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APRIL II, 1918. 26th. Lieut. W.J. Brown, Yeo.fT.F.),and to be seed.; Lieut. A.M. Hepworth,M.C., R.W. Surr. R. (T.F.), and to be seed.; Lieut. M. J. Nicol, Manitoba R., Canadian,Exped. Force; Jan. 28th. 2nd Lieut. C. Ayling, Middx. R. (T.F.),and to be seed.; Temp. 2nd Lieut. G. M. Sturgess, attd. Essex R., and to be transfd. to R.F.C. Gen. List; Temp. Lieut (act ng Capt.) W. A. Slocock, R.A.,to relinquish his acting rank and to be transld. to R.F.C. Gen. List; Temp. Lieut. H. W. H. Lucas, M.C., Gen. List; Temp. 2nd Lieut. R. A. Markwick, WiltsR., and to be transfd. to R.F.C. Gen. List; Jan. 30th. 2nd Lieut. E. O. Lord, S.R.; Feb. 23rd. Lieut. H. A. Bird, Bedf. R., S.R., and to be seed.; Feb.24th. From Flying Offrs. (Ob.):—Capt. A. E. Pickering, M.C., W. Ontario R., Canadian Exped. Force, seniority from March 7th, 1917 ; Temp. Lieut. H. V.Northam, Gen. List, seniority from Aug. 13th, 1916. Lieut. L. Murphy, M.C., R. Ir. R., seniority from March 26th, 1917. 2nd Lieut. R. E. Butler, Conn.Rang., S.R., seniority from April 21st, 1917. Temp. 2nd Lieut. J. R. Smith, Gen. List, seniority from Nov. 25th, 1916; Feb. 25th. Lieut. B. W. Fryer,Canadian F.A., seniority from April 28th, 1917 ; Lieut. G. S. M. Gauld, M.C., R.F.A., S.R., seniority from May 25th, 1917 ; Feb. 27th. Temp. 2nd Lieut.C. Knight, R. Berks. R., and to be transfd. to R.F.C. Gen. List; Feb. 28th. Lieut. E. Steele, M.C.,Manch. R. (T.F.), and to be seed.; Temp. 2nd Lieut.A. E. Ward, A.C. C, and to be transfd. to R.F.C. Gen. List; March 1st. Lieut. W. Wright, Alberta R., Canadian Exped. Force; March 2nd. Temp. 2ndLieut. A. Bottoms, attd. Middx. R., and to be transfd. to R.F.C. Gen. List; March 4th. Temp. 2nd Lieuts. (on prob.), Gen. List, and to be confirmed intheir rank:—A. E. Ryan; Nov. 4th, 1917. A. J.|Battel; Dec. 12th, 1917. A. W. Manby ; Dec. 14th, 1917. A. B. Ferguson. F. W. McCarthy, T. C. Stock-man ; Dec. 17th, 1917. C. H. Andrews, R. P. Darrell; Dec. iStli, 1917. S. C. Leware; Dec. 19th, 1917. H. D. McKay, W. J. C. Smith, J. L. Wray ; Dec.20th, 1917. F. James, E. E. Ballough ; Dec. 21st, 1917. J. T. Hall; Dec. 22nd, 1917. L. W. Kinzer, H. A. Laurie ; Dec. 24th, 1917. C. G. Coleridge ;Dec.26th, 1917. F. J.Delamain ; Jan.8th. J. A.F.Burwash,W.E.Coventry ; Tan. 9th. E. A. Dixon ; Jan. 10th. C. E. Kelly, A. L. McKay ; Jan. 12th.P. T.'Hubbard ; Jan. 16th. G. E. Johnson ; Jan. 21st. T. B. Randall; Jan. 22nd. J. G. Gore; Jan. 24th. R. S. Martin, A. Connon ; Jan. 25th. R.Morrogh, H. A. Kullberg ; Jan. 27th. A. Hayland, E. B. Robinson, S. N. MenziesJ; Jan. 28th. D. F. Gibbons, W. Urinowski; Jan.29th. F. A. Whitneld,G. D. Longfellow, L. Wycherley, H. C. Wiggins ; Jan. 30th. T. D. Grant; Jan. 31st. H.-C. Hayes ; Feb. 1st. J. G. Hunter; Feb. 19th. H. L. Taylor,W. Mclntosh ; Feb. 24th. D. P. Mclntyre, B. A. Butt, L. T. Lewis, C. F. R. Price-Hughes ; Feb. 25th. J. C. MacLennan, G. F. Lane; Feb. 26th. W. S.Walker, E. S. Smithyes, F. E. Robinson, C. T. Bremickar, G. H. Allison, J. S. Snedden, J. Stuart,S. Bowden ; Feb. 27th. T. E. W. Sugden, H. A. Clarke,H. M. Dickinson, J. A. Parkinson, H. J. Goulding, W. T. Fothergill, J. B. Taylor, W. W. Tebbutt, F. R. Hockney, J. S. Tarbolton, R. B. Thompson ; Feb. 2'8th.S. H. Warner, F. Noble ; March 1st. R. A. Slipper, C. E. Mitchell; March 2nd. I. C. G. Simpson, J. H. Paton, H. A. Rudge; March 3rd. D. F. H. Brickell,G. K. Chadwick, J. J. Ince, F. F. Gifford ; March 4th. F. Tattersall, F. J. Sanders, J. C. Wilson ; March 5th. The appointment of Temp. 2nd Lieut. C. W.Rivers, Gen. List, is antedated to Dec. 31st, 1917. The surname of Temp. 2nd Lieut. E. N. MacDonald is as now described, and not as in the Gazette ofFeb. 