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AUGUST 2, 1917. of Tonbridge; formerly of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, India. Born in India in 1895, he came to England at an early age, and was educated first at Yardley Court School (Mr. A. L. Bickmore), Tonbridge, afterwards proceeding with a foundation scholarship to Tonbridge School, where he became head of Manor House. At school he speciallj distinguished himself as a member and for two years the captain of the O.T.C. shooting eight. He left school in 1914 after gaining an open scholarship at Downing College, Cam- bridge, and a Judd scholarship from the gchool ; but on the outbreak of war he enlisted in the U.P.S. Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, obtaining the rank of sergeant. In the. following year he went with his regiment to France, and served through the winter of 1915-16. In 1916 the regiment returned to England, and he ^entered a cadet battalion and, passing out first, volunteered for the R.F.C. He obtained his wings early this year, and was soon afterwards sent to the front as a flying officer. Within a month of his returning from a successful bombing raid, with his squadron he was reported missing. Information through a reliable channel has now been received that he was shot jdown and instantly killed. Second Lieutenant ROBERT G. BERWICK, R.F.C., who was killed in a flying accident at Scampton, near Lincoln, on July 6th, was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Berwick, of Schubert Road, East Putney, and was 20 years of age. He jo'ined the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps in November, 1915, serving with that unit until transferring to the R.F.C. in February, 1917, jus-t recently gaining his " wings." He was buried on July 12th, at Kingston Vale Cemetery, with full military honours, the body being borne to the cemetery on a gun-carriage of the Royal Horse Artillery. Second Lieutenant GEORGE EVERETT CAYFORD, R.F.C., accidentally killed whilst flying on July 16th, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Geo. Cayford, of The Mall, Wanstead. He was educated at Bancrofts Schools, Wanstead, and was apprenticed to Messrs. Broom and Wade, Ltd., Admiralty engineers, &c, of High Wycombe. Upon completing his indentures he joined the Artists' Rifles O.T.C. in February, 1916, and later received a commission in the R.F.C. He was Na somewhat skilful magician and very popular throughout the squadron he was attached to, and greatly esteemed by numerous friends, his death at the age of 21 is deeply regretted. He was accorded a military funeral at the City of London Cemetery on July 20th, the coffin, covered with the Union Jack, being borne on a gun carriage drawn By a motor lorry of the R.F.C., the pall-bearers being Lieuts. P. W. L. Jarvis, W. Fraser, G. T. Stoneham, W. Hunt, Blaney and Bruce. The drums which played the Dead March in Saul during the procession to the cemetery, the buglers which sounded the " Last Post" after the burial and the firing party were of the A.O.C.B., and the escort of the 39th Squadron, R.F.C. Second Lieutenant THOMAS HUGGAN, R.F.C., killed while flying in England on July 24th, aged 18$, was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Huggan, of Ravensmount, Pudsey, Yorks. He was educated at Marlborough College, where he Was head of his house (Littlefield), a member of the school hockey XI, and a XL cap. He entered the R.F.C. in September, 1916, on his eighteenth birthday. From Decem- ber, 1916, to last July he was in France as an observer, and he had just begun his pilot's course in England when he met his death. I/UGH; Fatal Accidents. AT an inquest held on July 24th on Flight-Comdr. L. D. Merrison, R.N.A.S., Lieut. W. B. Hervey, R.N.V.R., and 2nd Grade Air-Mech. H. R. Ward, R.N.A.S., who were drowned on July 21st, verdicts of " Accidental Death " were returned. At an inquest on July 23rd on Lieut. J. L. Phillips, R.F.C., it Was stated that, wMle on his second solo flight, he got away from the aerodrome and came down in a field of stand- ing corn. From the position of the control and switch, it appeared that the engine was running nearly full out at the time of landing and the machine had turned over twice. A verdict of " Accidental Death " was returned. Lieut. T. H. Coupe, E. Lanes., attd. R.F.C., was acci- dentally killed while .night flying on July 25th. 2nd Lieut. T. Huggan, R.F.C., was killed while flying on the South Coast on July 24th. His machine side-slipped and caught fire