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SEPTEMBER 4, 1919 Casualties Lieut. Louis BENNETT, 40th Squadron, R.A.F., B.E.F., reported " missing " on August 24, 1918, is now omciallj' reported as killed in action, having been shot down in flames, after destroying two enemy observation balloons. He was an American, and the only son of Hon. and Mrs. Louis Bennett, of West Virginia. When the United States declared war he left Yale, and raised and trained at his own expense the West Virginia Flying Corps, which he offered to his Government to serve as a unit in France, like the Lafayette Escadrille. This being refused, he joined the R.F.C., and came over with the Canadians, in order to get into action. His record between August 15 and 24 was three enemy planes and nine balloons destroyed—four in one day—for which he was congratulated and recommended for the D.F.C. Lieut. WALTER GILMAN, who was previously reported missing on July 13, 1918, after alighting in the sea when returning from a bombing raid, and now officially presumed died on or since that date, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gilman, Hazelcroft, Alderley Edge, Cheshire. Lieut. JAMES GORDON MOORE, R.A.F., died on Thursday, August 14, 1919, as the result of wounds received in action, aged 24 years. Married Lieut. A. G. D. ALDERSON, R.A.F., son of the Rev. A. D. Alderson, of Tockwith, York, was married on August 18, at Swanage, to EDITH MARV, eldest daughter of Mr. DAVID DOIG, of Rosslyn House, New Barnet. ROBERT JOSEPH CARLTON GROVES, A.I.F., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Groves, of Melbourne, Australia, was married on August 12, at Bromley Parish Church, to KATHERINE MARY, only daughter of the late Revd. RICHARD F. EARNSHAW and Mrs. Earnshaw, of 33, Selby Road, Anerley, S.E. (late of Northampton)'. Capt. S. BERKELEY HARRIS, A.F.C.,_ R.A.F., only son of Capt. and Mrs. G. E. Harris, Quadrille Court, Lymington, was married on August 21, at St. Jude's Church, Southsea, to ENID, only daughter of Paymaster-Com. and Mrs. CAMPION, 1, Sussex Place, Southsea. Lieut. LIONEL R. V. SPENCER, Aust. F.C., son of Mr. R. Spencer, of the Old White Hart Hotel, Melbourne, was married on August 6, at All Saints, Scarborough, to DOROTHY CECELIA, eldest daughter of Mr. G. T. PATTMAN and Mrs. Pattman. To be Married The engagement is announced between DAVID STEWART ANDERSON, Lieut. R.A.F., son of the late Mr C. D. Anderson, and nephew of Mr. R. Woolley Walden, J.P., and PHYLLIS JESSIE, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JAMES YEO, Wood- jjurst, Warlingham, Surrey. The engagement is announced between Fit-Lieut. HECTOR A. CAMPBELL, A.F.C., Seaforth Highlanders, attached R.A.F., youngest son of Col. and Mrs. Campbell, of Larachan, Suther- landshire, to ECIE COLLINGWOOD-ALLEN, elder daughter of Major and Mrs. H. C. Allen, Charlton Lodge, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. The engagement is announced between Capt. G. F. CASWELL, R.A.F., and MAY, daughter of GEORGE EDWARDS, J.P., and Mrs. EDWARDS, of 180, Piccadilly, W., and " Cheniston," Egham, Surrey. A marriage is arranged, and will shortly take place, between Capt. R. J. O. COMPSTON, D.S.C., F.C., R.A.F., younger son of the Rev. H. F. Compston, Fellow of King's College, London, and NINA, only child ol the late ARTHUR HAYWARD BARCLAY, Capt., 18th Hussars, and adopted daughter of Lieut.-Col. Hubert F. Barclay, of Essendon Close, Hatfield, Herts. The engagement is announced between Capt. AUBREY B. ELLWOOD, D.S.C., R.A.F., youngest son of the Rev. C. E. and Mrs. Ellwood, Cottesmore Rectory, Oakham, and LESLEY MARY JOAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. MATTHEWS, The Old House, Walmer, Kent. The engagement is announced between Lieut.-Col. F. HOWARD JENKINS, O.B.E., M.C., R.A.F., second son of the late J. H. Jenkins, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., of Lytham, Lancashire, and HARRIET FERNELITH, second daughter of DUNCAN J. ROBERT SON, O.B.E., County Clerk of Orkney. The engagement is announced between Capt. WILLIAM ROBERT KEMPSON, R.F.A. (T.), late R.A.F., of Thorpe, Norwich, and Miss ENID MARGARET FEARNSIDE, daughter of Colonel C. F. Fearnside, I.M.S., and Mrs. Fearnside, of Haven House, Conway. The engagement is announced between Lieut. RITCHIE FRANCIS HENRY MOFFETT, R.A.F., son of J. Ritchie Moffett, of Ladybrand, O.F.S., South Africa, and HILDA PAULINE, daughter of Mrs. YERBURY, 26, Milton Road, Acton, London, W. The engagement is announced of Capt. A. COURTKNAY SNOW, R.A.F., only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Snow, Penllwyn Park, Carmarthen, and DOROTHY ELIZABETH BLIGH, youngest daughter of Mrs. LIVESAY, Eaglehurst, Alverstoke, Hants. Items The will of the late Lieut. THOMAS HENRY LUCAS, R.A.F., of Swindon, Wilts, who died in Egypt, has been proved at £36o. The will of the late Maj. MAURICE NASMITH PERRIN, R.A.F., of Kensington, has been proved at £14,817. Roll of Honour PUBLISHED August 29—Died: Lieut. P. E. Williams, Cent. Ont. Regt., attached R.A.F. A message from Archangel on August 30 announced that Major Macdonald of the Flying Corps had been killed in the disaster to the monitor Glowworm. General Lee Killed Brig.-Gen. LEE, late R.A.F., was killed at Weston-super- Mare on Monday evening. The aeroplane in which he was flying, with two passengers, while making a turn at a height of between 100 and 200 ft., crashed to the ground. Gen. Lee was badly injured about the head, and both legs were broken, and he died before assistance arrived. The two passengers escaped with minor injuries and shock. Italian Machine crashes in Austria WORD comes from Vienna that a Caproni aeroplane, starting from the aviation ground at Aspern, near Vienna, with two officers of the Italian Armistice Commission, the pilot and an engineer, for Rome via Turin, crashed from an altitude of less than a thousand feet. All four occupants were killed immediately and the aeroplane was completely wrecked. Double Fatality in Norway WHILE flying a Farman machine at Vaernebmeren, near Trondhjem on August 29, Lieut. Jordan was caught in a violent storm, and crashed immediately from a height of 50 metres. The wreckage burst into flames and the pilot and passenger (Lieut. Stokke) were killed. Spain Wants 20 School Machines APPARENTLY the Spanish authorities have decided to go ahead with the instniction of pupils, as it is stated that they are contemplating the purchase of 20 school machines. 1203
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