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SEPTEMBER 26, 1918. at Chelsea, to LILIAN ANNE LOUISE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan DAVIES, of Cardiff. Major H. WAYMOUTH PRANCE, R.A.F., late Second in Command of London Regt. (Gallipoli campaign), son of the late Miles Prance, Barrister-at-Law, and Mrs. Prance, of 39, Westbourne Gardens, W., was married on September 18th at St. Matthews. St. Petersburgh Place, W., to AiTHNA CONSTANCE FRANCES, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. GOVER, of 8 Moscow Court. W. Capt. GEORGE GERALD RAE-FRASER, R.A.F., elder son of the late George Rae-Fraser, of Piggott's Manor, Letchmore Heath, Herts, and 31, Copthall Avenue, London, was married on September 19th at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, S.W., to ELINOR VERA, only surviving daughter of William GRIEVE, of Rockcliffe, Dalbeattie, N.B., and 13, Fenchurch Avenue, London. Major RONALD WELLS, M.C., R.A.F., was married on Sep- tember 18th at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, to THELMA, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald BLOXSOME, 203, Knights- bridge. Lieut.-Col. H. L. WOODCOCK, R.A.F., was married on September 12th at the Chapel Royal, Savoy, to ETHEL, eldest daughter of W. T. BIRCH, Cape Town, South Africa. Lieut. DENNIS MAX CORNELIUS WOODRUFFE-PEACOCK, R.A.F., eldest son of the Rev. Edward Adrian Woodruffe- Peacock, M.A., Cadney, Lincolnshire, was rrfexried on Sep- tember 18th at St. John's Church, Caterham Valley, to GLADYS HAYNES, daughter of the late John STRONACH, of Huntley, and adopted daughter of David Edgar and Helen Parry, of Roseneath, Caterham Valley. To be Married. A marriage has been arranged and will take place quietly at the Capel Royal, Savoy, at 2 p.m., on Wednesday, October 9th, between Capt. A. G. N. BELFIELD, R.A.F. (late Devon Regt.), only son of Arthur Belfield,, 5, Kensington Square Mansions, W. 3, and CLARISSE, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. HENEY, 30, Doverfield Road, S.W. 2. A marriage has been arranged and will shortly take place,between Major F. J. L. COGAN, R.A., and R.A.F^, and ELISA- BETH, widow of Lieut.-Col. R. O. KERRISON, Hussars. A marriage has been arranged, and will take place on October 5th at 2.30, at the Parish Church, Bromley, Kent, between Capt. FREDERICK RUSSEL HARDIE, Hussars, attached R.A.F., younger son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hardie, of 50, Victoria Road, Kensington, and ESTELLE, daughter of Charles Harwood CLARKE, of Whitley Bay, Northumberland. A marriage will take place on October 10th between Lieut. HUGH A. LITTLETON, D.S.O., R.N.V.R. (formerly Flight Commander, R.N.A.S.), and MARY, elder daughter of the Archdeacon of Ross and Mrs. J. BECKER, at Berehaven Church, Co. Cork, at 2.30, leave permitting. The engagement is announced between Major R. D. OXLAND, R.A.F., second son of Charles Oxland, and THELMA MARION (PETER), youngest daughter of Alan S. DUMBLETON, Victoria, B.C., and grand-daughter of the late Henry Dumble- ton, of Hallgrove Park, Bagshot. The marriage arranged between Mr. ARTHUR F. WOOD, A.D.C., R.A., attd. R.A.F., and Miss DAISY MARTYN RENNIE will take place in Glasgow on October 12th. Items. Lieut. P. C. CAMPBELL MARTIN, Sherwood For., and R.A.F., had the honour of being received by His Majesty the King, at Buckingham Palace, on September 18th. Capt. DONALD ALASTAIR LESLIE DAVIDSON, R.F.C., M.C., of Bel grave Square, W., a Page of Honour to King Edward from 1902 to 1907, who was killed in April, son of Lady Theodora Davidson and nephew of the present Lord Albemarle, has left £368. Senator Guglielmo Marconi andJMajor-Gen. Sir Godfrey Paine (Inspector-General, R.A.F.) had the honour of being received by the King at Buckingham ^Palace £_on Septem- ber 23rd. Back from Germany. THE following officers, who were prisoners of war in Germany, have now arrived in England :— Leckler, Sec. Lieut. A. N., R.F.C. Ordish, Sec. Lieut. B. W. A., R.F.C. Snook, Capt. C. W., R.F.C. The Royal Canadian Air Service. IT is announced