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JULY 9, 1925 THE RQYAMJJL) AIR, FORCE f ^^s^^g LJLondon Gazelle, June. 30, 1925. General Duties BranchThe follg. are granted permanent commissions in ranks stated (July 1) :— 1'LIGHT LT. B. R. Carter, A.F.C. FLYING OFFICERS.—M. H. Ely, F. F. lnglis(Lt., Duke of Cornwall's L. Iniy.), J. Marsdeu. Pilot Offr. J. C. Hill is promoted to rank of Flying Offr. with effect fromWay 1(1, 1924, and with scny. of Nov. 10, 1923 (substituted for Gazettes, Nov. 18, 1924, and April 7 and 24, 1925) ; Pilot Offr. on probation W. F..Symonds is confirmed in rank (May 26); Wing Comdr. A. H. Wynn Elias W'ynn, O.B.E., is placed on retired list at his own request (July I) ; Flight Lt. H. J.Edgar is placed on retired list at his own request (July 1). The follg. Flying Ofirs. are transferred to the Res., Cl. A. :—A. L. Harris and G. C. Sclater(June 28) ; F. J. Brunton (June 30). Pilot Offr. F. H. Farrow resigns his short serv. commn. (July 1). Stores BranchFlight Lt. H. W. Clarke is transferred to Res., Cl. C. (June 17) (substituted for Gazette, June 16). Reserve of Air Force Officers The follg. are granted commn. on probation in Class A, General DutiesBranch, in the ranks stated (June 30) :—FLYING OFFR.—H. Lawson. PILOT OFFR.—A. Prescott. The follg. are confirmed in rank :— Flying Offr. P. Smallwood dune 11) ;Piiot-Offr. C. W. Sutcliffe (June 30). Flight Lt. C. H. B. Thompson is trans- ferred from Cl. D2 to Cl. Dl (Tune 25) ; Flying Offr. I. C. G. Simpson is trans-ferred from Cl. A to Cl. C (June 13). Memoranda Maj. A. C. H. MacLean, C.B.F... R. Scots Regt., is granted the rank of Col.,R.A.F., on retirement from the Army (June 3) ; the permission granted to Lt. H. G. Owen to retain his rank is withdrawn on his enlistment in the T.A.(May 19) ; Flying Offr. H. H. F'ell relinquishes his temp, commn, in the Electrical Serv'. Works Coy. (May 1). HALF-YEARLY PROMOTION LIST The Air Ministry announces :— The undermentioned are promoted with effect from July 1, 1925 :— General Duties BranehAir Commodores to be Vice-Marshals.—Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C. ; Tom luce Webb-Bowen, C.B.,C.M.G. Group Captains to be Air Commodores.—Lyster Fettiplace Blandy, C.B.,D.S.O. (Lt.-Col. Reserve List, R.E.) ; Ian Malcolm Bonham-Carte'r, C.B.. O.B.E. ; Felton Vesey Holt, G.M.C., D.S.O. Wing Commanders to be group Captains.—Charles Edward Henry Rathborne,D.S.O., Charles Raymond Strathern Bradley, O.B.F.. ; Cuthbert Trelawder Maclean, D.S.O., MX.Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—Philip Babington, M.C., A.F.C. ; George Ranald Macfarlane Reid, D.S.O., M.C. ; Roderic Maxwell Hill, M.C.,A.F.C. ; Bertrand Lawrence Huskisson, D.S.C. ; Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, D.S.O., M.C. ; Charles Hubert Boulby Blount, O.B.E., M.C. ; RolandJames Mounsey, O.B.E. ; Ernest William Norton, D.S.C. ; Alfred Guy Roland Garrod, M.C., D.F.C. ; Conway Walter Heath Pulford, O.B.E.,'A.F.C. ;George William Williamson, O.B.E., M.C. ; Gilbert George Herbert Cooke. D.S.C., A.F.C. ; Dudley Stuart Kays Crosbie, O.B.E. ; Richard BeauchampMaycock, O.B.E. Flight-Lieutenants to be Squadron-Leaders.