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JUNE 13, 1918. Casualties. CAPT. E. L. BENBOW, M.C., attached R.A.F. (Lieut.,R.F.A ), who was killed in action on May 30th, was the son of Mr. J. Benbow, of La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy. Hewent to France on February 2nd, 1915, and served with his battery for about twelve months. He afterwards served asObserver with the Royal Flying Corps for eight months, then, qualifying as a pilot, did work for which he was decoratedwith the M.C. by the King at the Investiture in Hyde Park on June 2nd, 1917. FLYING OFFICER LIEUT. JOHN HEADLAM, Scout Pilot,R.A.F., who was killed in action or May 30th. aged 19, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Headlam, StakesbyRoad Whitby, Yorks. MAJOR HERBERT MUSGRAVE, D.S.O., Royal Engineers, whowas killed in action on June 3rd was youngest son of the late Sir Anthony Musgrave, G.C.M.G., and of Lady Musgrave,of East Grinstead. He was born in May, 1876, and passed through Harrow and Woolwich into the Royal Engineers inMarch, 1896 ; he had promotion in March, 1899, was captain in March, 1905, and Major in October, 1914. Major Mus-grave, who was a graduate of the Staff College, was employed with the South African Constabulary from June, 1901, toSeptember, 1904, and was D.A.A. and Q.M.G. at Malta from August, 1908, to August, 1912. In the following year heentered the R.F.C., and in 1914 for a brief period he was Deputy Assistant Director of Military Aeronautics at theWar Office. In February this year he was appointed a General Staff Officer (second grade). He had received theD.S.O. during the war. For service in South Africa (1899- 1902) he had two mentions in despatches, and was awardedthe Queen's and the King's medals with seven bars. Major Musgrave, who had been wounded early in the war, marriedin 1905 Georgeanna, only daughter of Mr. Mark Hopkins. CAPT. W. G. PENDER, M.C., R.F.C., who was reportedmissing on August 15th, 1917, and has now been officially reported as killed on that date, was the eldest son of Mr. andMrs. John Pender, of Onich, Great Bookham, Surrey. Born in 1886, he was educated at Dollar Academy, Scotland, wherehe distinguished himself as an athlete, being in the first XV. in 1903-1904 and 1904-1905. His play as three-quarter backwas unexcelled in Scottish school football in these years. He was also champion long-distance runner in 1904 and 1905.On leaving school he studied engineering in Dundee, and in 1909 received the offer of an appointment in Rhodesia.On the outbreak of war he returned to England, and obtained his commission in the R.F.C. He quickly gained his wings,and saw much active service. He was noted as an extremely skilful pilot, and was awarded the Military Cross for con-spicuous bravery in connection with the battle of the Somme. He was wounded in July, 1916, but insisted on remaining inhospital in France in order to rejoin his squadron at the earliest possible moment. 2ND LIEUT. CECIL IVOR PHILLIPS, Gloucestershire Regt.,attached R.F.C., reported missing since October 27th, 1917, is now presumed to have been killed on that date. Hewas the eldest son of the Rev. E. I. A. Phillips, of 11, Pembroke Vale, Clifton, Bristol. He was educated at Clifton Collegeand Sandhurst, and he went to France in the summer of 1917 as a fighting scout, and was shot down while escorting machinesabout 10 miles over the German lines. 2NJ> LIEUT. R. H. B. STEVENS, R.A.F., who was killed inaction on May 30th, was the eldest son of Mr. H. M. Stevens, borough accountant at Brighton, and was another of theOld Boys of Brighton Grammar School who have made the supreme sacrifice in the war. Lieut. Stevens was only18 years of age. Miss BETTY STEVENSON, who was killed in an air raid onthe night of May 30th, while on active service with the .Y.M.C.A. at a base camp in France, aged 21, was the onlydaughter of Mr. and Mrs.. Arthur Gavin Stevenson, of Grey Gables, Harrogate, and granddaughter of Mr. James CochranStevenson, M.P., of South Shields. She helped her mother at a canteen in France in 1916, and in 1917 she went to thebase camp where she was killed. She was employed as a motor car driver, and her special work was the care of therelatives