26th. Flying Officers (Observers).—Lieut. R. W. Fenton, Canadian A.S.C.; Feb.20th, seniority from Oct. 19th, 1917. Feb. 28th, seniority from Oct. 23rd, Igl7 :—Lieut. D. G. Shand, W. York. R. (T.F.), and to be seed.; Temp. 2ndLieut. E. E. Lockwood, K.R. Rif. C, and to be transfd. to R.F.C. Gen. List ; Lieut. W. G. Fluke, D.S.O., S. Staff. R.,seniority from Nov. 27th, 1917, and to beseed.; Lieut. L. F. Short, Yorks, L.I. (T.F.), seniority Dec. 5th, 1917, and to be seed.; Feb. 26th. Temp. 2nd Lieut. D. F. Hurr, M.C., attd. Middx. R., andto be transfd. to R.F.C. Gen. List; Feb. 16th, seniority Dec. 15th, 1917. Lieut. F. E. Lefevre, M.C., Line. R. (T.F.), and to be seed.; Jan. 23rd, seniority Dec. S.R. ; Feb. 28th, seniority Jan. 29th. 2nd Lieut. W. R. Gillespie, Bord. R.,S.R., and to be seed.; March 5th, seniority Nov. 21st, 1917. Temp. 2nd Lieut. H. H. Jones, E. York, R., seniority Dec. 5th, 1917, and to be transfd. to R.F.C.,Gen. List; Lieut. B. Burr, Line. R. (T.F.), seniority Dec. 7th, 1917, and to be seed.; March 4th. Lieut. L. Patterson, M.C., R.A., and to be seed.; Feb.27th, seniority Dec. 24th, 1917. Lieut. D. W. Orr, Wilts R., S.R., and to be seed.; March 5th, seniority Dec. 29th, 1917) ; Lieut. J. L. Bell, R.F.A., S.R.;March 4th, seniority Dec. 30th, 1917. Lieut. E. C. Batchelor, R.F.A. (T.F.), seniority Dec. 31st, 1917, and to be seed.; Lieut. H. J. Whiting, M.C., R.A.,seniority Jan. 3rd, and to be seed.; March 5th. Temp. 2nd Lieuts. (on prob.), Gen List, and to be confirmed in their rank :—A. W. Palmer ; Dec. 6th, 1917,seniority Oct. 24th, 1917. R. B. Lane ; Feb. 28th, seniority Nov. nth, 1917. G. W. Hockey ; Feb. 15th, seniority Nov. 15th, 1917. A. C. Saunders ; Feb.2 6th, seniority Jan. 3rd. S. MacK. Sproat; Feb. 28th, seniority Jan. 12th. Assistant Instructor in Gunnery (graded as an Equipment Officer, 3rd Class).—2nd Lieut. H. J. C. White; Oct. nth, 1917. Equipment Officers, 1st Class.—2nd Lieut. (Temp. Lieut.) S. L. Amor, S.R.,from the 2nd Cl and to be Temp. Capt. while so employed; March 6th. ?ndJC1J~TempVLleut- A> W^Smith- Gen- List. from a special appointment(graded as an Equipment Officer, 2nd Cl.); March 6th. 3rd Cl.—Lieut. ). Lundon, R. Muns. bus. S.R from attd. Labour Corps ; March 5th. Temi>.2nd Lieuts. (on prob.), Gen List, and to be confirmed in their rank:—F. A. 5™^' ^ 5; FTrauncls- F. M. Hewett, C. Gruchv, A. A. Longworth, E. I. T. £33ra'w-H- °-Jones-w- J- Kin«>T-L L^w « Schools of Instruction—School of Technical Training. Company Commander (graded as an Equipment Officer, and Class).—Temp.Lieut H. R-Gregg E. Surr. R., to be Temp. Capt. (without the pay or allowances of that rank) while so employed, and to be transferred to R F C Gen List •Feb. 4th. General List.—Qtmi. and Hon. Capt. O. C. Purnell, from R.A.MC (T.F.),to be Temp. Capt ; March 4th. Temp. 2nd Lieuts. to be Temp. Lieuts. :— (Temp. Capt.) F. J. Wood, (Temp. Lieut.) L. V. Marchant, H. F. W. Bailey,H. F. Fuller, L. L. Leleu ; July 1st, 1917. E. T. Turner ; Oct. 9th, 1917. V. «• 5- £olHDS '.P^- £Ot?' i9'7' J- A-Cra'g; Jan- 7th. (Temp. Capt.) H.H. Maddocks, M.C., C. J. Howson, F. J. Colishaw, V. W. Allen H H T. Potter; Feb. 5th. G. H.S. Cregeen.D. S.C.Newton ; Feb. 8th. A T Arkell •Feb. 12th. C. F. Jex ; Feb. 14th. N. Bark; Feb. 15th. G. M. T Denman C. H. P. Ewbank ; Feb. 28th. F. J. K. Mason ; March 1st. C. H Blakeway •March 3rd. W. M. Edwards, C. B. Fenton, G. W. P. Davidson • March 4th S. G. Knock, A. B. Bullock, L. Cable (Temp. Capt.) H. R. Child R G CloughE. H. Eldridge, W. R. Balden, E. Brewer, L. S. R. Poole,N. E. Maitland ; March 5th. R. Clowes, G. K. Cathles ; March 9th. F. W. Poat (Temp. Lieut ) N. H.Knock ; March 10th. (Temp. Capt.) J. S. Curtis, E. T. Driver ; March nth. A.H. Gabeldu, H.B.Mann, (Temp. Capt.) J.Michie, M.C., A. B. Cort • March15th. B. O. Angel!; March 18th. Sub-Lieut. W. T. Simpson, from R N V R to be Temp. Lieut ; March 4th. To be Temp. 2nd Lieuts. :—Cpl. L. T. P.Green, from R.E. ; Dec. 28th, 1917. Cpl. A. Morgan, from RFC ;*Dec 31st, 1917. Sgt. J. Drew, from R.F.C.; Jan. 7th. To be Temp. 2nd Lieuts.'