in the course of a nose-dive, and the aviator's body was found among the wreckage. Flight Officer F. H. M. Eberlin died in hospital last Week Second Lieutenant E. P. HUGHES, R.F.C., who has died as the result of a flying accident, was the eldest son of Mr. E. J. Hughes, of Ellesmere, Knapdaar, near Burghersdorp, Cape Colony, and a nephew of ColoneL Hughes, of the Defence Department, Pretoria. He came to England with tfie South African Contingent in 1915, was transferred to the R.F.C. in August, 1916, and obtained his pilot's certificate early in the present year. The injuries he received on^June 9th were very serious, and he died in a military hospital last Friday. Before his accident he had been for some time engaged on munitions work with certain inventions of his own. Missing and Prisoners of War. Mr. Malcolm Roberts, of Queen's Club, has received a letter from his«son. Lieutenant R. M. ROBERTS, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, attached R.F.C., reported missing on May 28th, stating that he is now a prisoner of war in Germany and only slightly wounded. Lieutenant CHARLES S. WORKMAN, M.C., Cameronians and R.F.C., reported missing since July 17th, is the younger son of Charles Workman, M.D., 5, Woodside Terrace, Glasgow. He was educated at Glasgow Academy and Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, and had just started his medical course at Glasgow ^University at the end of October, 1914. In June, 1916, he joined the R.F.C. as observer, and was awarded the Military Cross in September. Having qualified as a pilot he returned to France in April, 1917.- Lieutenant Workman is in his 21st year. ;r Married and to be Married. - ' The marriage of Flight Lieutenant (acting lieutenant K.K) CHETWODE W. C. BROWNE, R.N., only son of Mr. and Mr1. Willis Browne, The Beeches, Caterham, and DOROTHY JANET, younger daughter of the late James CAPPON, of Fife, and of Mrs. H. Goodman, Banavie, Caterham, will take place at St. Mary's Church, Caterham, at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday, August 7th. All friends wilt be welcome at the church. The engagement is announced between Lieutenant A. G. C. WALLIS FAULKNER, R.F.C., only son of Mr. Arundell C. Faulkner, of Winnipeg, Canada, and grandson of the late Colonel H. D. Faulkner, 2nd Madras Infantry, and Mrs. Faulkner, 6, Netherton Grove, Chelsea, and MORNA GRACE, younger daughter of the late Sir John Lawson WALTON, K.C., M.P., Attorney-General, and Lady Lawson Walton, of Coombe Hill, Butler's Cross, Bucks. A marriage has been arranged between Captain (temporary Major) C. T. MACLEAN, M.C., Royal Scots Fusiliers, attached R.F.C., and MARIA DOROTHY (BIRDIE) LEWIN, only child of Mrs. Lewin, Kirklevington Hall, Yarm. The marriage arranged between Brigadier-General the Right Hon. J. E. B. SEELY, C.B., D.S.O., M.P., 01 Brooke House, Isle of Wight, and the Hon. Mrs. GEORGE NICHOLSON, widow of Captain George C. N. Nicholson, R.F.C., and youngesj; daughter of Viscount Elibank, took place on July 30th at St. Ethelburga, Bishopsgate. The engagement is announced of Flight-Lieutenant L. CONRAD SHOPPEE, D.S.C., R.N., son of Mr. Eustace Cyril Shoppee" of Cape Town, South Africa, and HILDA, only daughter of the late Captain THOS. A. TAIT, R.N.R., and niece of the Rev. R. Gifiord-Wood, M.A.. B.D., Vicar of East Cowton, Northallerton, Yorkshire. &•:•••• - ^.-! •••• as a result of injuries received in a fall in a meadow at South Hornchurch. He was just completing a flight when, in spinning to the ground, he failed to recover and the machine crashed to earth. 2nd Lieut. H. Duerden, R.F.C, was landing in a field in Lincolnshire on Saturday, when the aeroplane struck a tree, turned over and crashed to the ground. When the officer Was picked up he was unconscious, and he died later in hos- . pital. The Dover Coroner held an inquest on July 30th on Lieut. A. R. Kilgour, R.F.C., who was killed While doing a tail slide. . According to a witness who had previously completed a forty minutes' flight in the machine, it must have become uncontrollable, and, coming down in a steep spiral, crashed to the ground. Lieut. W. Williams, Who was in the machine as pupil, was seriously injured. A verdict of " Accidental Death " was returned. On the same day at Dover, an enquiry was held into the death of 2nd Air-Mech. T. J. Bassford, who Was killed by the propeller of a machine which, in making a bad landing, crashed into a tent. The inquest was adjourned. ..B \ W| 793
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