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JUNE 14,. 1917. Casualties. Lieutenant FRANK LESLIE CARTER, East Surrey Regiment, attached R.F.C. (reported missing on April 22nd, since reported killed on that date), was 21 years of age, and was for some years a member of the choir of the Chapel Royal, St. James's. • He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College, Sussex, and immediately upon the outbreak of war he joined the Universities and Public Schools Corps, and afterwards entered Sandhurst. He received his' commission in the East Surrey Regiment in April, 1915, and in the following July -'went to France, but was wounded soon after going into the trenches. In August, 1916, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, obtaining his wings in November, in which month he married. In the subsequent month he went to France, where he did excellent work, gaining his second star in March ; he was killed in an aerial engagement with the •enemy. Second Lieutenant ALICK THOMAS BENTALL CHARLES- WORTH, R.F.C., killed on May 30th, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. T. Charlesworth, of Victoria, B.C., and was born in 1893 and educated at Christ's Hospital, where he •was a member of the Cadet Corps. Leaving school in 1909, he went to British Columbia and joined his father in fruit farming. On the outbreak »f war he enlisted in the Canadian contingent, and soon became corporal. He received his commission in the R.F.C. last March, and had been in much of the heavy fighting at the front. w Captain WALTER LLEWELLYN CLARK, R.F.C., killed inaction, was the only son of the late Mr. Walter Clark and Mrs. Clark, *of Douglas, The Grove, Finchley. He was edu- cated at Northcote, Winchester, and was a silver medalist of the Royal Academy. Joining the Artists' Rifles at the outbreak of war, he was gazetted to the Middlesex Regiment in December, 1914. Subsequently he was transferred to the R.F.C., and obtained his pilot's certificate in February, 1916. He was promoted to Captain in November, 1916. Flight Sub-Lieutenant OLIVER BERNARD ELLIS, R.N., second son of Mr. Bernard Ellis, of Avenue Road, Leicester, was reported " missing " on May 20th, but information has been received which leaves little doubt that he was killed in an encounter with a superior force of German aeroplanes over the German lines. Sub-Lieutenant Ellis, who was not yet 19, was educated at the schools of the Society of Friends at Sidcot, Somerset, and Bootham, Yorks. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in June, 1916, and * was sent on active service last March. He was an under- graduate of St. John's College, Cambridge, but had not taken up residence there. Lieut.-Colonel WILLIAM ALBERT DE COURCY KING, D.S.O., killed, was born in 1874, and joined the Royal Engineers as second lieutenant in 1894. He got his captaincy ten years later, and was raised to his present rank in September of last year. For some time he was employed on surveying duty on the Gold Coast, and from 1906 to 1910 acted as instructor at the school of ballooning. He took part in the South African war, getting at its conclusion the Queen's medal with three clasps. For his work in the present campaign he had received mention in despatches, and was awarded the D.S.O. Lieutenant PETER SMITH, R.E., attached R.F.C., killed on April 28th, was the youngest son of the late B. H. Smith and of Mrs. Berthold Smith, of 27, The Boltons. He was born in 1894, and was educated at Summerfields, near Oxford, at Winchester, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was in his second year at Cambridge when war broke out, and joined at once, going to the front at the end of December, 1914, since when he had had only seven weeks' leave. Mr. Smith had been mentioned in despatches. His elder brother was killed in action on November 24th, 1915. Lieutenant CHARLES HEWART VANE-TEMPEST, great grandson of Charles, third Marquess of Londonderry, and younger son of the late Charles Henry Vane-Tempest and Florence Mary, his wife, now Mrs. Nigel Harrison, of Welling- ton House, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, was reported " miss- ing " on March 25th last. He was born on May 5th, 1896, and educated at the Rev. Herbert Bull's,^Westgate-on-Sea, and at Eton. He played for the school at Lord's against Harrow in 1914. Instead of returning to Eton, although only just 18, he joined his local Territorial battalion of the Durham Light Infantry. Being unable to go to the front when they went, on account of his age, he joined the R.F.C. in October, 1916, and speedily became a most proficient officer, obtaining his " wings " in January, 1917. On February 7th, 1917, he went to the front, and on May 30th news reached his family that he had died of wounds at Ligny in a German camp, a few hours after being taken prisoner. Captain HUGH TOMLINSON, M.C., R.F.C., who died in a German field hospital on April 2nd, was the youngest son of G. W. Tomlinson, F.S.A., of Woodfield, Huddersfield, and of Mrs. Tomlinson, of 65, Iverna Court, Kensington. Educated at Lockers Park and Charterhouse, he went out to Java, where he had a tea plantation. War was declared while he was on his way home, and two days after landing he enlisted, but was rejected by the medical board. He then joined the Red Cross as a motor ambulance driver, being attached to the French Red Cross, and^served in France for six months. In November, 1915, after a course at Hendon, he was gazetted to the R.F.C., and later he was put on the night defence of London and went up during several Zeppelin raids. During the raid on January 31st, 1916, he met with a bad accident. He had a second serious accident in May, 1916. Captain Tomlinson received the Military Cross in June, 1916, and was mentioned in despatches in January, 1917, when serving in France. Flight Sub-Lieutenant DAVID ALAN DUNCAN, R.N.A.S., who was instantaneously killed through an accident whilst Hying in the course of his duties on June 2nd, at the age of 21, was born at Valparaiso, and was educated at Charter- house, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Sandhurst. He entered the cavalry in 1915, and subsequently joined the R.N.A.S. Second Lieutenant RONALD BASKERVILLE HUGHES, R.F.C., who was killed while flying in England on May 31st, was the youngest son of the late Thomas Hughes and Mrs. Hughes, of Abbey House, Cobridge. He joined the Artists' Rifles last February and shortly afterwards transferred to the R.F.C. Cadet School at Reading, and was gazetted on April 20th. He was 18 years of age. Mr. PERCY OGDEN, who died at the Military Hospital, Shorncliffe, on June 8th, after a few days' illness, was in his 42nd year, and was a lieutenant in the R.F.C. He was the son of the late Mr. Thomas Ogden, founder of Ogden's, Ltd., which in 1902 became a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Co. . (of Great Britain and Ireland, Ltd.). He was a director of s the latter company, and of late years he had undertaken charge of its manufacturing operations in this country. Second Lieutenant ROLAND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, R.F.C., who was accidentally killed while flying in France on June 5th, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Williams, of St. Merevyn, Flodden Road, Camberwell, S.E., and was in his 19th year. He was educated at St. Paul's School, and was articled to his father, a solicitor, of Camberwell. He joined the Artists' Rifles in September, 1915. A year later he trans- ferred to the R.F.C., and quickly gained his pilot's wings. He was killed within a week of reaching the front. Married and to be Married. The marriage arranged between Captain M. T. BAINES, R.F.C., and Miss FLORA ALLATINI, of 18, Holland Park, W., will take place at St. George's, Hanover Square, to-day (June 14th) at 2.30 p.m. At St. Mary Abbot's, Kensington, on June 6th, the marriage took place of MARJORIE, younger daughter of Sir FRANCIS BLAKE, Bt., M.P., of Tillmouth Park, Cornhill-on- Tweed, and Old Court Mansions, Kensington, to Captain R..N. F. MILLS, R.F.C., younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Mills, of Tapton Grove, Derbyshire. " On June 3rd, at St. Mary's, The Boltons, EMILE CASALIS DE PURY, R.F.A. and R.F.C., only son of Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Casalis de Pury, of the South African Ambulance at. Cannes, France, was married to SUZANNE HONOR MAJOLIER, youngest daughter of the late Edouard Majolier and Mrs. 595
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