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FEBRUARY 20, 1919 since been ascertained that the Lock Gate in question was considerably -damaged on this occasion. 1930T Sergt.-Mech. Ernest James William Watkinson. (France.)—This iioii-commissioned officer has over 100 hours' war flying to his credit, and has taken part in 60 bombing raids. He has destroyed one hostile aeroplane, and has proved himself an exceptionally skilful and courageous bomber, notably on October io, when, flying at a height of about 1,000 ft. under heavy fire from the ground, he directed his bombs with such accuracy that one hit the rolling stock in the station and another bit the transport on the road. Awarded the Air Force Cross Maj. William Henry Dyke Acland. M.C. Lieut. Lewis Edward Best. (Egypt.) Lieut. Wilfred John Butler. (Egypt.) Lieut. (A. Capt.) Arthur Leslie Chick. Lieut. (A. Capt. GeoSrev Clapham. Lieut. Robert St. Hill Clarke. (Egypt.) Lieut. Stanley Victor Cowell. (Egypt.) Lieut. (A. Capt.) John Cullen (Scot. Horse). (Egypt.) C.apt. Archibald Paul Dickie. Lieut. (A. Capt.) Charles Kenneth McKinnon Douglas. (France.) Capt. (A. Ma).) Cyril Herbert Gardner. (France.) Lieut. Edward Haigh. Lieut. Sidney Charles Howes. (Egypt.) Capt. Eric Digby Johnson. (France.) Capt. Edward Guy Landon. Capt. (A. Maj.) James McKelvie (France.) Capt. George Francis Meager. Sec. Lieut. (Hon. Lieut.) Arthur James Moodv. (France.) Lieut. George Alfred Morgan. (Egypt.) Capt. Christopher Musgrave. (Egvpt.) Sec. Lieut. Eric Priest. (Egypt.) Lieut. (A. Capt.) John Seabrook. (Egypt.) Lieut. William Arthur Ernest Taylor. Lieut. (A. Capt.) Cresswell Turner. Lieut. Richard Butler Wainwright. Lieut. George Waugh (64th Wing). (Egypt.) Lieut. (A. Capt.) James John Williamson. (Egypt.) Lieut. George Harpham Willows. (Egypt.) Awarded the Air Force Medal 2:0540 Corpl. Mech. Reginald Bance. 228517 2nd Air-Mech. Frederick William Augustus Barber. 216239 3rd Air-Mech. William Ernest Gordon Beer. 206047 Corpl. Mech. Bertram Bocldng. N224793 Corpl. Mech. John Lancelot Boxall. 201137 Sergt.-Mech. (O.) Edmund Leigh Brown. 217642 Chief Mech. George Thomas Clarke. 225263 3rd Air-Mech. (W.T.) Henry Crisp. 203 r 39 Chief Mech. Benjamin Charles Cunnington. 205780 1st Air-Mech, (O.) Richard Ford. 32511 1st Air-Mech. Thomas Foster. 45733 Sergt.-Pilot Clifford Hare. 220261 3rd Air-Mech. (W.) Frederic George Hayward. 202634 Corpl.-Mech. Arthur William John. 212339 Sergt.-Mech. Henry James Leech. 212030 1st Ait-Mech. (E.) Reginald Frank Nailer. 218591 Sergt.Mech. (O.) George Thomas Newbold. 15628 Mas. Mech. Richard Griffith Owen. 517 A. Chief Mas. Mech. Herbert Howard Perrv. N218371 Chief Mech. Charles Regan. 213504 3rd Air-Mech. Rrginald James Rook. 234878 2nd Air-Mech. (W.T.) Leslie Arnold Shepperson. 200468 Mas. Mech. George Hall Skinner. 5570 1st Air-Mech. John Howiett Smith. 206270 Corpl.-Mech. (E.) Sydney James Soanes. 2r6i53 Sergt.-Mech. Robert Tomlins. 211809 2nd Air-Mech. Joseph William Trevelyan. 213509 3rd Air-Mech. Jack Walker. J -J56-4 Sergt.-Mech. William Philip Williams. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal 78866 Sergt. Clerk S. B. Avling. (Mesopotamia.) 32549 Sergt. Clerk A. Clarke. (Mesopotamia.) 78867 Sergt. Clerk G. Downs. (Mesopotamia.) 3983 Chief Mech. P. W. Evans. (Mesopotamia.) 