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JUNE 26, 1919 Casualties. Lieut. JOHN HOLLICK, R.A.F., who was officially reported missing and now presumed killed in action on May 18, 1918, at the age of 19, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Drake Hollick, Little Gaynes, Upminster, Essex. Capt. ELGIE B. B. JEFFERSON, 1st The King's (Liverpool) Regt., and R.A.F. who was killed on May 15 while carrying aerial dispatches to Paris, was the only son "of Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson, of " Ballahott," Isle of Man. Lieut. NEIL M'EACHRAN, 59th Squadron R.A.F., who was killed instantaneously in a flying accident at Duren on May 20, at the age of 24, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil A. L. M'Eachran, Homelands, Thorntonhall, Lanark shire. Capt. ROLAND PITT FENN, Croix de Guerre, R.F.C., 18th Squadron (formerly S.Q.M.S., Surrey Yeomanry), who was reported missing on March 25, 19IG, and is now officially presumed killed on that date, was the only son of the late William George Fenn, of Croydon, and Mrs. Fenn, Warlingham. Sec. Lieut. HUBERT W. RANSOM, R.F.C., who was officially reported missing and now presumed killed in action on March 27, 1918, was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ransom, of " The Chilterns," Hitchin, Herts. Capt. HOWARD NAPIER WALKER, O.B.E., M.C., 2nd Welsh Regt., acting Lieut.-Col. R.A.F., who died on June 3 at the R.A.F. Central Hospital, Finchley, from the effects of wounds received in action in 1914, was the eldest son of Charles Low Walker, Hopewell, Walkers Wood, Jamaica, and of Mrs. Walker, Home Lodge, Plymouth. Capt. ERIC WATERLOW, Fit. Comdr., M.C., D.F.C., men tioned, 25th Squadron, R.A.F., previously reported missing on July 16, 1918, now officially presumed died on or after that date, was the son of Herbert and Marian Waterlow, of 154, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W. 2. Married Capt. RUPERT FORBES-BENTLEY, D.S.C., R.A.F., of Mass- lands, Beckley, Sussex, was married on June 7 at St. Batholo- mew The Great, Smithfield, E.C., to RUTH HARRIETT, elder daughter of Charles BRISTOW, Bank House, King's Lynn. Capt. RAYMOND VICTOR KANN, R.A.F., was married on June 19, at St. Saviour's, Hampstead, to DOROTHY, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. LOVE, of 96, Adelaide Road, Hampstead. Capt. ALAN FREDERIC KEMP, late R.A.F., of 80, Oxford Gardens, W., was married on June 21 at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, to MADELEINE BENSON, widow of Lieut. R. C. Benson, R.F.C., and elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. ASHBY, of The Lodge, Harmondsworth, Middlesex. Capt. ATHELSTAN ALFRED ALLEN KNIGHT, Chevalier Legion d'Honneur, Royal Munster Fusiliers and R.A.F., only child of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Knight, Launceston, Cornwall, was married on April 24, at Lincoln, to CUNITIA MORESBY, New President of the R.Ae.S. AT the meeting of the Royal Aeronautical Society last week Maj. Gen. R. M. Ruck announced that Lord Weir has accepted the invitation to become President of the Society. A Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Crickle- wood BY way of celebrating the end of the War, the jubilee of the Society, and the enrolment of the 1,000th member, the Royal Aeronautical Society of Great Britain is giving a garden party at the Handley Page Aerodrome at Crickle- wood on Sunday afternoon next. A programme of flying and parachute descents has been arranged, and, apart from a very comprehensive display of machines and parts by the Handley Page firm, Maj.-Gen. Brooke-Popham, of the Re search Department of the Air Ministry, is organising an exhibition which promises to be very interesting. The garden party will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., and members who wish to be present should get in touch with the Secretary, Mr. W. B. Faraday, at 7, Albemarle Street, as early as possible. " R34 " Visits Germany and Scandinavia LEAVING her station at East Fortune at 6 p.m. on June 17, the " R 34 " carried out a 2,000 mile trip, which, after passing by North Berwick, took her across the North Sea, past Heligo land, Wilhelmshaven, Friedrichshaven, the Kiel Canal, Hamburg and over the Southern Baltic before