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NOVEMBER 14, 1918 CasualtiesCapt. ROBIN TUDOR BARIOW, R.A.F., previously reportedmissing and now killed in action or died of wounds on or about July 30th last, was educated at Southlea, Malvern,and Bradfield College, Berks. Being in New Zealand at the outbreak of the war, he volunteered for service, and wasenrolled in the 13th (Canterbury) Infantry Battalion. He sailed for Egypt in October, 1914, with the first New ZealandExpeditionary Force, landed in Gallipoli on April 26th, 1915, and was severely wounded a fortnight later (May 8th)in an attack on the Turkish position at Sedd-el-Bahr. About a year later, having been discharged from the New ZealandArmy as unfit for infantry service on account of his wound, he applied for and obtained a commission in the R.F.C., and,going to the front in France in September, 1916, served first as observer and afterwards as pilot during the whole periodof the battle of the Somme. After being again wounded he was posted to the instructional staff at Winchester till re-called to the front on March 23rd last, serving as flight com- mander both in the retreat in March and April and in theearly stage of the Allied forward movement in July, when he met his death. Lieut. LEONARD STOPFORD BROOKE, R.A.F., who was re-ported missing on September 25th, and is now unofficially reported killed in action on that date, was the elder son ofMr. and Mrs. Leslie Brooke, 14 Marlborough Hill, N.W. His age was 23. Lieut. ARTHUR FREDERIC EVANS, R.A.F. (late 2/5th R.W.F.),who was killed in action on October 30th or 31st, aged 32, was the younger son of Mrs. and the late Arthur F. Evans,of Fazakerley House, Prescot. Lieut. EDGAR CECIL FINZI, R.A.F., who was previouslyreported missing, now reported killed in action while on patrol duty on September 5th, aged 19, was the third andelder surviving son of the late John A. Finzi., of London, and Mrs. John Finzi, of Birkholt, Harrogate. Capt. KENNETH CARLYLE GILL, M.C., R.A.F., who recentlydied of wounds received in flying back from a hospital, was the sixth son of the Rev. A. T. and Mrs. Gill, of West WitteringVicarage, Chichester. He first went out in February, 1915, as sec. lieut. in the 1st Cambridge Regt., having been at St.Catharine's College, Cambridge, two years, intending to take Holy Orders with a view to becoming a missionary under theauspices of the S.P.G. He was soon promoted to lieutenant, and was distinguished for his skill and coolness in patrol duty.In trying to bring in his brother officer, who had been mortally wounded, he himself was severely wounded. He receivedthe M.C., but was in hospital for over ten months. On rejoining his old regiment in 1916 he became attached tothe R.F.C., and in 1917 became an instructor in the R.A.F. He went out to the front again last Seeptember. Capt.Gill was educated first at Pennington House School, Bognor, and later at St. John's School, Leatherhead, of which he wasan exhibitioner. Capt. Gill married this year Louise Gwendolen, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.Cullen, of Mickleham Downs, Surrey. Lieut. GILBERT ANTHONY GOODMAN, 10th Loyal North Lanes.Regt., attached R.A.F., who is reported to have been killed, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Goodman, of theCloisters, Temple, Belvedere, Kent. Born in 1895, ne was educated at Westminster, and shortly after the war brokeout he enlisted in the U.P.S. Brigade, from which he ex- changed into the Inns of Court O.T.C. He was gazetted toa commission in December, 1914, and shortly after was ordered to the French front, where he took part in severalengagements. Owing to being mistaken for another officer of a similar name he was erroneously reported by the WarOffice as being killed, and a brief notice of his career appeared in The Times of April 20th, 1917. Happily, three days after-wards this was duly corrected, and Lieut. Goodman had the singular experience later of reading his own obituary notice.Some few weeks later he received a serious wound while leading his men in a gallant assault. Being invalided hometo England last spring, he joined the R.A.F., and was gazetted on ]uly 12th to a permanent lieutenancy in the Army, withseniority from September, 1915. After receiving his " wings " as pilot, he was suddenly ordered to the Italian front, andleft on September nth last for an unknown destination. Sec. Lieut. SYDNEY HALL, R.A.F., late Manchester Regt.,who was killed in action on October 18th, aged 28, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hall, of Quarryton, Hayne Road,Beckenham, Kent. He fell in an aerial battle over a city which had been recently liberated from the enemy, and the municipal council accorded him a public funeral, which wasattended by representatives of military, local and other authorities. Lieut. E. C. HOCKING, R.A.F., who has been killed inaction, aged 22, was the son of Mr. Joseph Hocking, the novelist. He joined the Loyal North Lancashires as a privatein September, 1914, and received his commission in December. He was wounded in the battle of the Somme, and after leavinghospital became A.D.C. to General Johnson. He transferred to the R.A.F. last autumn. Lieut. WILBUR ARNOLD JOHN, Yeomanry, formerly attachedIntelligence Corps, latterly R.A.F., 1, Queen's Gate, London, S.W., who was previously reported missing, now known tohave been killed in action on July 31st, aged 23, was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard John, of Valparaiso,Chile. Capt. JOHN TOWLSON MORGAN, Royal Welch Fusiliers,attached R.A.F., who was killed in action en October 29th, aged 20, was the eldest son of the Rev. E. A. and Mrs. Morgan,St. Andrew's Vicarage, Willesden Green. Lieut. ALAN LUIS PINK, The Rifle Brigade, attached R.A.F.,who was killed in action on October 30th, aged 20, was the elder son of the late John Francis Pink and Mrs. Pink, of37, St. Martin's Street, London. Sec. Lieut. HAROLD JARVIS CAVE THORN (JARVO), R.A.F.,who died on October 31st from wounds received on Octo- ber 30th, aged 20, was the younger son of Walter Thorn,19, Great Portland Street, London, W. 1. Capt. Frederick (" ERIC ") WOODCOCK, M.C., R.A.F. (FlightCommander), who was killed in action on October 31st, aged 21, was the only son of F. A. Woodcock and Mrs. Woodcock,'of " Ravenswood," Whalley Range, Manchester., —- Capt. LENOX STANLEY ARBUTHNOT, R.A.F., who died onNovember 1st at Oxford through an accident, aged 20, was the only son of Major (late Suffolk Regt.) and Mrs. L. C.Arbuthnot. Lieut. JACK P. BARRETT, R.A.F., late Lincolns, who diedon November 1st from Septic pneumonia, aged 24, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Barrett and husband ofVi Barrett. Capt. DAVID C. BAUER, D.F.C., R.A.F., who died onNovember 3rd, while on active service abroad, of pneumonia, aged 28, was the only child of the late Julius Bauer and Mrs.Bauer, of Ruskin Manor, Denmark Hill, S.E. Lieut. HENRY ALLEN EDRIDGE-GREEN, R.W.F. (attachedR.A.F.), who died on November 5th, at Castle Mount Military Hospital, aged 24, was the only son of F. W. Edridge-Green,M.D., F.R.C.S. Lieut. VICTOR GEORGE GOODCHILD, R.A.F., who died onOctober 31st at a hospital abroad of pneumonia following influenza, was the only son of the late George Goodchildand Mrs. Brierly, Enys Road, Eastbourne, and the husband of Winifred Goodchild (nee Norburn). Capt. HENRY PAUL DUNDAS HELM, R.A.F., late BorderRegt., who died on November 6th, aged 24, was the eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. R. Dundas Helm. Lieut. E. BRIAN HENDERSON, Western Ontario Regt.(attached R.A.F.), who died on November 3rd of septic pneumonia following influenza, was the eldest and onlysurviving son of E. G. Henderson, Windsor, Ontario, and husband of Marguerite Henderson. Lieut. GEORGE STUART HITCH, King's Liverpool Regt.,attached R.A.F., who died on November 9th of pneumonia, aged 27, was the third son of Albert and Mary Ada Hitch. Lieut. PETER HOPCRAFT, R.A.F., who met his death duringa raid on October 28th, at the age of 19, was the eldest son of Mr. G. P. Hopcraft, of Southam, near Cheltenham, whosesecond son, Midshipman Paul Hopcraft, R.N., was lost in the Queen Mary at the battle of Jutland. Lieut. P. Hopcraftentered the R.F.C. in March, 1917, and obtained his wings in August. In October, 1917, he was specially selected forheavy raiding machines, and was one of the first R.F.C. officers to bomb German towns. In December, 1917, he was re-called to act as instructor in this work, and was so employed for five months, and returned to France with his squadron inAugust, where he for some time acted as flight commander. Capt. BENTFIELD CHARLES HUCKS died on November 6thfrom pneumonia, following on influenza. An appreciation of this famous pilot, together with a recent portrait, is given onp. 1284 in this issue. Lieut. GEORGE ST. VINCENT PAWSON, M.C., R.A.F., who died on November 6th of septic pneumonia, following infln- 1298
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