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If tv^^bl JANUARY 16, igip Casualties Flight-Lieut. JOHN ECKFORD Gow, R.A.F., previously reported missing after aerial combat, now known to have died of wounds on July i, 1918, at the age of 19, was the second son of John Eckford Gow, Inspector, Inland Revenue, Kingston, Canada, and Agnes Taylor Gow, and grandson of the late James Gow, of Windsor, Ontario, District Inspector, Inland Revenue, and of the late Rev. John Eckford, of Edenbank, Dunkeld, Ontario, formerly Minister of the U.P. Church at Newbigging, Forfar. , Sec. Lieut. J. S. KING, R.A.F., previously reported missing in France, October 1, now reported killed, was the only son of the Rev. W. R. C. King, Cholderton Rectory, Salisbury. Sec. Lieut. LEICESTER F. STRUBEN, 7th Dragoon Guards, attached R.F.C., previously reported missing, now believed to have been killed in an air fight over the enemy lines on November 16, 1916, at the age of 23, was the only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred. P. T. Struben, Splitchwick Manor, Ashburton, S. Devon. Sec. Lieut. H. P. TURNBULL, R.A.F., killed in action near Lille, was the son of Mr. D. Lowe Turnbull, M.A., Denesyde, Portobello. Lieut. CHRISTOPHER YOUNG, R.A.F., who was previously reported missing, now known to have been killed on July 29, 1918, aged 27, was the elder son of the late E. C. Young and Mrs. Young, Southampton. Capt. LAURENCE HINGSTON LINDSAY YOUNG, 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, attached R.A.F., eldest son of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. H. Lindsay Young, of the Vicarage of St. John's, Portsea, graduated B.A. at Trinity College, Dublin, as Junior Moderator in History and Political Science in 1913, and obtained therefrom a university commission in the Army. He served in India ; since 1915 on the Western front, and was wounded by shell at the Battle of Hooge. Subsequently he received wounds from which he died on Christmas Day. Capt. PHILIP EVERARD GRAHAM MARSH, M.C., R.A.*F., who, with his mechanic, was killed by a collision in the air while flying at the Feltwell aerodrome on December 20, was the only son of Major H. G. Marsh, 19th Hussars (retired), and Mrs. Marsh, of Danes Vale, Wethersfield, Essex. Capt. Marsh was educated at Lancing, and got his commission from Sandhurst in August, 1914. He served in France with the A.S.C., won the M.C., and was mentioned in despatches. He was then for a short time with the Border Regt., and afterwards transferred to the R.A.F. He was instructor at the Feltwell aerodrome at the time of his death. Capt. Marsh was only lately married. The funeral took place on Christmas Eve at Wethersfield Parish Church. Lieut. F. REGINALD STEELE WAKEFORB, R.A.F., who has died in hospital at Cardiff after a lingering illness, was the second and only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Wake- lord, Meadow View, Penaxth. Joining the Engineers early in the War, he was gazetted to the Glamorgan Yeomanry, and on his departure for France was attached to the Lanes. Fusiliers, and had 18 months' fighting. He then transferred to the R.A.F. and obtained his observer's wing. During six months' flying he had many encounters with enemy airmen, many of whom he brought down, and was also in several bombing raids over Germany. Sec. Lieut. W. G. WILLIS, R.A.F., killed by an accident while flying in France on January 4, aged 19, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Willis, The Moorings, Rochester. Married Capt. ROBIN HALL, R.A.F., eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. Hall, of Belfast, was married on January 1, at St. John's, Holland Road, to ELSIE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GERALD ROUTLEDGE, of Glazbury Road, West Kensington. Mr. RAYMOND J. JACOBS was married on January 8, by special licence, at Richmond, Surrey, to VERA, elder daughter of Mrs. ERNEST DAVIES. Lieut. GODFREY HORACE REGINALD PRICE, 48th Squadron, R.A.F. (invalided), only