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NOVEMBER 7, 1918 ~. HONOURS IT was 'announced in a Supplement to the London Gazette on October 29th, that the following decoration had been conferred for distinguished services rendered during the war:— CONFERRED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Legion of Honour. Officer.—Cdr. F. C. HALAHAN, D.S.O., M.V.O. (now Temp. Col., R.A.F.) (the appointment as Chevalier of this Order gazetted on Jan. 23th, 1918, has been cancelled). Corrections. In Gatette of May ist, 1918, for C.P.O. Mech., 3rd Gr., T. W. Point, O.N. F5636, read C.P.O. Meet., 3rd Gr., T. W. Print, O.N. F5636. lT~was announced in a Supplement to the London Gazette on November 2nd that the King has been graciously pleased to confer the Air Force Cross, and the Air Force Medal, respectively, on the undermentioned officers and other ranks of the Royal Air Force, in recognition of valuable flying services fjrfonned in their various capacities—Flying Instructors, Test, Ferry, andxperimental Pilots, &c, &c.;— Awarded the Air Force Cross Capt. ROBERT STANLEY AITKEN, M.C. (R.G.A.). ' ' Lieut. ALFRED MASON ALEXANDER. Capt. ARTHUR DSNIS WIGRAM ALLEN, D.S.C. • . Maj. FRANK CECIL BAKER (D.C.L.I.). .. • ._s • Capt. ALAN GEORGE BISHOP (R. Mar.). Lieut.-Col. (T. B.-Genl.) AMYAS EDEN BORTON, D.S.O. (R. Highrs.). Capt. NORMAN HOWARD BOTTOMLEY (E. Yorks. Regt.). Capt. KENNETH GORDON BOYD. Capt. PHILIP BREND. Sec. Lieut. DAVID LEYTON BROCKLESBY. - .•"*•..'• • .'• Lieut. (T. Capt.) WALTER BRUCE. • ' . " : Lieut. (T. Capt.) PAUL WARD SPENCER BULMAN, M.C. Lieut. ROBERT HENRY BURROWS. Capt. WALTER HENRY EDWARD CAMPBELL. ' C ' Maj. REGINALD HUGH CARR, D.C.M. •«-•••••• Lieut. WILLIAM CATCHPOLE. Maj. HILLARY FRANCIS CHAMPION (Rif. Bde.). Lieut. CHARLES EDWIN CHANNING (A.S.C.). Lieut. LESLIE CHIVERS. Capt. BRIAN CHARLES CLAYTON. Sec. Lieut. SIDNEY ROY CLUTTERBUCK. Maj. (T. Lieut.-Col.) HOWARD LISTER COOPER (Hants. Yeo.). Capt. (T. Maj.) CHARLES RUSSELL COX (Manch. Regt.). " ' Lieut. JAMES GOULDING CRANG. Capt. CHARLES BEAUVOIR DALISON. Capt. EDWARD PEVERILL MSGGS DAVIS. * - _~ Capt. JOHN FORBES ANDRE DAY. ^ , \ . Lieut. EDMUND STANLEY DEAN. Capt. FREDERICK GEORGE DUNN. • . ' - Lieut. ALFRED NORMAN DUPONT (Leic. Regt.). Sec. Lieut. (T. Capt.) LLEWELLYN EDWARDS. Capt. HUMPHREY LEGGAT EVERITT. Capt. CUTHBERT DORSET FELLOWES, M.C. (Staffs. Y.). " " Capt. ALBERT WILLIAM FLETCHER. Lieut. JAMES CLEMENT FODEN. • Capt. (T. Maj.) FRANK FOWLEK, D.S.C. Lieut.-Col. IVER GUY VAUGHAN FOWLER. ' Capt. (T. Maj.) CHARLES TEVERILL FREEMAN, D.S.C. Lieut. ERNEST JAMES GARNER. Capt. EDWIN SPENCER GOODWIN. . Capt. NOEL GRABOWSKY. Maj. JOHN BENJAMIN GRAHAM, M.C. Lieut. STUART GRAHAM. . . Capt. SAMUEL THOMAS LAWRENT GREER (R.A.). Capt. (T. Maj.) EUSTACE OSBORNE GRENFELL, M.C. (R.G.A.). Capt. IDWAL OWAIN GRIFFITH. Capt. GEOFFREY HENRY HALL (Yeo.). Maj. ARTHUR TRAVERS HARRIS. . Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) STAFFORD BERKELEY HARRIS. Lieut. CHARLES JAMES WILFRED HATCHER. Sec. Lieut. PATRICK JOSEPH HAYES. Lieut. JOHN HIRST. - *"• Capt. GEORGE RITCHIE HODGSON. : • Capt. THOMAS EDWARD BARHAM HOWE. Capt. LEDEL FINER HUTCHEON. Capt. JOHN GRAHAM IRELAND. Capt. (T. Maj.) ERNEST LIVINGSTONE JOHNSTON. „ Capt. (T. Maj.) HENRY JULLEROT. Capt. WALTER ERNEST KEMP (R. Lanes. Regt.). Capt. HENRY WILLIAM KENDALL. Sec. Lieut. ALFRED PERCY KNIGHTBRIDGE. Capt. CONRAD TOLENDAL LALLY, MX. Lieut. (T. Capt.) JOHN FRANCIS LAWSON.(R.G.A.). Lieut. (T. Capt.) WILLIAM WILFRID LEETE (Ches Regt.). Capt. PHILIP EDMOND MARK LE GALLAIS (R. SUSS. Regt.). Lieut. (T. Capt.) FORREST LINDSAY (Lond. Regt.). Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) JAMES LINE (A.S.C.). Lieut. KENNETH BUCHANAN LLOYD (R.W. FUS.). Capt. PERCY ERIC MAITLANR. > Lieut. ARNOLD BONNELL MASSEY. s • Capt. DUNCAN GERALD MCGREGOR. Capt. FREDERICK WAKRBN MERRIAM. Lieut. JACK RALSTON MOORE. * Capt. FRANCIS WILLIAM MUSSON (N. Lanes. R.). Sec. Lieut. HAROLD AURELIUS NESTER. Lieut. CECIL HENRY NOBLE-CAMPBELL. • - Lieut. CHARLES OSENTON (Can. I.). - • " '•''. Lieut. WILLIAM RONALD OULTON (Ches. R.). Capt. HENRY LESTWYCH HADDON OWEN (Dorset Regt.). Capt. JOHN PALETHORPE, M.C. Lieut. CLAUDE PERN. Capt. (T. Maj.) LESLIE HURST PETER, M.C. (R E ). Lieut. WILLIAM HENRY POOLE, M.M. Capt. ERIC LUDWIG PRALLE. LIEUT. HAROLD OLIVER PROUT. _ Capt. CECIL ARTHUR REA. lieut.-Col. LIONEL WILMOT BRABAZON REES, V.C., M.C. (R.G.A.). Capt. ARCHIBALD CUMBERLAND REID. Lieut. ROBERT REGINALD RICHARDSON. Lieut. (T. Capt.) HARRY VAUGHAN ROBINS, M.C. (King's R. Rif. Corps.) Lieut. WILLIAM STANHOPE ROPE. Capt. FRANK ROSE (W. Yorks. Regt.). *J Capt. HERBERT BABINGTON ROBIN ROWELL (R.E.). a*.--*-•" -•-""-" Capt. TREVOR EDWARD SALT (R. War. Regt.). ••.'.- • .,••,~ '•- - : "^ Lieut. WILFRED SANDERSON. " >._ % . l';° . • Maj. FREDERICK ESK SANDFORD. " ,— :"'••'''"...-•'>' .!> Caot. KENNETH FOSTER SAUNDERS, D.S.C .' -' v /."-_ - •.,: Capt. JOHN EDWARD SCOTT, D.S.C. --•".. "—_'_. "^ Capt. VICTOR REGINALD SCRIVEN. • • ~" -'•-•" Capt. WILLIAM HAROLD NELSON SHAKESPEARE, M.C. :: -' Lieut. EBIC ANDREW SIMSON (R.F.A.). 'V : •. Lieut. FRANCIS AUGUSTINE SMITH. ~.--"-^ . ^ ': Maj. (T. Lieut.-Col.) SIDNEY SMITH, D.S.O. (R.F.A.). ' Maj. ALEXANDER SOMERVAIL, M.C. (K.O.S.B.). Maj. JOHN SOWREY. Capt. (T. Maj.) OLIVER STEWART, M.C. (Middx. Regt.). Lieut. (T. Capt.) JOHN STEVENSON STUBBS (S. Lanes. Regt.;. Capt. ALFRED GEORGE TAYLOR (Yeo.). Lieut. FRANK GEOFFREY TAYLOR. • .. - Capt. STANLEY WEDGE WOOD TAYLOR, M.C. s * : Lieut. COLLINGWOOD JAMES THOMPSON. ' Capt. (T. .Maj.) HENRY KARSLAKE THOKOLD, D.S.C. - Lieut.-Col. HENRY THOMAS TIZARD. -•".... Lieut. ALGERNON CYRIL TOWNEND. Lieut. JOHN EDWARD TRATMAN. V J -._'•.•".--- Capt. EDWARD FISHER TURNER. r- . Maj. GEORGE CURZON OSBERT USBORNE (Can. M.G.C.). Capt. ROBERT HOWBLL CRASTER USHER, M.C. (Wilts. Regt.). Capt. STANLEY FLAMANK VINCENT. Capt. FREDERICK WILLIAM WALKER, D.S.C Lieut. WELDON PATRICK TYRONE WATTS. Lieut. WILLIAM GEORGE WESTCOTT. Lieut. GEORGE ROY WHITAKER (R.F.A.). -'--• • • •- Lieut. CECIL GEORGE WIGGLESWORTH. Maj. (T. Iieut.-Col.) ERNEST VICTOR SAMUEL WILBERFORCE. Lieut. GERARD JAMES WILDE. Capt. (T. Maj.) JOHN SCOTT WILLIAMS, M.C. Capt. THOMAS BLENHEIM WILLIAMS. Capt. HUGH ALLEN WILSON. Capt. JOHN HERMANN WOOLNER. Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) PERCY KEITH CECIL WRIGHT (A.S.C.). Capt. ARTHUR MEREDITH WYNNE. Lieut. WILLIAM ARNOLD GEMMELL YOUNG. ."• ... Awarded the Air Force Medal No. 206930 Chief Mech. WALTER LESLIE BATE (Fincbley, N.). No. 227647 Cpl. Mech. JAMES STANLEY BISS (Waltham Abbey). No. 208252 Sergt. Mecb. RICHARD HOWARD DERRY (Peckham, S.E.). No. J23560 Cpl. FRANCIS HARRIS (Eltham, Kent). No. 210361 Cpl. Mech. WILLIAM JOHN JOSEPH HIBBERT (Battersea, S.W.). No. 217554 Sergt. ARTHUR WESLEY MARSHALL (Holloway, N.). No. 3266 Sergt. Mech. HENRY MITCHELL (Renfrew, N.B.). No. 3747 Sergt. Mech. REGINALD TOM PARRY (ROSS, Herefordshire). No. J246875 2nd Air^Mech. HAROLD RICHARDS (Cranwell). No. 2T72 Sergt. Mech. ARTHUR LEONARD ROBINSON (Sheffield). No. 220399 Cpl. ALAN NELSON SMITH (Blakeney). No. 220551 2nd Ah-'Mech. (W.) ASHLEY CHARLES SMITH (Stoke Newing- ton, N.). No. 204418 Chief Mech. GEORGE HENRY STRATTON (Great Yarmouth). No. F5746 Chief Mech. ISAAC ROBERT VEITCH (Camden Town). No. 219731 Cpl. Mech. RALPH EDWIN WRIGHT (Crouch End,, N.). The King has been graciously pleased to confer the undeimenticned rewards on officers and other ranks of the Royal Air Force, in recognition of gallantry in flying operations against the enemy :— Awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order Capt. (T. Maj.) WILLIAM GEORGE BARKER, D.S.O., M.C.