<on prob.):—B. V. Wilson, H. V. P. Lewis ; Jan. 23rd. V. 2. Stone R T W. Hill; Jan. 25th. E. Frost, F. F. Norris ; Feb. jih. R. J. Stone ; Feb. 8th.A. W. Cameron ; Feb. 9th. T. A. Akin, A. B. Agnew, E. W. Anderson, H. Bennett, J. L. Boyd, A. Buckle, J. H. R. Bryant, F. E. Des Brisay, G. C. C. UiiO, J. - . ..iwu**! w-, i». ii, ivill,IiiC. I. O VXJllLIKit-'ll , A V OlCftU.W. R. H. Standing, C. H. Seflery, N. M. Smith, C. G. V. Smith, B. Sliightholm, W. St. C. Slater, L. L. Saunders, F. A. Samuelson, E. Taviner, H. C Telfer RT. Thacker, E. H. Weatherall, W. G. White, S. H. Whipple, W. W Williams C. S. Bolsby, W. J. Courtenay, B. Dixon, J. H. Farnham, M. Fearman, H. S.Fey, G. G. Fonseca, H. G. Fraser, F. L. Gall, W. E. Huxtable, T. L. Jones, L. Kinet, J. M. MacDonald, T. F. McGuire, F. A. McHugh, V. B. Mclntosh, C.McLean, L. F. Marshall, R. G. Martin, W. C. Mead, F. W. Mesinger.O. O. Mousley, C. R. Campbell; Feb. 10th. Private A. H. Opie, from A.S.C.; March 26th.Cdts. to be Temp. 2nd Lieuts. (on prob.) :—V. V. Anderson, A. G. Boardman, E. C. Bethell, D. R. Bradley, W. H. E. Burton, C. H. A. Collyns, L. G Cocking,R. M. Doyle, H. S. Dudson, G. M. Gray, N. F. Hirst, T. P. T. lones, P. Kemp, R. H. Kemp, H. Knowles, J. I. Laing, J. McDonald, J. Millar.'T. F. L. Myring,D. K. Moore,F.D.Marshall, E. M.Nicholas, C. H. Pares, G. B. Pike,H Pritchett J. G. Quinton, A. Roche, T. E. Read, R. Simpson, A. Sommerfelt, R. J. Smither,W. C. Snowdon, W. Smith, R. J. S. F. Sparks, C. W. Tuck, J. Tulloch, C. C. Walmsley, E. Wallace, H. L. Wilson, G. Williams, A. P. Williams ; March 14th.To be Temp. Capts. (with pay and allowances as Lieut.) while acting as Adjts • Lieut. J. H. Clive, Lond. R. (T.F.) ; Lieut. E. R. W. Close, Notts, and DerbyR. (T.F.) ; 2nd Lieut. D. I. V. Gatty, R.G.A., S.R.; Feb. 9th. Temp. Lieut. F. R. Bush, attd. Rif. Brig.; Feb. 19th.Memorandum.—2nd Lieut. (Temp. Capt.) L. Auker to be Lieut, while serving with R.F.C.; Jan. 1st. General List (R.F.C.).'—Cadet A. J. H. Thornton to be Temp. 2nd Lieut, (onprob.); Oct. ist, 1917 (substituted for Gazette notification Oct. 26th, 1917, page 11024, describing name as A. Thornton). Aeronautical Inspection Department. ' London Gazette Supplement, April 4/S,Temp. 2nd Lieut. A. Mathews, R.F.C., to be Temp. Lieut, (without Army Pay and Allowances) while employed as Assistant Inspector, Aeronautical InspectionDepartment; Feb. 4th. AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. British. General Headquarters, April 2nd." On the ist instant several long-distance reconnaissances and photographic flights were carried out by our aeroplanes. Good visibility enabled much workto be done in conjunction with the artillery, and many hostile batteries were engaged by our guns with observation from the air. Our low-flying aeroplaneswere again active. Over 17 tons of bombs were dropped, and thousands of rounds of ammunition were fired from the air at the enemy's infantry and other targetson the ground. •. Hostile aircraft were also active on the southern portion of our front, some of their two-seater machines firing at our troops with machine-gunsfrom a low height. Ten hostile aeroplanes were brought down and six others were driven down out of control. Another German machine