LondonRegiment and R.F.C., only child of Mr. and Mrs. John Basil Trollope, of 8, Oaklands Road, Bromley, Kent, and grandsonof the late Joseph Harvey Trollope, of Queenswood, Bedding- ton, Surrey, was accidentally killed while flying on May 4th.Born in 1897, he was educated at Colquhoun Villa and Larchneld School, Helensburgh, and at Fettes, where he wasin Moredun House. He was in the O.T.C., and shot for the school team at Bisley in 1914. In 1915 he joined the LondonRegiment, in which he obtained his commission. He trans- ferred to the R.F.C. in 1916, and received his " Wings " shortlybefore his death. . • ... Missing. ^Major C. E. I. CHARLTON ANNE, R.F.C., who was lastweek reported missing and believed drowned on April 15th, aged 25, the youngest son of Major and Mrs. Anne, of Burgh-wallis Hall, Yorks, was the grandson of the late W. H. Charlton of Hesley Side, and the late Sir Thomas Parkyns, Bt., andcousin of Brigadier-General Charlton, C.M.G.. D.S.O., R.F.L. At the outbreak of war he obtained a commission in the 6thYorkshire L.I., but was shortly afterwards transferred to the R.F.C. He did excellent work at the front in 1915, butowing to an accident had to undergo a rather serious opera- tion. Later, he undertook the training of pilots at home.His last post was that of Chief Instructor of a school of Military Aeronautics. He was mentioned in despatcheslast January. Major Anne leaves a young widow. Second Lieutenant A. M. TURNBULL, R.F.C., officiallyreported missing since April 25th, is the eldest son of Mr. Martin H. Turnbull, solicitor, Chlorine Gardens, Belfast. Married and to be Married.The marriage between Captain J. HUMPHREY COTTON MINCHIN, the Cameronians and R.F.C., and Miss VIOLET FULLER, will take place at 1.45 p.m., May 17th, at HoiTrinity Church, Brompton. "^ 461
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