of the dangerously wounded. Recently she had been helping in a Y.M.C.A. canteen, and on the day of her death had been looking after French refugees. She wasburied with military honours, as an officer of the British Army. She was known as " The Happy Warrior." LIEUT. HARRY KENT CAPPER, R.A.F. and London Regt.,who was killed on June 4th as the result of an accident while flying, was the eldest son of the late W. Kent Capper,of Putney, and of Mrs. Capper, 1, Emperor's Gate, S.W.7. CAPT. HUGH FANSHAWE GLANVILLE, R.A.F., who died onMay 24th at Gullane, East Lothian, as the result of an accident while flying on the previous day, was the youngerson of the Rev. O. F. Glanville, South Brent, Devon. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in January, 1913, from the1st West India Regiment, in which he had served for eight years. He accompanied the British Expeditionary Force toFrance in August, 1914, as a member of the Royal Flying Corps. Ha had also seen service in Italy with the R.F.C. CAPT. FRANK H. MACMASTER, R.A.F., who was accidentallykilled on May 31st, whilst flying in Kent, was the second son of F. H. D. Macmaster, of Buenos Aires, and Mrs. Macmaster,of 58, Worple Road, Wimbledon. LIEUT. BRIAN WILTON MEADWAY, Northants Regt. andR.A.F., who was killed on June 4th while flying in Hertford- shire, aged 23, was the only child of Minnie and the lateG. H. Meadway, grandson of John Wilton, of Heathlands, Chadwell Heath, and great-grandson of George Wilton, ofH.M.S. "Agamemnon," Trafalgar, 1805. LIEUT. NORMAN RAMSAY MITCHELL, Royal Scots, attachedR.A.F., who was killed on June 6th in a flying accident in Kent, aged 24, • was the eldest son of the late Norman R.Mitchell, and of Mrs. Mitchell, 8, Blackford Avenue, Edin- burgh. CAPT. JOHN GORDON SMITH CHEETHAM HILL SMITH GRANT, Royal Scots, attached R.A.F., who is reported ashaving died of bomb wounds on May 30th, in a stationary hospital, France, was the eldest son of the late Col. GeorgeSmith Grant, " Minmore," Glenlivet. His age was 25 years. CAPT. PETER DUDLEY STUART, R.A.F., Croix de Guerre,who was accidentally killed on June 1st while flying in Lincolnshire, aged 24, was the younger son of Mrs. E. K.Stuart and the late Dr. Peter Stuart, of Drummoyne, Blun- dellsands, and grandson of the late Peter Stuart, of ElmHouse, Seaforth, and of the late Henry Simpson, of Nottingham. , , • . ; : LIEUT. JOHN P. VAN RYNEVELD, R.F.C., who was acci-dentally killed on June 2nd while flying in Kent, aged 23, was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. van Ryneveld, olTheunissen, Orange Free State, and brother of Lieut.-Col. H. A. van Ryneveld, R.A.F., CAPT. WILLIAM ROBERT SARGENT WILBERFORCE, M.C..King's Royal Rifle Corps and R.A.F., who was accidentally killed while flying at Upavon, on June 2nd, was the youngerson of the late Bishop of Chichester and Mrs. Ernest Wilber- force. Born in 1893, he was educated at Winchester, wherehe gained many athletic distinctions, winning the school steeplechase, and being a member of Commoner VI and theAssociation football team. On the outbreak of war he was given a commission in the 7th K.R.R.C., and served withthe battalion in Flanders in 1915. On the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief, B.E.F., he was granted a Regularcommission in the K.R.R.C. in 1916, and later joined the R.F.C. Shortly after obtaining his pilot's certificate he pro-ceeded to Egypt, and served continuously in Egpyt and Palestine for 12 months, being present at the first battle ofGaza. For his bravery and devotion to duty he was awarded the Military Cross. In 1917 he returned to England, aftersuffering from fever in Palestine, and was employed as in- structor and squadron commander up to the time of hisdeath. • - V v~ • Married; • , ; • • MR. HERBERT JULIAN CARNDUFF, surviving son of the lateSir Herbert Carnduff, C.I.E., of Calcutta, and Lady Carnduff, of the Grey House, Meads,; Eastbourne, was married enJune 1st, at St. John's, Edinburgh, to NINA IRIS, youngerdaughter of Major WILLIAM GRAHAME-CHAMBERS, R.A.F. LIEUT. SYDNEY DAVID CARPENTER, R.A.F., only son ofMr. and Mrs. D. J. Carpenter, of Waverley Park, London, 6S9
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