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1918 - 0031.PDF
JANUARY 3, 1918. Major the Right Hon. Sir JOHN SIMON, K C.V.O., K.C., M.P., who is now a major on the staff of the Royal Flyin" Corps, was marritd in Paris last month to Mrs. Manning. On the 19th inst., at St. Mary's Parish Church, Wimbledon Lieutenant E. S. DUGGAN, R.F.C.. youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Duggan, of Toronto, was married to GLADYS EDITH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. SHEPrARD, Athcrton Grange, Wimbledon, late of Rio de Janeiro. (South American papers, please copy.) On the 18th December, at the Parish Church of S. Paul. Cullercoats, Captain HARTLEY FRENCH, West Yorkshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps (Staff), only son of Mr. and Mrs. HARTLEY FRENCH, Jun., of Sunderland, was married to RUBY, youngest daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. ROBERT MARSON, of Whitlcy Bay. On December 20th, at Christ Church, Sheffield, Second Lieutenant H. F. FULFORD, R.E., attached R.F.C., was married to EDITH MARY, daughter of Dr. LONGBOTTOM. On December 27th, at St. John's, Dtwsbury Moor, Lieu- tenant GEOFFREY MILNER, R.E., attached R.F.C., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Milner, Savile Town, Dtwsbury, was married to KATHLEEN ISABEL, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. W. NICHOLSON, St. Heliers, Dewsbury. On December 31st, at Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, WILLIAM MONSELL TAIT, R.N.A.S., was married to SYBIL MARGARET SPARKES. To be Married. The bethrothal is announced of Captain GERALD ALLEN, the Connaught Rangers (major R.F.C.) and MINA, only daughter of Brigadier-General Sir Owen and Lady THOMAS, of Anglesey, The engagement is announced between Lieutenant HUGH C. BANKART, Middlesex Regiment and R.F.C., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bankart, of 37, Old Deer Park Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, and LILIAN WINIFRED, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. CROOK, of Brockley, S.E. The engagement is announced of Captain BRIAN CHARLES O'DRISCOLL DOUGLAS, Connaught Rangers and R.F.C., only son of Mr. and Mrs. James Douglas, of 96, Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, and Miss WINIFRED KATHLEEN GAMBLE, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gamble, of Sutton Lodge. Cookham, Berks, and Kainhill, Lancashire, and granddaughter of the late Sir David Gamble, Bt., K.C.B., of St. Helens. Lancashire. The engagement is announced between Lieutenant AKTHUK BOWDEN PETERS, R.F.C., and STELLA KATHLEEN, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. NASH, of Lyndhurst, St. Bran- nock's Road, llfracombe. The marriage of Lieutenant WALTER II. PULLF.N, R.F.C., and Miss CONSTANCE BORRETT will take place at All Saints' Church, Reading, on January 5th, at 2.15. The engagement is announced, and the marriage will shortly take place, between Captain FRANK P. SCOTT, Yeomanry and R.F.C., and OSYTH, youngest child of the late William G. E. HERVEY and Mrs. Hervey, of Selborne. Hants, and grand- daughter of the late Lord Charles and Lady Harriet Herviy. Items. Among the new Privy Councillors included in the JN'ew Year Honours is L ord HUGH CLCIL, M.P. for Oxford University, who, it wi 11 be rimcn.bircd, holds a Lieutenant's commission in the R.F.C. Two interesting items are to hand. To Flight -Commander F. WARREN MERRIAM, R.N.A.S., and Mrs. MERRIAM, a daughter was born on December 23rd ; while Mr. and Mrs. T. KEMP- WALTON were similarly blessed on December 27th. Mr. T. B. Middleton, of Shankill, Co. Dublin, lias received news that the following air en, including his son, reported missing, are prisoners in Germany, and are not wounded :— Lieutenant A. F. Goodchap, Lieutenant. A. H. Middleton, Lieutenant Wingard George G. Peterson, and Lieutenant Stanley Grove Spiro, all of the R.F.C. The Will of MR. GEORGE JOHN STEVENS, of Russell Square Mansions, and of Athens, journalist, who represented the Daily Chronicle in the war between Greece and Turkey and in the Balkan War, and, in 1912, was appointed Athens correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, and, since 1914, war correspondent, who was killed in an air raid on September 24th, has been proved at ^3,605. QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. Boys for the R.F.C. MR. SNOWDEN, in the House of Commons on December 20th, asked what is the position of boys of fifteen who are