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MAY 17, I9I UNDER 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 others well known in the world of aviation. We shall be pleased to receive for publication properly authenticated particulars suitable for this column. Casualties. Captain ELDRED WOLFERSTAN BOWYER-BOWER, East Surrey Regiment and R.F.C. (previously reported missing, now reported killed in action on March 19th), was 22 years of age and son of Captain and Mrs. T." Bowyer-Bower, of Bramham Gardens and Ashanti, and grandson of the late Major-General Henry Bower. He had his captaincy in the East Surreys in August, 1916 ; in the April preceding he had been gazetted flying officer. Lieutenant R. H. COLES, Yeomanry and R.F.C. (killed on Mzy 9th, whilst carrying out artillery observations), was the youngest son of Coles Pasha, C.M.G., and Mrs. Coles, of Stone House, Bishops Hull, Tauntou. He was educated at Cheam, Wellington, and the Agricultural College, Cirencester, where he obtained a diploma. He served with the Yeomanry in Gallipoli and Egypt, and obtained his wings last July. He was Master of the Cirencester Beagles, was a fearless rider across country, and a good athelete, winning many long- distance races whilst at the Cirencester College. His elder brother, 2nd Lieutenant Crewe Coles, East Lancashires, was killed in Gallipoli on June 4th, 1915. Second Lieutenant GUY EVERINGHAM, R.F.C., the eldest son of Mrs. Everingham-Wormald, late of Vaenor Park, Llanidloes, now of Colwyn Bay, previously reported missing, was killed on April 8th. He enlisted in October, 1914, in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, obtaining his commission in Feb- ruary, 1915. He served with his battalion as signalling officer, and in France as bombing officer in the trench mortar battery until he entered the R.F.C. last September. He soon obtained his observer's wing on the field. During his leave last February he was married to Gladys, second daughter of Mr. Frank Brown, of LynWood, Llandudno, returning to the Front two days later. Lieutenant Guy Everingham's only brother, " Robin/' was killed in Gallipdli one week before the evacuatiotfT Second Lieutenant HERBERT MARSHALL HEADLEY, Royal Field Artillery, attached R.F.C. (reported missing on March nth, now unofficially reported killed on that date), was only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Headley of Uplands, Hedhill. He was rg years of age, and had his commission in the Royal Artillery in May, 1915. Second Lieutenant DOUGLAS EDWARD HOOD, Bedford Regiment, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Hood, of Rio de Janeiro. Born at Pernambuco in 1896, he was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow, and Felsted School, Essex, and at the outbreak of war was an apprentice at Messrs. Vickers' Works, Erith. He enlisted in the London Scottish, later received his commission in the Bedford Regi- ment, and shortly after became attached to the R.F.C., quickly gaining his " wings." Last February he returned to the Bedford Regiment, and went to the Front on the 14th of that month. He was killed on April 14th. Major JOHN BURGH TALBOT LEIGHTON, M.C., Scots Guards and R.F.C., who died of wounds on May 7th, aged 25, was the elder son of Sir Bryan and Lady Leighton, of Soton Park, Shrewsbury, and was educated at Eton and Sandhurst. He was gazetted into the Scots Guards in 1912, and on the out- break of war was seconded to the R.F.C., having taken his pilot's certificate in the previous summer. In November, 1914, he flew1 to France, where he remained nine months, and was then sent to Egypt, where he gained the Military Cross. He returned to England to take command of a squadron, and was sent to the Front again last year. Flight Sub-Lieutenant Louis MARCUS BASIL WEIL, R.N.A.S., attached R.F.C., was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Weil. He was reported missing by the Admiralty on April 7th, and news unofficially received on May nth states that he died on April 6th, having been shot through the head by enemy fighting machines. He was born in 1899, and was educated at Clifton. Flight-Lieutenant LEWIS MORGAN, R.N. (accidentally killed on May nth), was second and only surviving son of Captain and. Mns. L. H. G. Morgan, of Cheddon, Taunton. Missing and Prisoners of War. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Adams, of 14, Vernon Road, Edgbaston, have received a telegram from the International Red Cross of Geneva stating that Lieutenant A. T. ADAMS, R.F.C., reported missing since April 5th, is a prisoner of war in Germany. Second Lieutenant A. CHAYTOR PEPPER, R.F.C.. reported missing on April 7th, is, his father Mr. Arthur J. Pepper, of the firm of" A. J. Pepper and Co., 54, Frederick Street, Bir- mingham, now officially learns, a prisoner of war in Germany. Second Lieuteaant Pepper, who is 21 years of age, was gazetted to the Worcester Regiment, in February, 1915, and served in Egypt. Subsequently he was transferred to the R.F.C. " ' s Captain JAMES STUART, Flight-Commander, Royal Innis- killing Fusiliers, attached R.F.C., reported missing since April 13th, is the son of Mr. James Stuart, of Somerset, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry. Captain Stuart was born in September, 1896, in Queensland, Australia, and was educated at the King's School, Parramatta, N.S.W., and Cheltenham College, England; entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, at end of April 1915, passed out in September, and went to train for the R.F.C. at Farnborough. He obtained his pilot's certificate in October and his " wings " in November. He was posted to his squadron, and flew out to France on December 23rd, 1915, and was there on active service until the following September, when he was posted to the Home Establishment until February, 1917, when he went again to France on active service. ' Lieutenant ARTHUR DARLEY WHITEHEAD, R.F.C., reported missing on March nth, son of Mrs. Arthur Whitehead, 12, West HalkinvStreet, is a prisoner of war in Germany, slightly wounded, and getting better. Married and to be Married. The engagement is announced of Captain WYNNARD ANTHONY, late R.F.C., only child of Mr. and Mrs. A. Anthony, of Capel House, Colchester, and ROSAMUND ANGHARAD KATHLEEN (KITTY), fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs: LLEWELYN LLOYD, of The Yew Trees, Kirby-le-Sokcn, Essex. The engagement is announced between HUBERT POYXTZ- GAYNOR LEIGH, R.N., R.N.A.S., second son of Mr: and Mrs. E. Leigh, of Cobridge, Staffs., and DOROTHY MARY ISABELLE, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. SIMPSON, of Bank House, Burslem, Staffs. The marriage arranged between CHARLES BRIAN •WAIN- WRIGHT, R.F.A., attached R.F.C...eldest son of Mr. C. H. Wainwright, J.P., and Mrs. Wainwright, of Hill House, EdgWare, and VIOLET MYFANWY, elder daughter of Captain W. J. FOSTER, R.A.M.C. (T.), and Mrs. FOSTER, of Downs, Reading, will take place on Saturday, June 2nd, at St. Mary's Church, Reading, at 11.30 o'clock. All friends will be welcome at the church. Items. Major-General H. Trenchard, commanding officer of Flight- Commander Capt. ALBERT BALL, D.S.O., M.C., who has now been missing a week or more, pays a fine tribute to tljp work of Capt. Ball in the following communication received by his father, Alderman A. Ball, of Nottingham : " I very much regret having to tell you that your son, Captain Ball, is missing, but sincerely hope he has landed safely. As you know, he was the most daring, skilful, and successful pilot the R.F.C. has ever had. Everybody in the Flying Corps has looked upon him as their own personal asset, and he was a most popular officer. His good spirit was infectious, as whichever squadron he was with the officers of it tried to work up to his level and reputation. I have never met a man who has been so successful as he was in such a short time, so modest, and so reliable." Lieutenant PIERS WARBURTOM, who was acting as observer for Flight-Commander Leefe Robinson is, it is stated on good authority, also well and a prisoner in Germany. 489
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