son of G. W. Price, of Forest Hill, Oxon, was married on January 2, at St. Bartholomew's, Winchester, to EVELYN HAYES, only daughter of the iate Dr. MONTAGU H. C. PALMER, of Newbury, and Mrs. Palmer, Aigal Cottage, Winchester. Capt. Louis BRUCE STRINGER, R.A.F., Med. Sen-ice, second son of Mr. Justice Stringer and Mrs. T. W. Stringer, New Zealand, was married on January 1, at St. James', Freiston, to MAUD, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN GRANT, of Freiston, Boston, Lincolnshire. Major N. V. WRIGLEY, R.A.F., was married on January 7, at St. Stephen's, Sydenham Hill, to KATHLEEN, younger daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. HOWARTH, of Fresh- field, Lancashire. To be Married An engagement is announced between Major CHARLES E. BRYANT, D.S.O., 7th Hussars (late 12th Lancers) and R.A.F., and GILLIAN MARY, widow of Capt. L. S. PLATT, 17th Lancers and R.F.C. The engagement is announced between Capt. RONXLD LOUIS CHARTERIS, R.A.F., son of the late Capt. the Hon. Frederick William Charteris, R.N., and Lady Louisa Charteris, and Mrs. JAMES VALENTINE, widow of Lieut.-Col. James Valentine, R.A.F., D.S.O. Mrs. Valentine is the daughter of the late Major-Gen. G. W. Knox, C.B., and Lady Sybil Knox, and a niece of the Earl of Lonsdale. The engagement is announced of Capt. CHARLES HUBERT RICHARD COCUP, R.A.F. and Lond. Irish Rifles, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. H. Cocup, of Rosherville, Gravesend, to MARJORIE ANNIE ELIZABETH HANMER-STRUDWICK, second daughter of the Rev. Charles and Mrs. Hanmer-Strudwick, of The Vicarage, Whetstone, Leicester, and granddaughter of the late John Cottrell Hanmer-Strudwick, of Stratford Park, Gloucestershire. An engagement is announced between Capt. LESLIE CARR GAMAGE, M.C., London Regt., second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Gamage, Eaton Mansions, Sloane Square, and Grange Farm, Chesham, and Miss MURIEL ELSIE HIRST, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Hirst, Springmead, Fitz- john's Avenue, N.W., and Fox Hill, White Knights, Reading. The marriage between Capt. H. G. HALL, D.S.C., R.A.F., elder son of Dr. and Mrs. C. Herbert Hall, of Park House, Watford, and NANCY, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. N. JEANS, of Eastleigh, Watford, will take place at St. Andrew's Church, Watford, on Wednesday, January 22, at 2 o'clock. The engagement is announced between Lieut. T. DOUGLAS LEWIS, K.O.R.L. and R.A.F., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frand Lewis, Newport, Mon., and DOROTHY HAMILTON WARDEN, daughter of Mrs. Maltby, Bexhill, and grand daughter of Mr. Arthur Warden, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Items It was announced in the Court Circular on January 14 that the LORD WEIR had an audience of the King at Buckingham Palace and delivered up the Seal of Secretary of State for the Royal Air Force. The Right Hon. WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL, M.P., re ceived the Seals of Office, took the oath and kissed hands upon appointment as Secretary of State ior War and the Royal Air Force. The Right Hon. ANDREW WEIR was sworn in a Member of H.M. Privy Council, took the oath and kissed hands upon appointment as Minister of Munitions and Supply. Any information with regard to the fate of Sec. Lieut. H. C. CURTIS, R.A.F., and his observer, Mr. F. G. DAVIS, who were reported missing from the district east of Peronne on August 21, will be gratefully received by Mr. T. Curtis, 41, Fonnerau Road, Ipswich. They were on a D.H. 9, No. 112, which was supposed to have landed intact in German lines. If anybody can give any information concerning Sec. Lieut. B. J. MCCUTCHEON, pilot, and Lieut. V. S. GRAY, observer, 48th Squadron, flying Bristol Fighter D8061, missing August 8, Somme battlefront, probably between Villers Brettoneux and Chaulnes, they are asked to write to McCutcheon, 16, Philpot Lane, London. 90
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