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JULY 25, 1918. Casualties. LIEUT. E. V. BELL, R. A.F., who was reported missing on May 14th, and is now reported as having been killed on that date, aged 19, was the only son of Mr. andMrs. E. T. Bell, of 1, Alma Square, St. John's Wood (formerly of Shooters Hill). He was a Grecian of Christ's Hospital, captain of Middleton B, winner of the Thompson Gold Medal for Mathematics in 1916, the Lamb Essay Medal, 1917, and a Mathematical Scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1917. He was a fine forward in the first XV—awarded honours cap—and a strong runner, winning in 1916 the steeplechase, open mile, half and quarter mile. On leaving school he joined the R.N..A.S. and was attached as a scout pilot to a fighting squadron. LIEUT. W. W. JENKIN, R.A.F., -who was killed in action on June 25th, aged 20, was the only son of Maj. and Mrs. W. A. Jenkin, of Liskeard, Cornwall. He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, and went from there to Sandhurst. He was gazetted to the Duke of Cornwall's L.I. in August, 1916, and joined a battalion of that regiment at the Front in the following October. He was stationed for nearly a year at a prisoner of war camp, and afterwards was accepted for the Royal Flying Corps. Having completed his training in England, he returned to the Front in April, receiving his promotion to Lieutenant shortly after. LIEUT. HERBERT WHITELEY SELLARS, M.C., R.A.F., aged 22, who was reported missing, and is now reported killed on May 15th, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sellars, of Wentworth, Hoylake. He was educated at The Leas, Hoylake, and Loretto School, Musselburgh, and was entered for Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was given his commission in the R.F.C. in June, 1916, after winning his " wings," and was awarded the M.C. in June this year. LIEUT. P. F. H. WEBB, R.A.F., who was killed in action on July 7th, aged 29, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Trego Web,b, 7, Scarsdale Villas, Kensington. MAJ. REGINALD L. ALDERSON, R.A.F., who died on June 30th, aged 39, at a naval hospital, was the youngest son of the late Canon Alderson. He was educated at Win- chester, and joined the armoured cars as armament officer in the first year of the war. He became attached to the R.N.A.S., and subsequently served at two air stations in this country in the same capacity. He obtained his pilot's certificate in 1917, and was just about to train as a ferry pilot when he was taken ill. SEC. LIEUT. OSBERT LEVESON CALVERLEY, R.A.F., who was accidentally killed while flying in England on July 12th, aged 19, was the younger son of Maj. and Mrs. E. Leveson Calverley, of Oakville, Ontario. - LIEUT. R. H. V. CHESTER, R.A.F., who was killed in an aeroplane accident, was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, where he was a mathematical scholar, and had also gained a senior classical scholarship. Leaving there with a Richard Hilles Scholarship, he gained an open mathematical scholarship at Brasenose, Oxford. He was also captain of the school cricket XI in 1915 and 1916, and had been a member of the first Rugby XV for three years. Entering the Royal Flying Corps, he became a skilful flyer, and was shortly made instructor—a post which he retained to the end, though he had applied to be sent to the Front. SEC. LIEUT. NORMAN STANLEY FORD, M.C., the Queen's Regt., attached R.A.F., who was accidentally killed while flying on July 19th, aged 21, was the only son of S. H. and F. E. Ford, of Tarquah, Gold Coast Colony, and 9, Eliot Hill, Lewisham. CAPT. GILBERT E. JOHNSON, who was drowned while on active service on July 4th, aged 29, was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Johnson, The Mount, Shrewsbury. CAPT. ARTHUR LESLIE SIMMS, D.S.C., R.A.F.. who was killed on July 14th while flying, aged 20, was the youlger son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Simms, the Fariands, Stourbridge. Educated at the Lickey Hills School and Malvern College, in June, 1916, he was granted a commission in the R.N.A.S. In October, 1917, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for valuable services in home waters, and was promoted to Flight-Lieutenant. Afterwards he became an instructor, and later he was