—Alfred Hugh Stradling, O.B.F..;Charles Edward Henry Cardew Maepherson ; Archibald Spencer Maskell ; Brian Edmund Baker, D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C. ; Francis Henry Coleman ;Kenneth Malise St. Claire Graeme Leask, M.C. ; Arthur Norman Benge ; Hubert Wilson Godfrey Jones, M.C. ; Cyril Nelson Lowe, M.C., D.F.C. ;Robert Henry Magnus Spencer Saundby, M.C., A.F.C. ; Athol Wordsworth Mylne ; John Kenneth Summers, M.C. ; Ernest Leslie Howard-Williams,M.C. ; Donald Fasken Stevenson, D.S.O., M.C. ; Francis Reginald Alford, M.C. ; George Elliot Godsave ; Gerald Edward Livock, D.F.C. ; Hon. RalphAlexander Cochrane, A.F.C. ; Ralph Sleigh Booth, A.F.C. ; John Beresford Cole-Hamilton ; Jack Noakes, A.F.C., M.M. ; John Keith Waugh, D.S.C. ;Arthur Deen Pryor ; Rollo Amyatt de Haga Haig, AF.C. ; Edward Brownsdon Rice ; Richard Gregory Gardner, D.S.C. ; Wilfred Reginald Dyke Acland,D.F.C., A.F.C. ; Francis John Vincent, D.F.C. ; Frank Fowler, D.S.C., A.F.C.; Robert Halley, D.F.C., A.F.C. ; Archibald Graham Weir ; William AlecCoryton, M.V.O., D.F.C. Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—Leslie Arthur Cooke Stafford ;Rene John Max de St. Leger ; Rupert Chandos Bryant ; Brian Alexander Spencer Lewin ; William Eyles Knowlden (Lt., Border Regt.) ; George Frederick Moody; Garth Richard O'Sullivan ; William George EdwardHayman ; Aleth Thomas Septimus Leguen de Lacroix ; Frank Carpenter ; Charles Darley Pyne ; Thomas Alfred Thornton ; Albert Edward Wood-bridge ; Guy Mainwaring Knocker; Cecil Herbert Harrison ; Howard Charteris Black ; Arthur Ferguson Ingram ; John Malcolm Glaisher, D.F.C. ;Adrian Henry Paull ; William Catchpole, A.F.C. ; Christopher George Halli- day ; Leonard Edward Moreland Gillman ; Richard Grice, D.F.C. ; ThomasStanley Horry, D.F.C. ; Maurice Michael Freehill, D.F.C. ; Christopher Tom Walkiugton ; Percy Jack Clayson, M.C., D.F.C. ; Aubrey Freeland White ;Charles Howard Cahill ; George Starry Hodson, A.F.C.; Cyril Richard Smythe ; Sydney Trevor Brander Cripps, D.F.C.; John Francis Titmas ;John Astley Gray. D.F.C. ; Adrian Winfred Franklyn, M.C. ; Arthur Reginald Jones ; Hugh Lewis Pingo lister ; James Rupert Francis Randell, D.F.C. ;Charles Edwin Horrex, A.F.C.; Francis Hugh Ronksley, M.C. ; Willett Amalric Bowen Buscarlet ; Frank Grenville Argyle Robinson ; HowardWilfred Clayton ; Henry lulward Forrow ; Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, D.F.C.; Charles Edward Hamilton Allen, D.F.C. ; John Wyntoun Turton Jones ;Graham Clarke Bladon ; Dudley Lloyd Evans, M.C., D.F.C. ; Herbert Gifford Sawyer, A.F.C. ; Wilfred Sanderson, A.F.C. ; Charles F-dward Barraclough ;Matthew Crawford Dick ; Thomas Cathcart Traill, D.F.C. ; Herbert William Heslop ; Herbert John Tuson Russell ; Gordon Archer ; Harold Walter St.]ohn, D.F.C.; Albert F.dward Case; Fdgar lames Kingston-McCloughry, D.S.O., D.F.C. Stores BranchSquadron Leader to be Wing Commander.— FrancisCartv/rinht Williams,O.B.E. Flight Lieutenant to be Squadron Leader.—Frank Tedman, M.B.E.Flying Officers tit be Flight Lieutenants.—Lawrence Haydn Hillicr ; James Lundon ; Ernest Alfred Tottle. Accountant llranchSquadron Leader to be Wing Commanders.—Charles Percy Ogden, O.B.E.; Thomas Henry F'vaus.Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—Ernest Noel Edward Waldron ; Arthur Roy Thomas ; Thomas Coates Miller, M.C.Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.— John Christopher Brice ; Wilfred Edmund Ennis ; Alfred William Gray ; Joseph Baines ; Louis de LormeLeder ; Frederick Maurice Gingold, M.B.I-!. : Lionel John Marden ; Oswald Kynaston Griffin. Medical BranchAir Commdoorc to be Air \'ice-Marshall.—David Munro, C.B., C.I.E., M.B., M.A., F.R.C.S. (E). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified:— General Duties Branch Squadron Leader G. H. Hall, A.