turning for home. It is stated that during the whole flight the vessel was in wireless communication with home stations, and her long- range apparatus worked satisfactorily. During the homeward daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles SANDERS, Fawnlees Hall, Wolsingham, Co. Durham. Capt. DEREK FITZGERALD MASSY, 33rd Ind. Cav., R.A.F., fourth son of the late Maj. Hugh Ingoldsby Massy and Mrs. Massy, of Stoneville and Cloughnarold, Co. Limerick, Ireland, was married on June 3 at Murree, India, to MARGARET VIDA SMITH, daughter of the late Mrs. Anne SMITH, of Hampstead and Bradford. Capt. JOSEPH ABBOTT SEAVER, North'd. Fus., youngest son of Capt. Jonathan Seaver, R.A.F., and grandson of the late Thomas Seaver, Heath Hall, County Armagh, was married on June 12 at St. George's, Cam, Glos., to MARY VIOLET, daughter of Rev. William SEAVER, Vicar of Cam, and grand daughter of the late Dean Seaver, of Belfast. Capt. WILLIAM HODGSON SUGDEN WILSON, West Somerset Yeo. and R.A.F., second son of Mr. Hodgson Wilson and the late Mrs. Hodgson Wilson, of Hexgreave Park, Southwell, was married on June 3 at AH Saints' Church, Marlow, to ELINOR, widow of Mr. L. A. N. SLOCOCK, and third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cook, Oaken Grove, Marlow. Capt. GILBERT FERRERS YARDE, R.A.S.O, and R.A.F., eldest surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Yarde, of Bedford, was married on June n at St. Margaret's, Westminster, to CONSTANCE MARIANNE, youngest daughter of the late A. H. PARGITER, of Ceylon, and Mrs. Pargiter, of 11, Victoria Street, Westminster. To be Married The marriage arranged between Capt. R. L. CHARTERIS and Mrs. JAMES VALENTINE will take place very quietly in London the first week in July. The engagement is announced between Capt. LAURENCE IRVING, late R.A.F., only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Irving, of 10, Sudbury Hill, Harrow, and ROSALIND FRANCES, fourth daughter of Mr. HUGH WOOLNER, of 23, Stanley Crescent, W. n. The engagement is announced between Capt. VIVIAN WIGG, nth London Regt. and R.A.F., son of Mr. Edward Wigg, His Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande, Brazil, and IRENE, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. HARKLESS WRIGHT, 22, Church Crescent, Muswell Hill, N. Items 59th Squadron.—A reunion dinner has been arranged to take place on Saturday, July 19, at 7 p.m. at the Holborn Restaurant, London. Will anyone desirous of attending, and who has not been informed personally by letter, notify before July 10 Capt. Oliver, Thrale Hall, Streatham, London, S.W. 16. The will of Lieut. RAYMOND DE NEWBURGH COAPE ARNOLD, R.A.F., of Wolvey Hall, near Hinckley, Leics., who died as the result of an aeroplane accident in the Midlands, aged 26 years, has been proved at £546. <•> $> journey the vessel had to fight her way against a strong westerly breeze for 20 hours. A safe landing was made in the early hours of June 20 after the vessel had been in the air for 56 hours. Maj. Scott was in command, with Maj Cooke as navigator. The airship was equipped as for war, with Lewis and Vickers guns mounted on the cars and upper platforms, but she carried no bombs. Long-Distance Flying from France As soon as peace is signed the French aeronautical authorities intend to map out several aerial routes from Paris, including one to Madrid, another to Prague, Warsaw and Vienna, and others to Brussels and Amsterdam, Cairo via Constantinople, Tunis and Dakar. Among the machines used will be Nieuports, Spads, twin-engined Caudrons, twin-engined Farmans, while it is probable that the pilots will be Maj. Vuillemin, and Lieuts. Fonck, Marinovitch, Flachaire, de Romanet, and Lemaitre. Some French Records THE Sports Commission of the Aero Club of France has homologated the following records :— Pilot and four passengers, April 1, 1919, Boussoutrol, 6,290 m. Pilot and 13 passengers, April 3, 1919, Boussoutrol, 5,990 m. Pilot and 24 passengers, May 5, 1919, Boussoutrol, 4,860 m. Aviator alone, September 22, 1917, Gaston Bourgeois, 7,770 m. Aviator alone, May 9, 1919, Sadi Lecointe, 8,155 m. Aviator alone, May 19, 1919, Sadi Lecointe, 8,686 m. Aviator alone, May 18, 1919, Jean Casale, 9,125 m. 858
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