transferred to the Experimental Construction Department. Since the formation of the Royal Air Force he had made several applications for service at the Front, and at the time of his death was expecting orders to proceed there. Married. MAJ. G. C. BAILEY, D.S.O., R.A.F., was married on July 15th at St. Gabriel's, Warwick Square S.W., to PHYLLIS, youngest daughter of Sir JOHN STEVENS, I.C.S. (retd.), of 2, Lansdown Place West, Bath. LIEUT. A. H. BURMANN, A.S.C., attached R.A.F., younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Burmann, Bedford Park, W., was married on July nth, at the Church of the Holy Ghost, Nightingale Square, to MARY KATHLEEN, youngest "daughter of Mr. and Mrs. PEARCE, 77A, Nightingale Lane, S.W. SEC. LIEUT, THE (REV. LAWRENCE WILLIAM FAUCETT. B.A., B.D.,.R.A.F., Rhodes Scholar, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Faucett, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A., was married on July 18th at All Saints', Warlingham, to MARIEL GRACE MARGARET, daughter of the late Mrs. BARR and of Mr. JAMES BARR, The Authors' Club. FIRST LIEUT. HENRY J. FLEITMANN, U.S. Air Service, was married on July 19th, at St. James's, Piccadilly, to DOROTHY, only daughter of Capt. and Mrs. CotiN MCCULLOCH, Hamp- /stead. LIEUT. ARTHUR KNOWLES HOWARD-JONES, R.A.F., on leave from France, elder son of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Jones, "The Hollies," Stokesby, Middlesbrough, was married on July 17th, at St. Peter'sr-Church, Harrogate, to AGNES LOUISE MARKHAM, daughter of Mrs. E. MAHKHAM and the late T. J. MARKHAM, Holland Park, London, W. THOMAS AUDLEY LANGFORD-SAINSBURY, R.A.F., was married on July 10th at St. Mary Abbot's, Kensington, to MAUD HAMILTON, only daughter of the late W. RUSSELL MOS- TIMEK and Mrs. RUSSELL MORTIMER, of 57, Brunswick Place, Hove. LIEUT. CHARLES GUY LINDLEY, R.X.F., second son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Lindley, of " Vambery," Norbury, S.W., was married on July 16th at Croydon to ELIZABETH SUTHER- LAND, elder daughter of the Rev. GEO.and Mrs. LANSDOWN, of Chichester. MAJ. R. B. R. MCBAIN, M.C., Croix de Guerre, R FA. and R.A.F., second son of the late George McBain and Mrs. McBain, of Shanghai, was married on July 18th, at St. Peter's, Eaton Square, to Miss VERA DAVIS, only daughter of the late Maj. J. W. H. DAVIS, of Aldershot. ' CAPT. NORMAN NOWELL, R.A.F., only son of H. M. Nowell- of Norton-on-Tees, was married to JOYCE, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. HEWETT, of Hythe, near Southampton. SEC. LIEUT. JOSEPH JOHN BURCHETT RUTTER, R.A.F., on of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rutter, of Wincanton, Somerset, was married on July soth, at The Friends' Meeting House, Westminster, to CHRISTINE SOPHIE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. BELCHAMBER, Church House, Taybridge Road, S.W.n. . LIEUT. ERNEST B. SMYTH, R.A.F., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Buxton Smyth, Overbury Avenue, Beckenham, was married on July 15th, at St. Matthew's Church, Westminster, to LINA, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. GILBERT, of 35, Binfield Road, Clapham. CHARLES DELM* BRERETON STILES, R.A.F. (South Africa), was married, by special'licence, on July 8th, to NANA LYALL, only daughter of the late ANDREW THOMSON, Writer, Kirkwall, Orkney, and Mrs. THOMSON, of 181, Kenmure Street, Pollok- shields, Glasgow. To be Married. An engagement is announced between Maj. ADAMS, R.A.F., son of W. J. Adams, of Sydney, and Miss WINIFRED B. ADAMS, daughter of the late J. H. ADAMS, of Congleton, Cheshire. A marriage has been arranged, and will take place at the old Parish Church, Ayr, at 2.30 on Wednesday, August 14th, between CAPT. EDWARD D. ATKINSON, D.F.C., R.A.F., son of the late J. H. Atkinson, of Calcutta, and NANCY, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DAVID ROWAN, Dunskaig, Ayr, Scotland. The marriage of Mr. ALGERNON EDWARD BERRIMAN, O.B.E., F.Ae.S., M.I.A.E., Chief Engineer of the Daimler Go., Ltd., to Miss ENID KATHLEEN SUTCLIFFE, daughter of Mrs. SUTCLIFFE, Westville, Leek, will take place at the Chapel Royal, Savoy, at 2.15 p.m., on Wednesday, July 31st. Following the ceremony a reception will be held at the Savoy Hotel. 838
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