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JULY 4, 1918. Casualties. Lieut. J. AMYAN L. CHAMPNEYS, R.A.F., who was killed in action on June 17th, aged 19, was the second son of Mr and Mrs. Champneys, Otterpolo, Sellindge, Hythe, Kent. Lieut. SYDNEY W. ELLISON, R. A.F., who was killed in actionon the Italian front on June 16th, was a son of the Rev. J. H. Ellison, Carnathan, Kelvin Parade, Belfast, minister of Old-park Road Moravian Church. Capt. Louis FLEEMING JENKIN, M.C. and bar, R.A.F., whowas reported missing on September nth, 1917, and now officially presumed killed, aged 22, was the second son of thelate Austin Fleeming Jenkin, barrister-at-law,. of the Inner Temple, and was educated at Dulwich College, where hogained a mathematical scholarship and his colours for cricket and football, and was in the O.T.C. He had entered forTrinity College, Cambridge, but on the outbreak of war he joined the Public Schools Corps, and within a week obtainedhis commission in the Loyal "North Lancashire Regiment He was badly wounded at Vimy, and on his recovery, joinedthe Royal Air Force, and went again to France at the be- ginning of April of last year. Flight-Com. BERTRAM DENISON KILNER, R.N., who hasbeen missing since September 25th, 1917, and now officially presumed killed on that date, was 22 years old and the secondand younger son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kilner, late of Skisdon House, Richmond, and now of 84, Montpelier Road, Brighton.His elder brother is Wing-Com. Q. F. Kilner, D.S.O., R.M. He was educated at Eastbourne and Brighton Colleges. Heserved at Dunkirk and was one of the night flying pilots, and he afterwards served in Gallipoli, from which place hewas invalided home. On the day he was missing he flew at 5.30 in the morning, by himself, from the deck of his shipin pursuit of a Zeppelin. Lieut. JOHN FREDERICK .RAYMOND KITCHIN, R.A.F., who was accidentally killed on June 21st, when starting out upon a patrol, was the son of the late Clifford Kitchin and of Mrs. Clifford Kitchin, of Holmwood, Boar's Hill, Oxford. He was educated at Clifton College (preparatory school) and at Briadlea, Stoke Bishop, and afterwards privately, with, the intention of going up to Oxford. As soon as he was 18 he was given a commission in the R.N.A.S. For the last nine months he had been employed on active service at stations in England. 2nd Lieut. EDMUND O. KROHN, R.A.F., who was reported missing on February 28th, and is now officially reported killed in aerial combat, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Krohn, of Funchal, Madeira, and grandson of the late W. J. Krohn, of London, formerly of Madeira and Petrograd. He was aged 19. Capt. WILLIAM REGINALD GUY PEARSON, R.A.PV, who lost his life on June 20th at a Northern aerodrome owing to a collision in the air, in which Lieuts. McFarlane and Flynn were also killed, was the second son of Dr. and Mrs. Spencer Pearson, of Clapham Road, S.W. He was 21 years of age, and was educated at Ashdown Park and Berkhampsted, where his classical attainments promised a brilliant University career. At the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Empire Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, and later, receiving a commission in the A.S.C., proceeded to France in January, 1915. He very shortly afterwards joined the R.F.C. in France, and acted for several months as an artillery observer. Returning to England, he completed his training as a Scout pilot, and served in France in a fighting squadron for nearly a year, during which time he had over fifty encounters with enemy machines, and was officially credited with having brought down eleven German aeroplanes, many of them two-seaters. He became a flight commander and gained his captaincy, being mentioned in despatches. Capt. Pearson was a flying instructor at the time of his death, and was considered one of the most careful and skilful of pilots. Lieut. HENRY LIONEL STORRS, R.A.F., whodiedon June 20thof wounds received on the 15th, was the second son of Mr. H. T. S. Storrs, Headmaster of Shirley House PreparatorySchool, Old Charlton. He was born in 1898, and educated at his father's school and at Westminster, where he was a..King's Scholar. He obtained his colours for rowing, and was a corporal in the school O.T.C. In 1916 he was elected toa Westminster scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, but did not go into residence, as he obtained a commission inthe R.F.C. in August of that year. He went out to France as an observer in January, 1917, returning in July to trainfor his pilot's course, becoming a pilot in November, and proceeding to France again in December. He was woundedin a gallant fight with ten enemy aeroplanes on June 15th, and, though seriously wounded, he succeeded in bringinghis machine safely back to his aerodrome. Capt^ J. MARCUS TYRRELL, Royal Irish Fusilier^, attachedR.A.F., who was killed on active service in France on Thurs- day, June 20th, was the son of Alderman John Tyrrell, J.P., ofBelfast, and the Cairn, Ballyholme, Bangor, County Down. The late Capt. Marcus Tyrrell was 23 years of age. Hesurvived his younger brother only eleven days, Capt. Walter A. Tyrrell, M.C., also of the R.A.F., having been killed inaction on the 9th inst. The eldest brother, Lieut.-Col. Wm. Tyrrell, D.S.O., M.6., M.B., R.A.M.C., has been onactive service on the western front since the opening of the war. Lieut. GEOFFREY WILSON, R.A.F., who was reported missingon May 15th, and now reported killed in action, was the younger son of Dr. H. Wilson, J.P., and Mrs. Wilson, ofCheadle, Cheshire. Educated at Aldenham, he returned from Saskatchewan, where he was farming, in October, 1914,enlisted in the A.S.C. (H.T.), and obtained his commission in the following December. After 18 months' active servicehe transferred to the R.F.C. in France, where he served as an observer for six months, and afterwards became a pilot. Sec. Lieut. ALAN CARTER, R.A.F., who was accidentally killed on June 25th, while flying abroad, aged 24, was the only son of Herbert and Florence Carter, Feering, Essex. Lieut. F. L. CATTLE, R.A.F., who was accidentally killed on June 29th while flying abroad, aged 19, was the second "son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Cattle, 69, Ridge Road, Stroud Green, N. Lieut. H. B. REDLER, M.C., R.A.F., who met his death while flying in Scotland in company with Capt. I. H. D. Henderson, M.C., the only surviving son of General Sir David and Lady Henderson, who was also killed, was 21 years of age, and was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Redler, of Moorreesburg, South Africa, and formerly of West Honkton. He left South Africa at the end of 1915 to join the R.F.C. in England. He had been to France twice, and won the Military Cross there. He wa£ buried with military honours at West Honkton, near Taunton. Prisoner of War. 2nd Lieut. R. J. GREGORY, R.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Gregory, Berwyn, York Avenue, Hove, and The Haw- thorns, Burgess Hill, originally reported missing on June 5th, writes to his parents tbat he is a prisoner of war in Germany, and is well. ' Married. Lieut. W. R. ADKINS, Royal Fusiliers and R.A.F., and Miss M. A. VRENA MAY were married quietly at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, on July 2nd. Capt. FRANCIS R. ALFORD, MX., R.A.F., was married on June 29th at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, to ROSALIE FRANCESCA, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. TANKBRVH.IE CHAMBER- LAYNE, of Cranbury Park, Hants. "Capt. CLAUDE ,MASHITER ALPORT, the Black Watch, attached R.A.F., younger son of the late Mr. Lawrence
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