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OCTOBER 25, 1917. ONALS Casualties. • Second-Lieutenant JOHN PERCY FITZHERBERT ADAMS, Durham Light Infantry, attached R.F.C., Was killed on October 14th while carrying out his duties as an observer. A sudden attack was made upon his machine in the air by a hostile machine, and an engagement ensued at close quarters, but after firing five rounds the pilot observed that no more were fired by Second-Lieutenant Adams, and he at once came down successfully on our side ; the machine Was much damaged and the observer dead and still holding his gun. Second-Lieutenant Adams Was the second son of Colonel Herbert Adams, V.D., and Mrs. Adams, and was educated principally at St. Bees School, St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, and Durham University. He had a great reputation as a Rugby football player. He was ordained deacon at Advent, 1914, and proceeded very shortly to-St. John's, Newfoundland, as a curate. There he remained until the following September, when he obtained the sanction of his bishop to come home to take up arms, and very soon obtained his commission in the Durham Light Infantry. In June, 1916, he left England for the front, and Was soon Wounded by shrapnel. After about three months he was passed for duty again, and subsequently returned to the front, and saw more fighting, and afterwards volunteered for the R.F.C., joining a squadron after a few weeks' training in England. He was highly esteemed as a capable and gallant officer. Flight Sub-Lieutenant MAURICE NELSON BARON, R.N., previously missing, now reported killed in*" action on Augnst 15th, aged 18, was the eldest son of Canon and - Mrs. Baron, Alford Vicarage, Lines. Flight Sub-Lieutenant NORMAN BLACK, who is officially reported missing, will be well remembered as Senior Grecian and Captain of the School at Christ's Hospital, which he left in July, 1916, to enter the air service. He was in his 20th year. Second-Lieutenant A. J. CHAPMAN, R.F.C., was the elder son of Mr. J. B. Chapman, Town Clerk of Burton-upon- Trent, and Mrs. Chapman. Educated at Hymers College, Hull, he was articled as a solicitor to Messrs. Drewry and Newbold, of Burton-upon-Trent, in 1913, and passed his intermediate law examination in the summer of 1914. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and was in France from November, 1915, to April, 1916. He then came back to England, having been recommended for a commission, and received instruction as an infantry officer. He was, however, gazetted to the R.F.C., and after instruction Was engaged on testing new machines. He left for the front on June 13th, and was engaged on patrol work, and on several occasions took part in attacking the German infantry. He came home on leave on September 1st, arriving back at the front on the 17th. On the following morning he went out on patrol, and did not return. His commanding officer writes that " a message was received from a German aeroplane stating that Second- Lieutenant A. J. Chapman was killed in an air fight near Cambrai on September 18th." Captain Guy LINDSAY CRUIKSHANK, D.S.O., M.C., Gordon Highlanders and R.F.C., reported missing on September 15th, 1916, now reported killed on that day, was 26 years if age. He was educated at King's School, Rochester, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. At the outbreak of the war he was quartered at the Central Flying School, Upavon, was one of the first to cross the Channel with his squadron, and was in the fighting line continuously until his death. He received the Military Cross in June, 1915, and in September of the same year was awarded the D.S.O. for " conspicuous gallantry in successfully carrying out a special mission involving great risk." He was mentioned twice in despatches. An article in Blackwood's Magazine of March states that he was one of the greatest pilots pro- duced by the war. Lieutenant BASIL R. DAVIS, Royal Fusiliers and R.F.C., killed in action on September 20th, aged 22, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Davis, 18 Wetherby Mansions, S.W. Second-Lieutenant DE LACEY, West Yorkshire Regiment,attached R.F.C., killed in action on September 23rd, aged 21,' was the only son of Dr. and Mrs. De Lacey, 4, Jesmond Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne. ~ Lieutenant EDGAR DANIEL GIBSON, R.F.C., who has been killed at the front in France was the second son of Mr. Walter Gibson, M.V.O., of Oxted, Surrey, Secretary of the Privy Purse to His Majesty the King. Mr. Gibson lost his eldest son, a lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment, in 1915. Second-Lieutenant JOHN VICTOR ARIEL GLEED, R.F.C., who was reported missing on July 7th, and is now officially reported to have been killed on that day, was the elder son of Mr. J. W. Gleed, Vice-Charman of the Holland County Coun- cil, and Mrs. J. W. Gleed, of West Elloe, Spalding, Lines. He was 20 years of age, and was educated at Lydgate House, Hunstanton, and at Uppingham, where he represented the school at hockey and fives, was in the school second eleven at cricket, and was most efficient at all outdoor pursuits. On leaving Uppingham at Easter, 1916, he received his commission in the R.F.C., obtained his " Wings" in September, and went to the front last June. On July 7th he took part in a great air combat over the enemy's lines, and now appears in an official German list to have died on that day. Second-Lieutenant ROBERT ANDERSON INGLIS, R.F.C., who was reported missing on September 21st last, is now reported killed on that date in his 19th year. The news of his death has come from the German Flying Corps in a message dropped by them. Lieutenant Inglis, who was the younger son of Mr. Andrew Glover Inglis, City Coroner of Liverpool, and Mrs. Inglis, of 16, Sefton Drive, Liverpool, was educated at Greenbank School, Sefton Park, and sub- sequently at Gresham School, Holt, Norfolk. On leaving school he became an apprentice in the office of Messrs. Balfour, Williamson and Co, and in December last joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. He subsequently volunteered for flying, and after passing through his course of training went to the front at the beginning of September. Second-Lieutenant D. C. H. MACBRAYNE, R.F.C., who was previously reported missing on June 21st, is now reported killed, aged 19. He Was educated at Eton College, Which he left in August 1916, to take a commission in the R.F.C. He was the son of Mr. D. H. MacBrayne, of 19, Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow, chairman of David MacBrayne (Limited), and a grandson of the late David MacBrayne, shipowner, Glasgow. Lieutenant NORWOOD MACLEOD, C.F.A.,, attached R.F.C., was killed on Oct. 14th when landing. He was educated in Canada and the United States, finishing at Cornell. He joined the Canadian F.A. on Aug. 5th, 1914, came over with the first Canadian contingent, and served in Flanders until August, 1916, when he gained his commission on the field. He became attached to the R.F.C. last April, and returned to the fighting line two months ago. His captain refers to him as a pilot of exceptional ability, on whom he could always rely. He was the younger son of Mr. Henry C. MacLeod, of Toronto, a well-known banker, who is tem- porarily in London. Captain IVAN MACKAY, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, attached R.F.C., who was accidentally killed in a collision in the air at the front on Oct. 5th, was the son of Mr. James H. Mackay, of the firm of Mackay Brothers, Ltd., of Johannes- burg and Durban. He was educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, Cape Colony, came to this country at the end of 1916, and obtained a commission in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. He was afterwards attached to the Royal Flying Corps. He soon received his captaincy and left for the front about three weeks ago. Captain JACK MANLEY, R.F.C., son of Mr. aria Mrs. Manley, of Caldicote, Heyford, Oxon., was born in 1897, and edu- cated at Taunton School. He then entered the Great Western Railway works at Swindon, to learn engineering, but feeling it " his plain and simple duty " to join the Army, he obtained his pilot's certificate, and was gazetted in March, 1916. He was severely wounded in a fight on July 20th, 1916, and with one arm useless brought his machine and observer back, and landed safely. After a few weeks in hospital he was brought to the R.F.C. Hospital in Bryanston Square, where, 1116
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