—A highly dis- tinguished patrol leader whose courage, resource and determination have set a fine example to those around him. Up to July 20th, 1918, he had destroyed 33 enemy aircraft—21 of these since the date of the last award (second Bar to the Military Cross) was conferred on him. Maj. Barker has frequently led formations against greatly superior numbers of the enemy with con- spicuous success. (D.S.O. gazetted February 18th, 191B ; M.C. gazetted January 10th, 1917 ; ist Bar, July i8th, 1917; 2nd Bar, September 16th, 1918.) Awarded the Distinguished Service Order Lieut. (T. Capt.) ANDREW WEATHERBY BEAUCHAMP-PROCTOR, M.C., D.F.C.—A fighting pilot of great skill and a splendid leader. He rendered brilliant service on August 22nd, when his flight was detailed to neutralise hostile balloons. Having shot down one balloon in flames, he attacked the occupants of five others in succession with machine-gun fire, compelling the occupants in each case to take to parachutes. He then drove down another balloon to within 50 ft. of the ground, when it burst into flames. In aJl he has accounted for 33 enemy machines and seven balloons. (M.C. gazetted June 22nd, 1918 ; Bar to M.C., September 16th, 1918 ; D.F.C. gazetted, July 2nd, 1918.) Lieut. (T. Capt.) HENRY JOHN BURDEN, D.F.C. (Can. Forestry C.).— Since joining his squadron in February this officer has accounted for 17 enemy machines—12 crashed, two driven down out of control and three destroyed in flames on the ground during an attack on an aerodrome. On the morn- ing of August loth he led his patrol in three attacks and himself destroyed three enemy machines. In the evening of the same day he destroyed two more. Two days later he attacked a large number of Fokkers, seven of which were destroyed, accounting for three himself. In this encounter Capt. Burden led his patrol with exceptional skill and daring. (The award of P.F.C. is also announced in this GaictU.) Lieut. WILLIAM GORDON CLAXTON, D.F.C.—Between July 4th and August 12th this officer destroyed 10 enemy aeroplanes and one kite balloon, making in all 30 machines and one kite balloon to bis credit. Untiring in attack in the air or on the ground, this officer has rendered brilliant service. (D.F.C. gazetted August 3rd, 1918 ; Bar to D.F.C., September 21st, 1918.) Lieut. (T. Capt.) ARTHUR HENRY COBBY, D.F.C. (Australian F.C.).— On August 16th this officer led an organised raid on an enemy aerodrome, ' At 200 ft. altitude he obtained direct hits with bis bombs and set on fire two hangars; he then opened fire on a machine which was standing out on the aerodrome. The machine caught fire. Afterwards he attacked with machine-gun fire parties of troops and mechanics, inflicting a number ot casualties. On the following day he led another importaut raid on an aero- drome, setting fire to two hangars and effectively bombing gun detachments, anti-aircraft batt Ties, &c. The success of these two raids was largely due ts the determined and skilful leadership of this officer. (D.F.C. gazetted August 3rd, 1918 ; ist and 2nd Bars, September 21st, 1918.) _^_ I246
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