7245 1st Air-Mech. J. H. Goddard. (Mesopotamia.) 266619 Pte. L. A. Godfrey. (France.) 28834 Sergt.-Mech. J. Kinggett. (Mesopotamia.) 18683 Chief Mech. H. S. Morris. (Mesopotamia.) 44002 1st Air-Mech. J. B. Murray. (France.) 28571 Chief Mech. T. A. Rhaney. (Mesopotamia.) 18199 Corpl. E. T. F. Smith. (Egypt.) CORRECTIONS The undermentioned officers were awarded Decorations as announced in London GmetU, No. 30989, dated November 2, 1918. Their correct de scriptions are as specified below :— Capt. (A. Maj.) Claude Russell Cox, A.F.C. (Manch. R.). Maj. (A. Lieut.-Col.) Howard Lister Cooper, A.F.C. Mai. Frederick Cecil Baker, A.F.C. (D.C.LI.) (since awarded D.F. Cross n addition to the Air Force Cross). Capt. Llewellyn Edwards, A.F.C. (No. 12 Group). Lieut. James Leyboume Smith, D.F.C. (Aust. F. Corps.). AWARDS OF FOREIGN DECORATIONS. His Majesty the King has granted unrestricted permission for the wearing of the undermentioned decorations, conferred on the officers and other ranks indicated, for valuable services rendered in connection with the War :— ROYAL AIR FORCE CONFERRED BY THE GOVERNMENT or THE FRENCH REPUBLIC The Legion of Honour, Croix de Chevalier Lieut.-CoL (A. Col.) Robert Hamilton Clark-Hail, D.S.O. Maj. Oliver George Graham Vffliers, D.S.O. Lieut. (A. Capt.) George Cecil Gardener, D.F.C Awarded the Croix de Guerre Lieut. William Melville Ackery, D.F C. (With Star.) Capt, (A. Maj.) Claude Gordon Beatson. (With Bronze Star.) Lieut (A. Capt.) Victor Sydney Bennett (Newfd. Regt.). (With Palme.) Lieut Howard Wilfred Clayton. (With Bronze Star.) Capt. (A. Maj.) George Mitchell Croil. Lieut. Norman Stuart Dougall. (With Palme.) Lieut. Hallam Tennyson Randle Ford. (With Star.) Sec. Lieut. Thomas Hastaync Formby. (With Palme.) Lieut (A. Capt.) George Cecil Gardener, D.F.C. (With Palme.) Lieut. (A. Capt.) Henry Arthur Frank Goodison. (With Star, July 15, 1918.) Lieut. William Edrington Gray, D.F.C (With Palme.) Lieut (A, Capt. Marmaduke Langdale Horn. (With Bronze Star.) /"I.ICHT Lieut. Arthur Cecil Lester. (With Palme.) Lieut. (A. Capt.) George Chisholme Mackay, D.F.C. (With Palme.) Lieut. (A. Capt.) John Robert Milne, D.F.C. (With Palme.) Lieut. (A. Capt.) George Bernard Mutton. Maj. Charles Henry Nicholas. Maj. (A. Lieut.-Col.) Edward Osmond. (With two Palmes ) Sec. Lieut. John Edward Parke (ro4th Sqdn.). (With Silver Star.) Lieut. Frederick William Pickup, D.F.C. (With Palme.) Lieut. James Reid (65th Sqdn., France). (With Silver Star.) Capt. John Robinson, D.F.C. (With Palme.) Lieut. Frederick Stratton Russell, D.S.C. (With Palme.) Lieut. John Sangster. (With Silver Star.) Lieut. (A. Capt.) Charles Hodgkinson Smith, M.B.E. (With Palme Lieut. (A. Capt.) Eustace Julian Smyth. (With Palme.) Lieut.-Col. George Eardley Todd. (With Palme.) Lieut. Frederick Dudley Travers, D.F.C (With Palme.) Maj. William Laurie Welsh, D.S.C. (With Palme.) Medaille d'Honneur Silver; Sec. Lieut. Frederick Tidbury Beer. Medaille d'Honneur (with Swords, Silver) 5599 Chief Mech. John Tiltman Stokes. 5056 Chief Mas. Mech. Harry Aubrey Weight. Medaille d'Honneur (with Swords, Bronze) 21316 Corpl.-Mech. Frank Thornton Birkinshaw. 66305 Corpl.-Mech. Frederick John Smith. 1694 Sergt. Ewart Richard Woods. Medaille Militaire J3083 Sergt.-Mech. Samuel Eli Allatson. 2026r5 Sergt.