being placed by Employment Exchanges in the workshops of the Royal Flying Corps ; whether these boys are asked to enlist for four years with the colours and four year? with the reserve, and at what age this term of enlistment begins ; and under whose jurisdiction are they from the age of fifteen to eighteen ? Mr. Macpherson : The boys are placed as boy artificers in the workshops of the Royal Flying Corps, and are under the control of the Army Council. They are enlisted for either the normal period ol service, in which case their term of service begins on their attaining the age of 18 years, or for the duration of the war only. The boys attest voluntarily with the written consent of their parents. After enlistment they are subject to Army discipline. I may add that the welfare of these boys is taken into special consideration, and that we should be happy to show any member the training camp.Factory Sites at Dublin. MR. BYRNE asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board if the Secretary of State (Air Services) has had his attention drawn to the special suitability of the county of Dublin as the location for a national aircraft factory, The Artificial Seasoning of Wood. THIS is the title of a paper which is to be read by Pro- fessor Groom before the Institution of Automobile Engineers, on Wednesday, January 9th, at the Royal Society of Arts, John Street, Adelphi. The meeting will start at 8 p.m., and anyone interested can obtain tickets from the Hon. Secretary, I.A.E., 28, Victoria Street, S.W. 1. A British Apology to Holland. AN official statement issued at the Hague on Decem- ber 28th by the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs announced that the British Government had apologised for the violation of Dutch territory in the neighbourhood of Breskens (province of Zeeland) by seven British aeroplanes, and adding that the British Government had given "special and emphatic orders to all British naval air forces to avoid Dutch territoiy in future." Another Zeppelin Down. MESSAGES received in Copenhagen on December 29th from West Jutland stated that a Zeppelin was observed in flames a long distance away over the North Sea, and shortly afterwards was seen to fall into the sea. The airship •was apparently accompanied by two seaplanes, of which one was subsequently seen to be in a wrecked condition and obtaining assistance from the other. suitable sites and an ample supply of labour and raw materials being locally available, and local manu'acturers having offered to build the necessary aircraft engines ; and whether, under these circumstances, the Ministry will at once issue instructions for the* establishment of a national aircraft factory in Dublin ? Sir L. Worthington Evans (Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions) : 1 have been asked to answer this question. An investigation is now being conducted into the suitability of Dublin as a centre for aircralt construction. Transfers to the Air Service. MC kd q tions ? The Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board (Major Bairtl) : The formation of the Air Force will be effected with the fullest regard to the considerations referred to in my hon. and gallant friend's question. Seaplane v. U-Boat. ACCORDING to a semi-official German communique, a U-boat was recently pursued by two seaplanes in the English Channel from noon to evening, and was pelted with 23 water- bombs. A few days later the same submarine, operating in the Irish Sea, was hunted by several destroyers, which within a few minutes discharged 30 water-bombs. A Protest by the Pope. IT was semi-official! * announced at the Vatican on Mon- day that the Pope had sent a protest to Vienna against the destruction of two monumental churches at Padua by enemy aeroplanes. He has also drawn the attention of the Emperor Charles to the matter. He exhorts the Central Powers to abstain in future from such methods of warfare, which, while they result in no material advantage from the war point of view, make innocent victims and do damage to churches, monuments, and other precious works of art. Consequently these raids cannot be justified on the ground of international law. Famous French Pilot Killed. THE French Air Service has lost another noted pilot in Captain de la Tour, who, it became known in Paris on Decem- ber 20, was accidentally killed when leaving an aerodn.mc during a fog. He had accounted for 11 enemy aen,planes.
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