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MARCH 28, 191S. Casualties. Captain FRANCIS RICHARD CUBBON, M.C., now reportedkilled on June 9th, 1917, was born in Poona on November 29th, 1892, and was the only surviving son of Captain R. Cubbon,S. and T. Corps, I. A., and of Mrs. Cubbon, of Quetta. He was educated at Alleyne College and Dulwich College, and passedfor a year from Sandhurst into the Indian Army in 1911, being attached to the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment inKarachi, and then appointed to the 72nd Punjabis, with whom he served on the North-West Frontier. In November, 1915,he was invalided home, and on recovering was attached to the Royal Warwicks and then to the R.F.C. He went to Franceas an observer on April 7th, 1917, winning his Military Cross on May 10th and a bar to it three days later. Although only twomonths at the front Captain Cubbon brought down more than 23 enemy machines. Second Lieutenant CHARLES RONALD MOORE, R.F.C.,who was killed on March 8th, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Moore, late of Worcester. He was born onMay 8th, 1899, and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond. He was appointed to the R.F.C. as a cadet in April, 1917,was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the September following, and obtained his pilot's wings in January of this year. Hevolunteered for service overseas in February, 1918, and was appointed to a squadron of the R.F.C., in France, where hewas killed two months before attaining his nineteenth year. Major LEONARD ARTHUR TILNEY, M.C., who has beenkilled in an aerial fight over the enemy lines, was a lieutenant in the Household Cavalry and squadron commander, R.F.C.He was 23 years of age, the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Tilney, D.S.O., at present on service abroad, and ofMrs. Tilney, of Millbank House, Tattenhall, Cheshire. Edu- cated at St. Neots, Eversley, Hants, and at Eton, he, on theoutbreak of war, obtained a commission, and three months later he joined the Royal Flying Corps, obtaining his " wings "in record time. In February last year he received command of a squadron which he led with distinction, gaining the Mili-tary Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre, and being made an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium. Second Lieutenant REGINALD ERIC MILNE WORSLEY,R.F.C., who was killed in action on March 8th, aged 20, was the eldest son of Edward Milne Worsley, formerly ofDedham, Essex, and grandson of Reginald Worsley, solicitor, of Manchester. Captain CHRISTOPHER F. A. LEY, Yeomanry and R.F.C.,who was accidentally killed while flying on March 16th, was the second son of the late Sir Francis Ley, Bart., and was24 years of age. He was educated at Pelham House, Folke- stone, Malvern College, where he served both as house andcollege prefect and as sergeant in the O.T.C., and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He took a keen interest in all gamesand sports, and was an excellent shot, being a member of the Malvern College VIII, and shooting at Bisley in 1911 and1912. He also formed one of the team of four which won the Veterans' Trophy for Malvern at Bisley in 1913. Hewas appointed to a seat on the Board of Conservators for the Yorkshire Esk on the death of his father in 1916. CaptainLey served in Gallipoli from August to November, 1915, and there contracted typhoid fever, and in consequencespent several months in hospital. He then joined the Royal Flying Corps, and was wounded in an aerial fight in Francelast June. He had just been passed as fit for service, and was on the point of returning to the front when the accidenthappened which cut short his career. Sub-Lieutenant HENRY JERVOIS RUAULT MAITLAND,R.N.V.R., whose name appears to-day in the official list of naval casualties, died of pneumonia following upon scarletfever at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 17th. He was the younger son of the late Edward J. Maitland, and Mrs. Maitland,of Banstead Hall, Surrey, and was aged 19. Educated at Banstead Hall and Harrow, he joined the R.N.A.S. in April,1916, but owing to an accident while flying, he was forced to leave the Air Service, and was appointed to the Naval Control at Halifax. He went to Canada in February, 1917. Lieutenant KEITH KNOX MUSPRATT, M.C., Dorset Regt.,attached R.F.C., who was killed on March 16th in Suffolk, while flying, was the youngest son of Dr. C. D. Muspratt, ofBournemouth, and was aged 20. He was educated first at Wychwood, Bournemouth, and went in 1911 to SherborneSchool, where he remained till the end of the summer term, 1916. He was a school prefect, played football for his house,the " School House," and was an active member of the O.T.C., in which he was given a commission as a cadet officer. Train-ing at Hendon, chiefly in his holidays, he took his flying certificate before he left school, and he received his commissionand joined the R.F.C. within a week of leaving Sherbome. He obtained his " wings " the following November, and wasemployed as an instructor before he was 19, being afterwards appointed to a testing squadron. He went to France lastMay, and in September was awarded the Military Cross. Married.On March 22nd, Lieutenant FRANK E. GILPIN, R.G.A. andR.F.C., youngest son of Major and Mrs. Gilpin, Peshawar, India, was married to RUBY MAUD, elder daughter of Mr. andMrs. J. A. ABBOTT, Southwood, Belvedere, Kent. On March 16th, at St. Aidan's, Coulsdon, Lieutenant CECIL DILLON MCTURK, R.F.C., only son of Mr. and Mrs. McTurk,of Darlington, was married to ELEANOR, only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. VICTOR K. RYAN, of Coulsdon, Surrey. On March 20th, in London, Lieutenant GEOFFREY NORMAN, Irish Fusiliers and R.F.C., was married to ALMA DORIS GREEN, of Sheffield. On March 21st, at Crieff Parish Church, Perthshire, NORMANF. W. ROCKEY, R.F.C., second son of W. Rockey, M.L.A.,Johannesburg, South Africa, was married to EMMA HALL, only daughter of DUNCAN and Mrs. STEWART, of Millhills,Crieff, Perthshire. The marriage took place on March 21st of Second Lieu- tenant DENIS E. B. K. SHIPWRIGHT, R.F.C., younger son ofthe late Thomas Johnson Shipwright and Mrs. Shipwright, to KATE, only daughter of the late Sir EDWARD HAIN and LadyHain, of Treloyhan, St. Ives, Cornwall. To be Married. The engagement is announced between Captain JOHN HUGH OSCAR JONES, R.F.C., Ordre de la Couronne, Croix deGuerre, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones, of Hereford, and CHARLOTTE MARGARET GEORGINE BUCKNALL, elder daughterof the late John Loyd and Mrs. Bucknall, of Marlborough. The marriage arranged between Captain A. F. LIVINGSTONE, R.F.C., and Miss JEANETTE M. J. COOPER will take place at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Edinburgh, on Tuesday, April 2nd, at 2. All friends will be welcome at the church. The engagement is announced of Lieutenant STANLEY J. R. SIMMONS, London Regt., attached R.F.C., of Cape Town, and GRACE, daughter of Mr. EDWARD BRANCH, ChadwellHeath, Essex. The marriage arranged between Captain HERBERT E. STEINBERG, R.F.C., elder son of the late George HerbertSteinberg and Mrs. Steinberg, of Hampstead, and EDITH MAYNE, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT GOING, 51,Kensington Hall Gardens, will take place on April 10th, at 2, at Brompton Parish Church. Items. Lady GERTRUDE CRAWFORD, who has been appointed chief superintendent of the Women's Royal Air Force, is the daughter of the fourth Earl of Sefton and sister of the present peer. She married in 1905 Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Craw- ford, Indian Army. She is a master turner, and has been engaged in practical munition work since the early days of the war, having been associated with Lady Moir in an enter- prise to bring educated women into munition factories. 347
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