-Mech. Leonard Albert Allen, D.F.M. 218930 A. Corpl.-(W.T. Obsr.) Matthew Brown Blackadder. 220547 2nd Air-Mech. (W.T.) William Herbert Brown. 214348 Sergt.-Obsr. Edward Farley. K12282 Sergt.-Mech. George Henry Lade. 220266 A. Corpl. Ewart Oswald Norris. • 203137 Sergt.Mech. Gilbert Spragg. 232650 Sergt-Mech. (W.T.) Bernard Edward Guv Taplin, D.F.M. 212468 Sergt.-Mech. John William Walker, D.S.M. 2454 Chief Mech. Thomas Mitchell Yates. CONFERRED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY Order of the Crown of Italy, Officer Lieut.-Col. Charles Humphrey Kingsman Edmonds, D.S.O., O.B.E. Order of the Crown of Italy, Cavaliere Capt. George Francis Meager, A.F.C. Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Officer Lieut.-Col. (A. Col.) Arthur Murray Longmore, D.S.O. Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Cavaliere Capt. John Augustus Barron. Bronze Medal for Military Valour Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) Martin George McL. CahiU-Byrne. Sec. Lieut. (Hon. Lieut.) Stafford Jackson, M.C. Croce di Guerra Lieut Ralph Braithwayt Beevor. Sec Lieut. (A. Lieut.) Arthur Leopold Cockburn Lieut Charles Leslie Cox. Lieut. Thomas Foster Everitt. Sec. Lieut Roy Holmes Foss. Lieut. Cecil Ernest Gaspar Gill. Capt. Harold Hindle James. Sec. Lieut (A. Lieut) George Rene Kull. Lieut. James Scott Lennox. Lieut. (A. Capt.) Charles Midgley Mand, D.F.C. Lieut. Harry De Cew McDiarmid. Lieut. Archibald Lome McLaren. Lieut. (A. Capt.) Kenneth Barbour Montgomery, M.C. Capt. Vincent Washington Hobson Ranger, M.C. Lieut. Robert Gillespie Reid. Lieut. Norman Samuel Taylor. Lieut. Aubrey Freeland White. CONFERRED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BELGIUM Ordre de la Couronne. Officier Maj. Herbert George Brackley, D.S.O , D.S.C. Capt. (A. Maj.) Ronald Grahame, D.S.O., D.S.C., D.F.C. Col. Frederick Crosby Halahan, D.S.O., M.Y.O. Maj. Ernest William Norton, D.S.C. Ma). (A. Lieut-CoL) Edward Osmond. Maj. William Laurie Welsh, D.S.C Ordre de la Couronne, Chevalier Lieut (A. Capt.) Charles Philip Allen. Lieut Norman Stuart Dougall. Lieut Stanley Wightman Mountain. Lieut. Frederick William Pickup, D.F.C. Ordre de Leopold, Chevalier Capt. George William Biles, D.F.C. Capt. Archibald Sydney Cheshire, M.B.E. Capt Leslie Pritchard Dunkley Cooper. Capt. Samuel Denys Felkin, M.B.E. Lieut. (A. Capt.) Norman Leslie Garstin. Capt (A. Maj.) Russell William Gow, D.S.O., D.S.C. Lieut (A. Capt George Chisholme Mackay, D F.C. Capt. John Robinson, D.F.C. (202nd Sqdn.). Capt John Romttly Swanston, D.F.C Capt. (A. Maj.) Bert Sterling Wemp, D.F.C. Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre Capt Edward Ball (late Royal Navy). Capt. Benjamin Roxburgh-Smith, D.F.C. Sec Lieut Leonard Jepson Skinner. Ordre de Leopold II, Chevalier 214412 Sergt.-Mech. George Betteridge. 17826 CorpL-Mech. Arthur Marshall. 7533 Corpl.-Mech. Allen Walker. 10786 Sergt.-Mech. Arthur Henry Woollgar. Decoration Militaire (Belgian) 43265 Air-Mech. Cecil Bernard Carr. 93513 Sergt.-Mech. John Herbert Hall. 130650 1st Pte. Tom Holdsworth. 129247 2nd Pte. Bertie Herbert Patman. 7345 1st Air-Mech. Francis Archibald Rice. 402609 2nd Corpl. Storeman, Walter Roper. 7958 A. Corpl. Clerk, Charles Robert Shoriand. 243
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