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OF KNIGHTHOOD. Legion D'honneur, Officier THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE, AUGUST 26, 1919: 2:891 Surgeon Lieutenant (D.) George Edmund Wood, ! ROYAL AIR FORCE. .• • . L.D.S., R.N.V.R. Awarded the Air Force Cross. For valuable services at the R.N. Barracks, Portsmouth. Colonel (A./Brig.-Genl.) Edward Maitland If ait-' land, C.M.G., D.S.O. ; Capt. (A./Major) Gilbert George Herbert Cooke, D.S.C. Admiralty, S.W., 22nd August 1919. Lieutenant Guy Harris. 2nd Lieutenant John Durham Shotter. HONOUKS FOE MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. The KING has been graciously pleased to Awarded the Air Force Medal. approve of the award of the following decora- No. 206345 Flight-Sergeant William Rose Gent. tion and medal to the undermentioned Officer No. 200965 Sergt.-Maj. II. Walter Robert Mayes, and Man :— D.S.M. No. 314353 Flight-Sergeant Walter James To receive the Distinguished Service Cross. Robinson. Act. Sub-Lieut, (act.) John White Hampsheir, No. 200079 Flight-Sergeant Reginald William R.N.R. Ripley. No. 201741 Flight-Sergeant Norman Albert Scull. In recognition of his conspicuous gallantry, No. J./3349 Sergeant Herbert Murray Watson, coolness and skill under extremely difficult D.S.M. conditions in action. To receive the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. AWARDS OF FOREIGN DECORATIONS. Ch. Motor Mech. Hugh Beeley, R.N.V.R., O.N., : M.B. 2108. His Majesty the KING has granted unre , stricted permission for the wearing of the under- In recognition of his conspicuous gallantry; mentioned decorations, conferred on the Officers coolness and skill under extremely difficult and other ranks indicated for valuable services conditions in action. rendered in connection with the war : — ROYAL AIR FORCE. CONFERRED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS REPUBLIC. " OF KNIGHTHOOD. Legion d'Honneur, Officier. St. James's Palace, S.W. 1, Maj.-General Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, K.C.B., 23rd August 1919. C.M.G. (Ret. List). The KING has been graciously pleased to Legion d'Honneur, Chevalier. .give orders for the following appointment to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Lieut.-Colonel George William Frederick Fraser, in recognition of distinguished services to O.B.E. Aviation :— Capt. (A./Major) Gerald Gude, O.B.E. Major Cuthbert Alfred Lakin Harrison, O.B.E. To be a Commander of the Military Division of Captain Lionel Edwin Innes-Baillie (R.M.L.I.). the said Most Excellent Order :— The Croix de Guerre, avec Palme. Major George Herbert Scott, A.F.C., Royal Air Force, Commander of H.M. Airship R/34 on Capt. (A./Major) Edward James Briscoe, O.B.E. the outward voyage to United States of America Captain Charles Beauvoir Dalison, A.F.C. and also on the homeward journey. Lieut.-Colonel Richard Bell Davies, V.C., D.S.O. Major Christopher Draper, D.S.O. Captain William Leslie Elder, C.M.G., R.N. (formerly R.N.A.S.). Lieutenant William John Gillespie, 41 Sqn. Air Ministry, Captain James Alpheus Glen, D.S.C. Kingsway, London, W.C. 2, Major Henry Philip Lamton Higman, D.F.C. '23rd! August 1919. Lieutenant John Daniel Newberry (deceased). Captain Leslie Vincent Pearkes. His Majesty the KING has been graciously Lieutenant Ernest Coombe Potter. pleased to confer the undermentioned rewards in Warrant Officer, Class II. (now 2nd Lt.) Joseph. recognition of distinguished services rendered to Rees. Aviation, in the successful voyages of Airship R/34 from the United Kingdom to the United Croix de Guerre, avec Etoile, en Vermeil. States of America and back :— 245207 Sgt.-Mech. James Page Hazell, 107th - Outward journey. Left East Fortune at Sqn. 1.42 a.m., 2nd July 1919, and arrived at Hazlehurst Field. Long Island, at 1.54 p.m. Medaille d'Honneur avec Glaives, en Argent. (G.M.T.), 6th July 1919. (Duration, 108 216604 Sgt.-Obsr. William James Middleton, hours 12 minutes.) D.F.M. Homeward journey. Left Long Island 3.54 a.m. (G.M.T.), 10th July 1919, and arrived at Medaille d'Honneur avec Glaives, en Bronze. Pulham, Norfolk, at 6.57 a.m., 13th July 1919. 25970 Private Albert Weickers. (Duration, 75 hours 3 minutes.) 8259 A./M.I Clarence Harold Cobden..
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