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MAY 9, 1918. Casualties. ' •"•-*;*/17 - Lieutenant S. C. HAMILTON BEGBIE, East Surrey Regiment,attached R.A.F., who was killed in acticn in the air on April 21st, aged 20, was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. SydneyD. Begbie, of Hill Head, Fareham, Hampshire, and late of Richmond Hill. He was educated at Bowden House,Harrow, Charterhouse, and Switzerland. He obtained his commission at 17, and saw active service on the Sommein 1916, returning to the front in 1918 at his own request. %' Lieutenant KENNETH CHESTER HERRON, Yeomanry,attached R.A.F., of Wickham Place, Witham, Essex, who was killed on April 24th, aged 37, was the youngest son of the lateGeorge Oliver Mellick Herron and of Mrs. Janscn, of Newdigate Place, Newdigate, Surrey. He was educated at BradfieldCollege and abroad, and obtained a commissicn in the Yeomanry in January, 1915, and went to France in July,1916. He transferred to the R.F.C. last August. Lieutenant J. W. MCHATTIE, R.A.F., late London Scot-tish and York and Lancaster Regiment, who was killed on April 25th, was the son of James and Mrs. McHattie, ofEnfield. Major RICHARD RAYMOND-BARKER, M.C., R.A.F., who was killed in action in the air on April 20th, in his 24th year, was the son of Edward and Rose Raymond-Barker, of Bisley, Gloucestershire. Captain CHARLES ALLAN PARKER, M.C., R.F.C., who waskilled whilst flying abroad on February 9th, was theonlyson of Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Parker, Tasmania, and brother ofthe Hon. Mrs. Frank Eaton. Lieutenant CHARLES SHEIL, R.A.F., who was killed onApril 22nd, was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sheil, of 24, Burlington Road, Dublin. In September, 1914, hejoined the famous "D " company of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and served with them in Gallipoli, where he waswounded for the first time. He rejoined in time to take part in the retreat in Serbia, and remained with the remnantsof the 10th Division at Salonika until he obtained a com- mission in the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, with whcm heserved in France from March, 1917. When leading his platoon at the Messines-Wytschaete battle on June 7th he waswounded for the second time. He remained with the Royal Munster Fusiliers until November, 1917, when he joined theR.F.C., and having completed his training went to the front early this year. He was mentioned in dispatches and awardedthe Parchment Certificate for gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field. Lieutenant RALPH EUSTACE SMITH, R.A.F., whose deathin action is announced, was the second son of. the late Eustace Smith, of Benton House, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, and agrandson of the late Thomas Eustace Smith, of Gosforfh Park, for many years M.P. for North Shields and Tynemouth.He joined a battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers as second lieutenant on the outbreak of war, and was latertransferred to the Northumberland Hussars, with whom he served for some time in France. Last autumn he joined theR.F.C., and up to the time of his death had been acting as an observer in a night bombing machine, having been speciallymentioned for his good work. Lieutenant Smith was a director of Thomas and William Smith (Ltd.), of Newcastle, and ofSmith's Dock Company (Ltd.), of North and South Shields and Middlesbrough. He married a'daughter of Mr. EdwardJoicey, of Blenkinsopp, and leaves a widow and two children. Captain ERIC HUDSON TATTON, R.A.F., who was killedin action on April 20th, aged 23, was the youngest of the five sons of Mr. and Mrs. Tatton, of Edgware, and joinedthe U.P.S. Brigade in September, 1914. He received bis commission in the East Yorkshire Regiment in January,1915, and was gazetted lieutenant in the same year. He saw active service in Egypt and then in France, taking partin the offensive on July 1st, 1916. Subsequently he trans- ferred to the R.F.C., and obtaining both his " wings," he wasagain at tfce front for eight months' active service. In July, 1917, he was sent back to England, and in August was gazetted . * captain and Flight-commander, returning to the front on ;March 30th. His four brothers also joined H.M. Forces ;' during the early days of the war. The eldest brother, Norman, :fell at Vimy Ridge on April 9th, 1917 ; one, who served . in Princess Patricia's C.L.I., has been invalided out of the VService, and two are now in France. Captain PHILIP THOMPSON, who was reported missing on ••'•March 23rd, and is now believed to have been killed while fighting his machine on that date, was the only son of Mr.Whitaker Thompson, who was Chairman of the London County Council for 1910-11. Educated at St. Aubyn's,Rottingdean, and Winchester (Mr. Aris's house), he joined the R.F.C. in April, 1916. After some months in France hewas chosen for nightflying defensive service in England, but soon after being promoted captain he was again postedto a squadron at the front. He was 19 years of age at the time of his death. Lieutenant ROGER WILLIAM ASHWORTH, HampshireRegiment, attached R^A.F., who was accidentally killed whilst flying on April 26th, aged 23, was the youngest sonof the late Thomas Ashworth, of 2, Avenue Road, Regent's Park. Lieutenant JOHN BURLEIGH CARLING, R.A.F., who diedon May 5th in hospital at Croydon of illness contracted after many months' active service, was the youngest son ofMr. and Mrs. Fred W. Carling, of Ottawa, Canada. His age was 20. Second Lieutenant DONALD HERIOT ANSON CHEERS,R. A.F., who was killed accidentally while flying in Scotland on April 17th, joined the Army when only 15 years old, and inAugust, 1915, was sent to France. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in June, 1917, and entered the R.F.C.His brother, 2nd Lieut. Ronald Anson Cheers, was killed in France in 1915, and another brother was dangerously woundedin 1916 in Mesopotamia and is now serving in India. Major JOHN LAWSON KINNEAR, D.S.O., M.C., R.A.F.,who was killed as the result of an accident while flying in Hants.was the younger son of the late Reverend H. G. Kinnear,of Copgrove Rectory, Yorkshire, and of the late Mrs. Kinnear, of Park House, Ripon. His age was 28. Second Lieutenant LESLIE LAST, R.F.A., attached R.F.C.,who was accidentally killed whilst flying jn the East on February 21st, in his 23rd year, was the youngest son of Mr.and Mrs. Arthur Last, of Bolton House, Sutton. He was educated at the King. Edward's High School, Birmingham,and Westminster. On the outbreak of war he mobilized with the " B " Battery of the H.A.C., and served with his batteryin Egypt. In 1916 he returned home to take a commission in the R.F.A., and went out to Salonica at the end of theyear. Ten months later he transferred to the R.F.C. After securing his wings he was appointed an instructor, andit was while flying with a pupil that he met his death. Lieutenant EDMUND DOUGLAS MARRABLE, R.F.A., who was killed in a flying accident in Kent on April 26th, aged 24, was the only son of the late Douglas Heron Marrable and Mrs. Marrable, formerly of Dorchester. Captain GILBERT HENRY MILLAR, R.A.F., who wasaccidentally killed while flying on April 29th, aged 33, was the third son of the late Henry E. Millar and Mrs. A. M.Millar, of Heathdown, Hampstead Heath, N.W. He was a scholar of Rugby and of Pembroke College, Cambridge,and took a double first in the Mathematical and Mechanical Triposes. Subsequently he joined the staff of the NaticnalPhysical Laboratory. He was an acccmplisrud yechifmrrt, and on the outbreak of war he joined the R.N.V.R. He wa:sent to Antwerp in October, 1914, was taken prisoner in the retreat, and was interned at Doberitz until September,1915, when he effected his escape, in which he shewed great courage and resource. On his return heme he was given acommission in the R.N.V.R., being secendtd fcr air duties, 52O
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