6o THE LONDON GAZETTE,. 3 JANUARY, 1941

ROYAL MARINES. - . . •-. - ' . R;N. -.-', .:. Captain to Brevet Major. In pursuance of His Majesty's pleasure, Arthur H. R. Buckley. Engineer Captain G. B. Allen has been Campbell R. Hardy. appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to The King from the gist Oct. 1940, in succession to ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. Engineer Captain D. C. Bennett. Commander to Captain. Hdmr. Lieut. F. J. Guppy to be Hdmr. Lieut.- John C. K. Dowding. Comdr. 7th Dec. 1940. Jeftery Elliott. Surgn. Lieut.-Comdr. J. M. McNamara, M.B., Ch.B., to be Surgn. Comdr. igth Dec. 1940. Lieutenant-Commander to Commander. Actg. Lieut. L. A. Wintle to be Lieut, with Francis R. Pope. seny. of 2ist Feb. 1936. Alister A. Martin. Proby. Tempy. Sub-Lieut. (E) M. S. Chambers, Charles L. de H. Bell. R.N.V.R., transferred to Royal Navy ist Roy Kendall. Nov. 1940 in rank of Tempy. Sub-Lieut. (E) Frederick F. Feint. with seny. of 3rd Dec. 1939. Lieutenant-Commander (E) to Commander Proby. Sub-Lieut. V. A. Hickson to be Sub- (E). Lieut, with seny. of i6th Jan. 1939. Bertram G. H. Meager. Proby. Sub-Lieut. J. F. Borlace to be Sub- Lieut, with seny. of 7th Apr. 1939. Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander to Commd. Engr. P. G. Wilson (retd.) to be Lieut. Paymaster Commander. (E) (retd.). 27th Sept. 1939. William E. Violet. Actg. Sub-Lieut. (A) A. Cross to be Sub-Lieut. (A). I4th Mar. 1940. ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE. Proby. Tempy. Sub-Lieut. (E) J. J. Woods Commander to Captain. R.N.V.R., transferred to R.N. in rank of Tempy. Lieut. (E) with seny. of 2oth NoV. John M. Dick. 1940. Lieutenant-Commander to Commander. Proby. Tempy. Sub-Lieut. (E) T. C. Archbold, Percy. A. Cole. R.N.V.R., transferred to R.N. Da rank of Ronald K Spencer. Tempy. Sub-Lieut. (E) with seny. of I7th Robert J. H. Williams. Dec. 1939. Alan H. Wise. Actg. Tempy. Instr. Lieuts. to be Tempy. Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander to Surgeon Instr. Lieuts. with seny of 28th Aug. 1940: — Commander. E. Johnson, M.A. William F. Lascelles. oP. V. A. Colomb^, M.A. S. T. Osborne, B.A. Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander (D) to J. F. Potter, B.Sc. Surgeon Commander (D). A. J. Bennett, M.A. Leonard A. T. McLean. B. T. C. Hall, B.Sc. Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander to G. Clark, M.A., B.Sc. Paymaster Commander. Pavmr. Sub-Lieut. R. W. Kego to be Paymr. Lieut, ist Dec. 1940. Thomas E. Ford. Commd. Writers (retd.) to be Paymr. Lieuts The following promotions have been (retd.): — announced by the Commonwealth Naval A. W. Fill. Board: — A. Drake. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. 24th Nov. 1940. Engr. Comdr. J. C. Flint placed on Retd. List. Commander to Captain. I3th Dec. 1940. Frank E. Getting. Actg. Engr. Capt. H. F. du M. Hunt placed Lieutenant-Commander to Commander. on Retd. List with rank of Engr. Capt. 22nd John A. Walsh. Dec. 1940. Shipt. Lieut. A. W. G. Todd placed on Retd. Lieutenant-Commander (E) to Commander List, igth Dec. 1940. (£)• Gordon McD. Wilson. R.N.R. To be Tempy. Comdrs. (E) with seriy. as Admiralty, December, 1940. stated: — . - The KING has been graciously pleased to J. W. Harwood. 25th Nov. 1940. approve the award of the Royal Naval Reserve F. W. Cross-Rudkin. 29th Nov. IQ40. Officers' Decoration to: — Pavmr. Lieut.-Comdr. A. T. Porter (Registrar Commander (Acting Captain) William Beswick, Class) placed on Retd. List. 3ist Oct. 1940. D.S.C., R.N.R. Paymr. Lieut. E. T. Rutter (Registrar Class) Lieutenant-Commander Francis Rupert Pape, placed on Retd. List. 29th July 1940. R.N.R. Paymaster Commander Frederick William To be TemDv- Lieut.:— Dovaston, R.N.R. W. S. McFarlane. igth June 1940. Mr. William John Runcie, Skipper Lieutenant, Actg. Lieuts. to be Lieuts. with seny. as R.N.R., W.S.2494. stated: — Mr. Wilfred Perrett, Chief Skipper, R.N.R., D. T- Brinn. 8th Sept. 1940. W.S.2374. J. H. Kelly. 27th Sept. 1940.