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1920
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1919. Flying Officer J. Abbott (Lieut., actg. Capt.), Leic. R.); Dec 20, (Then follow the names of 5 officers who are transfd. to the Unemployed List under various dates.) Technical Branch.Sqdn. Ldr. C. Barber is graded for purposes of pay and allowances as Wing Comdr. whilst employed as Wing Comdr., Grade B; Oct. 18, 1010.Sec. Lieut. \V. Dentith is graded for purposes of pay and allowances as Capt. whilst employed as Capt., Grade A, from May 1, 1919, to Oct. 8, 1919substituted for notification in Gazette of Oct. 21, 1919). JANUARY 8, 1920 2 officers transfd. to Unemployed List. The notification in Gazette of June 4, 1918, concerning C. H. Welsh is cancelled. Memoranda. Then follow the names of 3 Cadets who are granted hon. comnras. as Sec.Lieuts. t " The following Probationary Flight Officer is granted an hon. commn. asSec. Lieut.:—F. J. Forty; Feb. 26, 1919. The initials of 171820 Cadet W. J. Blais>re as now described, and not asstated in Gaxttte of May 6, 1919. Roll of HonourThe War Office announced on December 3 that Capt. R. G. H. PTXLEY, R.F.A., attached R.F.C., previously re-ported missing, is now reported killed. DeathsThe War Offi e announced on December 29 that Sec. Lieut' L. O. HAREL, R.F.C., and Lieut. S. R. PINDER, R.F.C., pre-viously reported missing, are now reported killed. Capt. MICHAEL HENRY TISDALL, R.A.F., who was acci- dentally killed at Cjuetta on December 23, was the eldest son of Rev. A. O. Tisdall, Vicar of Hartley Wintney, and the late Evelyn Susan Tisdall. ^ Married - Capt. J. ALEXANDER MACNAB, R.A.F., only son of the late J. A. Macnab and Mrs. Macnab, of Harrogate, was married on December 12 at St. Margaret's, Westminster, to IRENE MARGUERITE CAMPBELL, only daughter of Comdr. C. A. RADCLIFFE, R.N., and Mrs. Radcliffe. Capt. GERALD S. MARSHALL, O.B.E., R.A.F. (Med.), wasmarried on December 23 at St. Mary's, Beddington, Surrey, to KATHLEEN MITCHELL, late Deputy Administrator, W.R. A.F, To be Married The marriage between Major H. A. R. AUBREY, O.B.E., M.C., the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, attached R.A.F., son of Dr. and Mrs. John Aubrey, of Cowes, and ADA MARIAN, only daughter of the late THOMAS HOUGHTON and MRS. HOUGHTON, of Helston, Purley, Surrey, will,take place at St. Patrick's Church, Hove, on January 15, at 12.15 p.m. The engagement is announced between JACK DUTSON(late Capt., R.A.F.), only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dutson of Bristol, and DOROTHY, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs R. J. HUDLESTON, of Portishead. The engagement is announced between Lieut. D-IBRODIK JAMES (late R.A.F.), younger and only surviving son of * Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Brodie James, of Kensington, W., and Miss MARGARET SADDINGTON, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ' H. Saddington, 15, Brunswick Square, Hove. ^ A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly.take place, * between Mr. FORDE LEATHLEY, MX., R.A.F., son of the Rev. :J J. Forde Leathley, Rooske, Dunboyne, Meath, and IDA, .* daughter of the late Mr. GEORGE EDWARD FOSTER and Mrs. , Foster, of 7, Bickenhall Mansions, W. , The engagement is announced between Capt. THOMAS MALCOLM DICKINSON, D.F.C., 16th Cavalry Indian Army :. and R.A.F., younger son of the late Capt. T. M. Dickinson Royal Artillery and Mrs. Paget-Davies, of 25, Brunswick Terrace, Hove, and ELSIE, the daughter of Col. C. H. GAR- DINER, late Suffolk Regiment, and Mrs. Gardiner, of 62, Bruns- wick Place, Hove. Ihe engagement is announced between Lieut. H. F. O. - FARRELL, late R.F.C. and R.A.F., Ont., Canada, and ETHEL ANNIE, only daughter of Mrs. E. NAYXOR, " Crowestones," Buxton, Derbyshire. The marriage will take place shortly at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore. The engagement is announced between RICHARD C. QUINBY, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Quiney, of Teddington, to DOLLY, widow of Lieut. E. John Bice, M.C., A.F.C., and youngest daughter of Mrs. ALBERT BARDER, of 7, Garlinge Road, Brondesbury, N.W.2. The engagement is announced between Capt. ALEXANDER CECIL RANKIN, M.C., D.F.C., only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Naismith Rankin, of 40, Ashton Gardens, Glasgow, West, and RHODA GILLATT, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. STANLEY BROWN, of Bryan House, The Mount, Hampstead. The R.Ae.S. Library MEMBERS of the Royal Aeronautical Society should note"that the library at the Society's headquarters, 7, Albemarle Street, W., is now open on Saturday afternoon, during thehours from 2 to 5. Recent Developments in Aviation. IN connection with the series of L.C.C. lectures forteachers on " Recent Developments in Science," Lord Montagu, of Beaulieu will give a lecture on Aviation onJanuary 13, at 6 p.m., at King's College, Strand, W.C. 2. The chairman will be Maj.-Gen. Sir F. H. Sykes, G.B.E.,K.C.B., C.M.G. Aircraft Photography in War and Peace THIS is to be the subject of three Cantor Lectures-to begiven before the Royal Society of Arts, John Street, Adelphi, by Capt. H. Hamshaw Thomas, M.B.E., M.A., F.R.S., for-merly of the R.A.F. The lectures will be given at 8 p.m. on January 19, 26, and February 2. The H.P. Continental Services DURING 1919, the first year of British commercial avia- tion, Handley Page passenger and freight carrying aero- planes have carried 4,006 passengers, 43,267 lb. of freight over a distance of 69,943 miles. This was accomplished between May 1, 1919, and December 31, 1919. On the London-Paris service between September 2 and January 1, 1920, 618 passengers and 16,982 lb. of freight have been carried, the total distance covered being 34,600 miles. On the London-Brussels Air Service from Sep- tember 26 until January 1, 1920, 251 passengers and 25,863 lb. of freight and mails have been carried over a total distance of 25,893 miles. New Machines for H.P. Services IN the coming year the London, Paris and Brussels air services will be developed considerably ; new air routes will be opened and mail, passenger and freight carrying con- tracts which have been secured abroad will commence opera- tions in the spring. The converted Handley Page bombing machines, which have been carrying out the Continental air services, are to be replaced by the new model Handley Page commercial aeroplane, W.8, which carries 15 passengers or 2 tons of cargo at a speed of 112 m.p.h. Every endeavour will be made in the coming year to keep pace, both at home and abroad, with the State subsidised commercial aviation activities of France, Italy, America, Germany, and other countries. New Professor of Metallurgy, Sheffield " DR. CECIL H. DESCH, Professor of Metallurgy at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, has been appointed to a similar post at Sheffield University in succession to Dr. Arnold, who recently resigned, and has been elected Emeritus Professor.
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