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JUNE 20, 1918. Casualties. Captain JOHN VINCENT ASPINALL, R.A.F., who was killed in action on May 15th, was the son of H. Aspinall, of London. Second Lieutenant SAMUEL H. D'ARCY, D.S.O., R.A.F., who was killed whilst flying on June 8th, aged 19, was the son of Viscount and Viscountess D'Arcy, of Ladbroke House, Redhill. Lieutenant CHARLES KENYON FLOWER (" DAISY "), killed .in action on May 15th last, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Flover, of 3 Orrisdale Terrace, College Road, Chelten- ham. He joined the R.F.C. in November, 1915, as a despatch rider. After having been promoted to 1st Air-Mechanic, he was given a commission in November, 1917, and became a very keen pilot of unusual ability. Lieut.-Col. EDWARD KEITH BYRNE FURZE, D.S.O., M.C., commanding a battalion The Queen's Regt., who was killed in action on May 27th, aged 27th, was the second son of Herbert and Mary Furze. Captain CHARLES ROGER LUPTON, R.A.F., who was killed in action on May 9th, aged 19, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lupton, of Cam Head, Roundhay, Leeds. He was educated at Hillbrow and at Mr. G. F. Bradby's House at Rugby. He left school in July, 1916, before he was 18, to join the R.N.A.S., and after obtaining his full certificate he served at home stations, and at one place he met with a serious accident in April, 1917,which incapacitated him for two months, after which he returned to duty. He was sent to Flanders in August, 1917, to take up work with a bombing squadron, and while there received the D.S.C. Captain Lupton was made an acting Flight Commander in January. 1918, and when he was transferred to the R.A.F. he was promoted captain. In March, 1918, his squadron was moved, and shortly afterwards he received a Bar to the D.S.C. He continued at this work until May 9th, 1918, when he was killed in action. Second Lieutenant ANTHONY NUGENT, R.A.F., who was killed while flying on active service on June 1st in his 19th year, was the only son of the late John Nugent, late I.C.S., by his second marriage with Amy Isabelle, daughter of Herbert Hankey, of 8, Second-Avenue, Hove. He was educated at Middleton House, at Bognor (afterwards at Cordwalles), under Mr. M. F. Voules, and at Winchester, which he left in July, 1917. Lieutenant ST. JOHN SALMON-BACKHOUSE, R.A.F., who waskilled in aerial combat on April 3rd, aged 28, was the second son of the late R. Salmon-Backhouse, of Leeds, and Mrs.Salmon-Backhouse. He was educated at Lynams and King's College School, Wimbledon, and then entered an engineeringworkshop, where he trained for four years. He went out to Argentina in 1909, and was employed on the Central Argen-tine Railway at Rosario. After three years he obtained an appointment as draughtsman in Liebig Meat ExtractCompany Fabrica, Colon, Entre Rios, where he remained until the war broke out. He returned to England, and enlistedin the 1st Sportsman's Battalion, obtained his commission, and transferred to the East Lancashire Regiment, and was sentto the front in July, 1916. In the following year he joined the R.F.C. went to Cairo, and obtained his " wings," andreturned to Salonica as pilot. His three brothers are Capt. R. Salmon - Backhouse, R.E., Lieut. Basil Salmon-Backhouse, A.S.C., and Lieut. Hugh Salmon-Backhouse, Yeomanry. Second Lieutenant JOHN BASIL PALLING SIMMS, Fifth Fusi- liers, attached R.A.F., who was killed in action on June 4th, aged 19, was the only son of the late Henry Simms and of Mrs. Simms, Jesmond Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Captain WALTER A. TYRRELL, M.C., R.A.F., who was killedin action on June 9th, aged 19, was one of three soldier sons of Alderman John Tyrrell, of Belfast, and was recently awardedthe Military Cross for bringing down three enemy aeroplanes within 15 minutes. He had in all 15 German machines tohis credit. Major Y. ARTHUR, R. A.F., who was killed in a raid abroad,on June 7th, aged 28, was the only son of the late Thomas Glen Arthur and Mrs. Arthur, of Carrick House. Ayr andDyenan-el-Mufti, Algiers, and husband of Eleanor Arthur. Second Lieutenant HOWARD RICHMOND HENRY BUTLER, Australian Flying Corps, who was killed in an accident while flying in Ayrshire, on June 2nd, aged 21, was ths only son of Mr. W. R. Butler, architect, of Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated at the Melbourne Grammar School, and, after serving some months in Australia with the Royal Australian Engineers at Swan Island, he enlisted in the Australian Artillery. He was in camp some time at Maribynong, Victoria, and left Melbourne in May, 1917, with artillery reinforcements. He served in the Australian Artillery until October 4th, 1917, and then joined the Australian Flying Corps, being gazetted second lieutenant on April 8th last. He was completing his training bsfore going out to the front. Mr. BERTRAM G. COOPER, who was killed in an aeroplane accident on June 7th, aged 36, had done valuable work for aviation in several directions. He was in the Civil Service when his attention was attracted towards aerodynamic prob- lems, especially in connection with wing-flapping mechanisms. He bscame a member of the Aeronautical Society in 1909, and served on some committees and the Council, He suc- ceeded Major T. O'B. Hubbard in the secretaryship in 1913, and continued this work for some time after the outbreak of war. Then he joined Mr. Griffith Brewer in the Aeronautical Instrument Co., and subsequently became attached to the Technical Dept. of the Air Ministry. Second Lieutenant ALBERT VICTOR PATRICK DAVEY, R.F.A., attached R.A.F., who was accidentally killed whilst flying abroad on June 2nd, was 22 years of age and son of Mr. and Mrs. Davey, of Bsxley Heath. Educated at Colfe's Grammar School, Lewisham, he obtained an appointment with the R.M.S. Packet Company. In May, 1915, he enlisted as trooper in the County of London Yeomanry. After service on an Eastern front he returned to England and secured a commission in the R.F.A. in June, 1917. Transferring to the R.A.F. in September he received his wings and went out to the front last March. DESMOND MAURICE MACARTNEY-FILGATE, who died on May 30th from injuries received in a flying accident, was the third son of the late Charles Macartney-Filgate, and grand- son of the late Townley Macartney-Filgate. Lowtherstone, Balbriggan. His age was 18 years. Lieutenant HAROLD W. MEDLICOTT, R.F.C., aged 23,who was shot down and killed while attempting to escape from the prison camp at Bad Colberg (Sachsen Meiningen)on or about May 19th, was the only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Medlicott, Ealing, W., and a brother of SecondLieutenant S. N. Medlicott, R.F.A., who was killed at Loos on October 6th, 1915. He obtained his commission in theR.F.A. in September, 1914, and shortly after was transferred to the R.F.C. During several months of good work, he provedhimself to be a daring and skilful pilot, and was successful in bringing down a number of enemy machines, for whichhe was mentioned in despatches. On November 9th, 1915, while on special work, a blinding snowstorm and consequentengine trouble compelled an enforced landing within the German lines, and he has since been interned in various prisoncamps, from which he made many unsuccessful attempts to escape. Second Lieutenant CHARLES REGINALD SOUTHWELL, whowas killed in. a flying accident in Wiltshire on May 6th, was 23 years of age and the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Southwell,of Sydenham Terrace, Sunderland. He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery in September, 1914, and did service inFrance. He joined the R.F.C. as a Cadet in November, 1917, was gazetted March 9th, 1918. His elder brotheris serving in the Submarine service, and his younger brother, after over two years in France, was taken prisoner on March 2ISt. <*>»
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