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot, on transfer to Home Estabt. ; 15.6.25.Flying Officers : B. I. Carter, to R.A.F. Depot on transfer to Home Estabt.; 17.6.25. F. S. Henderson, to R.A.F. Depot on transfer to Home Estabt.;12.6.25. H. J. White, to R.A.F. Depot on transfer to Home Estabt. ; 16.7.25. R. L. Yates, to No. 20 Sqdn., India ; 6.6.25. L. E. Cutforth, to No. 5 Sqdn.,India ; 1.6.25. (Hon. F/L) H. W. A. Fox, to No. 28 Sqdn., India ; 6.6.25. N. H. F. Unwin, to R.A.F. Depot on transfer to Home FIstabt. ; 19.6.25.C. J. Watson, to R.A.F. Depot on transfer to Home Estabt. ; 19.6.25. H. li. Falkner, to Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Estabt., MartleshamHeath; 24.7.25. E. J. Rossiter, to R.A.F. Base, Leuchars ; 6.7.25. C. W. S. Chalmers, to No. 2 Sqdn., Manston ; 9.7.25. C. Walker, to R.A.F. Depoton appointment to a Short Service Commn. ; 1.7.25. Pilot Officers.—A. H. Willetts, to R.A.F. Base, Calshot ; 16.6.25. J. S.Branch and A. C. H. Sharp, to No. 4 Sqdn., S. Farnborough ; 15.6.25. S. E. Bulloch, to No. 25 Sqdn., Hawkinge ; 15.6.25. H. E. N. Burton and L. S.Birt, to No. 32 Sqdn., Kenley ; 15.6.25. P. S. Blockey to No. 56 Sqdn., Biggin Hill; 15.6.25. C. G. Crowden and W. T. Holmes, to No. 19 Sqdn., Duxford ;15.6.25. F. H. Farrow, to No. 13 Sqdn., Andover ; 15.6.25. R. F. Francis, A. E. Haes, G. D. Middleton, W. E. Nicholls and A. G. Pickering, to R.A.F.Base Calshot; 16.6.25. C. A. E. S. Kregor and G. A. Younger, to No. 29 Sqdn., Duxford ; 15.6.25. E. H. Newman and A. T. S. Studdert, to. No. 3 The Investiture AT Buckingham Palace on July 4 His Majesty the King held an Investiture, at which the following were invested by the King with the insignia of the respective divisions of the Orders into which they have been admitted :— O.B.E. [Military Division) Squadron-Leader Norman Spratt, R.A.F. M.B.E. [Military Division) Flying-Officer Ernest Bullen, R.A.F. Flying-Officer Edwin Newman, R.A.F. Sergeant-Major Albert Harbot, R.A.F. His Majesty then conferred decorations as follows :— Sqdn., Upavon ; 15.fi.25. P. H. Nicholls and C. E. Galpin, to No. 17, Sqdn.,Hawkingc ; 15.6.25. C. H. Noble, to No. 2 Sqdn., Manston ; 15.6.25. 1. A. Mollison, to No. 20 Sqdn., India ; 20.2.25. S. H. V. Harris, to No. 24Sqdn., Kenley; 6.7.25. H. R. F. Baxter, to R.A.F. Depot ; 26.6.25. Medical BranchWing Commander.—A. S. Glynn, M.B., to H.Q., Cranwell ; 28.6.25. Flight Lieutenants.—T. R. S. Thompson, M.B., to H.Q., Coastal Area ;10.7.25. R. S. Tophani, M.B., D.P.H., D.M.R.E., to R.A.F. Depot ; 13.7.25. P. C. Livingstone, D.P.H., D.O.M. and S.B.A., to H.Q., Inland Area ; 26.6.25.I. A. Perdrau, M.D., to No. 39, Sqdn., Spittlegate ; 16.6.25. Flight Lieutenant.—J. S. Wilson, M.D., B.A., to R.A.F. Depot, on transferto Home Estab. ; 9.6.25. Flight Lieutenants : A. C. Ransford, to Electrical and Wireless Sch., Flower-down ; 2.7.25. M. Coghlan, M.B., to R.A.F. Depot ; 5.7.25. Flying Officer Denial).—F. F. Anslow, to No. 10 Group H.Q., Lee-on-Solent ; 24.6.25. Flying Officers.—P. D. Barling, M.B., to R.A.F. Depot ; 22.6.25. H. W. D.Mackenzie, M.B., to Central Flying Sch., Upavon ; 22.6.24. B. Pollard, to No. 5 Flying Training Sch., Sealand ; 26.6.25. R. F. G. Dickson, toNo. 24 Sqdn.', Kenley ; 20.6.25. Flying Officers : A. Harvey, M.B., to Engine Repair Depot, Egypt ; 17.6.25.W. A. Beck, M.B., D.P.H., to Sch. of Army Co-operation, Old Sarum ; 1.7.25. P. D. Barling, M.B., to Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Estabt.,Martlesham Heath ; 30.6.25. <3> <•> Distinguished Flying CrossSquadron-Leader Richard Saul, R.A.F. Flight-Lieut. Thomas Thompson, R.A.F.Flying-Officer David Anderson, R.A.F. Flying-Officer Alan Shipwright, R.A.F. Bar to the Air Force Cross Flight-Lieut. Ralph Booth, R.A.F. Air Force Cross Flight-Lieut. William Somervell, R.A.F. Amongst those present were Air-Marshal Sir John Salmond (Principal Air Aide-de-Camp) and Group Capt. L. W. B. Rees, V.C., R.A.F. 445
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