that the establishment of the Royal Canadian Air Service has been completed. Discipline in this corps will be the same as that in the Canadian Navy. Aerial Transport in Scandinavia. A LARGE Swedish air transport company has been formed with a capital of 1,000,000 kr. (£55,500), with its headquarters at Malmo. The aerial line will run Malmo-Stockholm- Gothenburg-Malmo. It is contemplated to open communica- tion with Germany, Denmark, and Finland in the future. Why Fritz Left Home. " The Allied airmen bombard Cologne and Coblenz and other places daily," writes the Sittard correspondent of Het Volk, " and many people are killed and injured daily. The figures of fatal cases published in the German papers are much below the actual total. Refugees are leaving these towns for Holland for safety." New German Scout. " FRENCH aeroplane patrols operating with the First American Army, on September 19th," says the Times corre- spondent with the American Army, " encountered an entirely new type of German machine, which is extremely speedy and quick in manoeuvring. Three French aeroplanes attacked three enemy planes, one of which was driven down out of control, but the observer was seen to jump and descend safely by parachute. It is believed that all the best German air fighters are equipped with parachutes, so that if their machines are damaged they can escape." Fate of a Vienna " Raider." ^ ^ ONE of the Italian pilots who accompanied MajorGabrielle d'Annunzio on his trip over Vienna has fallen. This is Antonio Locatelli, whom d'Annunzio had nicknamed his Young Lion Guard. He went on a trip on the morning of September 15th to Fiume, and the Austrian wireless an- nounced that an aeroplane while flying over Fiume was brought down in flames by marine anti-aircraft artillery. „ .,.,.. An American Flyer in Switzerland. AN official note issued in Berne on September"i2th stated that that morning an American aeroplane landed * near Chevenez. It continued its, flight, but landed again near Fahy. The two airmen have been handed over to the Swiss military authorities. What Birmingham is Doing. THE Air Service was well represented at Birmingham on Saturday in the demonstration to show what " Brum " is doing to help win the war and to further stimulate the energies of those in the munition factories. In the procession, which was over two miles long, were members of the R.A.F., the American Air Service, and the City Air Defence Services. The last-mentioned as well as an R.A.F. kite balloon detach- ment gave displays which attracted great crowds. Eleven Balloons in Four Days. ONE of the American pilots Lieut. F. Luke, of Phoenix, Arizona, is specialising in the destruction of Hun kite balloons. He set fire to two on September 18th, making his bag 11 in four days. He also attacked a German aeroplane at dusk and brought it down, then landed beside the wreck and took the pilot prisoner. Overseas Gifts. DURING August £19,512 was raised by the Overseas Club and Patriotic League for war purposes, including over £3,000 to the Aircraft Fund, and the sum of £868 to the»Royal Flying Corps hospitals, which have now been aided by the Overseas Club and Patriotic League to the extent of nearly £28,000. A Gift from the Swazis. THE High Commissioner for South Africa reports the contribution of a further sum of £2,000 as a gift from the Chief Regent, the chiefs and people of Swaziland to the King for the war. The gift has been acknowledged on behalf of His Majesty, who has approved of the money being used to buy an aeroplane for the Royal Air Force. Seaplane and Shrimper. AN extraordinary incident is reported as having occurred on September 19th. It appears that a seaplane came into contact with the mast and sail of a shrimp boat engaged in fishing, and in attempting to rise the seaplane lifted the boat out of the water. The mast broke and the boat settled again on her keel. The owner, the only man aboard, escaped injury, and the pilot of the seaplane, which was disabled, was rescued by another shrimper. I09S
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