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•OCTOBER 4, 1917 Casualties. Second Lieutenant JOHN LANCASHIRE BARLOW, RFC, -who was killed on September 23rd, aged 18, was the second :son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Barlow, of Wivenhoe Hall, Essex. He was educated at Mr. Brown's School, Eastbourne, .and at Shrewsbury School, and joined the 8th Essex Cyclist Battalion on August 4th, 1914, at the age of 15. He secured his pilot's certificate at the Bournemouth School and later joined the Wells Aviation Co., until ordered to the R.F.C. Cadet Corps. On reaching the age of 18 he was gazetted to a commission in the R.F.C. He had served four months .at the Front as a scout flyer, taking part in the battle of Messines and many other fights. Lieutenant ROBERT DUDLEY WILSON MCKERGOW, Dragoon •Guards, attached R.F.C., elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel McKergow, (Queen's Own) Royal West Kent Regiment, and Mrs. McKergow, of Twineham Grange, Sussex, was killed in action while flying on September 21st. Born in 1898, and •educated at Rottingdean School and Uppingham, he entered Sandhurst in May, 1915, and was gazetted to the Dragoon Guards on October 20th, 1915. He joined the R.F.C. as an Observer on September 13th, 1916, and served four months in France, returning to England to obtain his pilot's certificate. He returned to the Front on August nth last. Second Lieutenant ARTHUR REX BURDEN NOSS, M.C., R.F.C., only child of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Noss, of 2, Dickenson Road, Crouch Hill, N., has died of wounds. He was educated •at Herne Bay, and in his last year there won eight prizes in "the athletic sports. Second Lieutenant NOEL CHARLES WHITTALL, Royal Fusiliers, attached R.F.C., who was killed on September 13th, •was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Whittall, of n, Torridon Road, Hither Green, S.E. Born in 1896, he was educated at Claremont House School, afterwards passing to St. Dunstan's College, which he left at the age of 17 to enter the works of Messrs. Elliott Brothers, Ltd., electrical engineers, of Lewisham, remaining there until taking a commission in June, 1915. After seeing active service on the Western front for twelve months, he transferred to the R.F.C., and came home last July to complete his training, leaving again for the front on August 14th last. Early this month in an air fight he encountered four enemy aeroplanes, and after firing 200 rounds of ammunition, succeeded in bringing down a Hun machine and dispersing the remainder. Second Lieutenant VICTOR CHARLES EDELSTEN BRACEY, who was killed while flying in Hampshire on September 23rd last, was educated at St. Peter's School, Weston-super-Mare, and at Blundell's School, Tiverton. He obtained his com- mission in the R.F.C. in February last, and his wings last July. He was 19 years of age, and the son of Lieutenant (hon. retired) William Edelsten Bracey, R.A.M.C., and Mrs. Bracey, of Wedmore, Somersetshire. Captain LEWIS SCOTT WHITE, M.C., who was killed in a flying accident at Wrantage on September 28th, in his twenty- second year, was the youngest son of,Mr. EdmundJWhite, M.B., of Green Park, Bath, and washeducated at Victoria College, Grosvenor. He always took a keen interest in aviation, and was a prominent member of the Bath Aerial Club. He entered the R.F.C. as a Mechanic in October, 1914, and, receiving a commission, was gazetted Captain on May 5th last. It was only Wednesday of last week that he attended an Investiture at Buckingham Palace, and was decorated by the King with the M.C. For the last two months Capt. White had been Flight-Commander of a flying squadron training at home, but was returning to the Front in a few days. Married and to be Married. A marriage is arranged between Captain CHARLES WILLIAM DE ROEMER, R.F.A., attached R.F.C., only son of Major and Mrs. de Roemer, Lime Park, Hurstmonceux, Sussex, and AUDREY, eldest daughter of the late Charles Lyon LIDDELL and Mrs. Liddell, Place House, Peasmarsh, Sussex. The marriage took place on October 1st at Lincoln of Captain G. H. HALL, Yeomanry and R.F.C., eldest son of Sir Henry Hall, I.S.O., and Lady Hall, of Chester, and Miss M. G. WELLS-COLE, younger daughter of the late G. F. Wells-Cole and Mrs. Wells-Cole, of Stones Place, Lincoln. An engagement is announced between Captain A. G. A. HODGES, Northampton Regiment and R.F.C., elder son of the Rev. H. A. and Mrs. Hodges, Barrow-on-Trent, Derby, and MARGARET ENID, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Cracknell, 61, Babington Road, Streatham, London, S.W. A marriage has been arranged between Mr. NORMAN F. W. ROCKEY, Lieutenant, R.F.C., second son of Mr. W. Rockey, M.L.A., and of Mrs. Rockey, of Johannesburg, South Africa, and EMMA, only daughter of Mr. Duncan STEWART, Millhills, Criefi, and of Mrs. Duncan Stewart. Item. SIR GEORGE WHITE, Bt., chairman of the Bristol Tram- ways Co., Imperial Tramways Co., and British and Colonial Aeroplane Co., makers of the famous Bristol machines, and president of the Royal Infirmary, Bristol, and Queen Victoria Hospital, left, exclusive of property settled in his lifetime, estate proved at ^85,000, net personalty ^137,000. The estate is divided between the only son, Sir Stanley, and the only daughter, Mrs. Ernest Hudson, wife of a member of a well-known firm of soap manufacturers. The late baronet gave a princely sum in his lifetime to the Bristol Infirmary and the vice-hospital, at the latter of which he succeeded the late Sir Blundell Maple. THE will of Second Lieutanant Robert Grant, junr., R.F.C., of Prestwick, killed in the war, has been proved at £1,076. The will of Lieutenant Michael James Jestyn Spencer, R.F.C., of Newburn-on-Tyne, killed in action, has been sworn at £1,038. THE will of Lieutenant James Westhall Brown, Highland Brigade, R.F.A., attached R.F.C., killed in France, has been • sworn at ^754. Fatal Accidents.. Two pilots were killed as the result of a collision in mid- air at an Essex aerodrome on September 27th. At the inquest it was stated that the machine containing the two officers who were killed—Lieut. A. S. Talbot, R.F.C., and Lieut. G. Malcolm, K.O.Y.L.I, and R.F.C.—was making a spiral descent, and the collision occurred about 600 ft. from the ground. Both machines came to earth with a crash, and the two officers were killed instantly. The pilot of the other machine had a thigh broken. A verdict of " Accidental Death " was returned. An inquest was held at South Darenth on September 27thon Lieut. F. G. Litchfield, who was killed by the falling of his machine on the afternoon of September 24th. A verdict of" Accidental Death " was returned. ~ Capt. White, M.C., was killed in a flying accident at Wantage on the afternoon of September 28tn. A new machine was being sent to an aerodrome, and the pilot having engine trouble descended near Wantage. Capt. White later arrived from the aerodrome and went up in the machine. Soon afterwards the aeroplane crashed to earth, and the Captain died almost immediately after being extricated from the wreckage. The Fate of Captain Guynemer. THERE now, unfortunately, seems little doubt that Capt. Guynemer, the famous French pilot, is dead. The Germans have announced in the Gazette des Ardennes that he was killed about 800 yards east of the cemetery of Poel- capelle. It is said that a German sergeant found there a one-seater, with a wing broken and the pilot dead from a bullet wound in the head, and on him an identity disc with the name " Georges Guynemer." Capt. Guynemer had brought down no less than 53 enemy machines and had been decorated by the French Government with the Legion d'Honneur, the Medaille Militaire and the Croix de Guerre. He had also received decorations from the Russian and other Governments. I03S
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