was brought downin our lines by our infantry, and two hostile balloons were destroyed by our aeroplanes. Eleven of our machines are missing. " After dark, our night-flying machines bombed the enemy's railway stations,billets, troops, and transport, dropping many tons of bombs on Cambrai railway station, on a station south-east of Douai, and on the railway line south of thattown, as well as on other targets. All our machines returned." General Headquarters, April yrd." On the 2nd inst., although the weather was fine in the areas behind the front, a heavy bank of low clouds hung over the lines and made reconnaissance workdifficult. The enemy's movements on the battle front were watched, however, by low-flying machines, and observation was carried out for the artillery. Hostiletroops and transport on the roads were again harassed with bombs and machine- gun fire, over 1,000 bombs being dropped during the day. The enemy's aero-planes were fairly active between Albert and Moreuil. Thirteen German machines were brought down and eight driven down out of control. Three hos-tile balloons were also destroyed. Seven of our machines are missing. "At night rain fell continuously until 3 a.m., after which hour 4J tons ofbombs were dropped on hostile billets and troops, our aeroplanes returning to their aerodromes just as dawn was breaking. During the last fortnight ofintense fighting in the air, the assistance rendered by the personnel of the Ameri- can Air Service attached to the Royal Air Force has been invaluable. General Headquarters, April 4th." The weather on the 3rd inst. was again unfavourable for flying, but this did not prevent our aeroplanes from making several flights to reconnoitre thebattle front and to attack ground targets with bombs and machine gun fire. One fight took place during a clear interval between two very large formationsof our own and the enemy's machines. Otherwise hostile aircraft were not very active. Nine German machines were brought down and three othersdriven down out of control. One hostile balloon was also destroyed. Five of our aeroplanes are missing." General Headquarters, April 5th." On the 4th inst. rain and mist greatly interfered with operations in the air. Our aeroplanes, none the less, reported the progress of the battle south of theSomme and fired into the enemy's troops. Of the German machines which appeared on this part of the battle front six were brought down by our aero-planes and one was shot down by our anti-aircraft gunfire. One of ourmachines is missing. Two of our aeroplanes which were reported missing in the com-muniques of the last two days have since returned to their squadrons. " About midday on the 5th inst. our aeroplanes dropped 22 heavy bombs onthe railway station at Luxemburg. Many of the bombs were seen to burst on the railway and a very large fire was caused. The anti-aircraft fire encounteredwas considerable, but all our machines returned." General Headquarters, April 6th." On the 5th inst., with the exception of a few nights on the battle front, no flying took place owing to the weather. One hostile aeroplane was shot downby our infantry." General Headquarters, April yth." During the morning of the 6th inst., owing to bad weather, there was only slight aerial activity. About noon our machines, which had been watching theenemy's movements in the battle front since dawn, reported a concentration of hostile troops south of the Somme. Large formations of our aeroplanes imme-diately went out in the rain and dropped over joo bombs on the enemy's assembled infantry, in addition to firing some 50,000 rounds at them with their
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