7074 THE LONDON GAZETTE, 5 NOVEMBER, 1929.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers 9^ pro- Ronald THORPE. 2nd Sept. 1926. bation are confirmed in rank: — Leo O'CONNOR, M.B. 2nd Aug. 1927. John Conrad NEELY, B.A. llth Nov. 1927. 2nd Oct. 1929. s> Basil Adair BLYTHE. Patrick Brunton Lee POTTER, ^M.B. 5th Arthur Laurence BRAIN. Mar. 1928. o Charles Michael Dalby CHAMBERS. John Long GROOM. 2nd Apr. 1928. Herbert Rowdon COLLINS. Flying Officer Leo O'CONNOR, M.B., is pro- Frederick Alexander MoNEiLL. moted to the rank of Flight Lt. 2nd Aug. George Oswald St. John MORRIS. 1929. Kenneth Wright PELL. Flight Lt. (Acting Squadron Leader, Hon. Alexander Frank POWELL. Wing Commander) John Nonnan MAcDoNALi* Robert Algernon Rokeby ROBINSON. is promoted to the acting rank of Wing 2nd Nov. 1929. Commander, with pay, whilst so employed. Arthur Henry ABBOTT. 1st Apr. 1929. Francis Slade BARRON. Flying Officer Arthur Leicester St. Aubyu Alwyn Geoffrey Morgan GARY. McCLOSKY is promoted to the rank of Flight Charles Brian FIELD. L£. 1st Sept. 1928. (Substituted for the Edward Gerard GRANVILLE. notification in the Gazette of 5th Feb. 1929.) Hugh Lindsay McCuLLOCH. Flying Officer Ronald THORPE is promoted Richard Moulton MESSITER. to the rank of Flight Lt. 2nd Sept. 1928. Gershom Frederic Parkington O'FARRELL. (Substituted for the notification in the Ralph William WALLACE. Gazette of 5th Mar. 1929.) Thomas Eustace WHITTOME. Flying Officer Edward Alexander WILSON, Air Vice-Marshal Amyas Eden BORTOJM, M.D., relinquishes hi's short service commis- C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., is restored to sion on account of ill-health. 17th Oct. 1929. full pay from half pay. 1st Nov. 1929. Flying Officer Victor George PEZDLEY Flying Officer John Burslem MACKENZIE (Temp. Lt., General List, Army, Dental takes rank and precedence as if his appoint- Surgeon) relinquishes his temporary commis- ment as Flying Officer bore date 1st Oct. sion in the R.A.F. on completion of service. 1929. Reduction takes effect from 7th Oct. 18th Oct. 1929. 1929. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Oliver SWANN, K.C.B., C.B.E., is placed on the retired list. 2nd Nov. 1929. The undermentioned are placed on the RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS. retired list at their own request: — GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH. Air Vice-Marshal Charles Alexander Charles LANGLEY is granted a commission Holcombe LONGCROFT, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.Z iin Class A as a Pilot Officer on probation. A.F.C. 2nd Nov. 1929. 21st Oct. 1929. Air Commodore Thomas Charles Reginald HIGGINS, C.B., C.M.G. 1st Nov. 1929. The undermentioned are granted commis- Flying Officer Lionel James BOOTH, llth sions in Class A as Flying Officers on pro- Oct. 1929. bation. 10th Sept. 1929: — Ernest Kirkbright WALLIS. Air Commodore Charles Rumney SAMSON, John William RAYNER. C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., is placed on the retired list on account of ill-health. 6th The undermentioned are granted commis- Nov. 1929. sions in the Special Reserve as Pilot Officers on probation. 14th Oct. 1929:— Flying Officer Laurence Alfred EGGLES- FIELD is transferred to Reserve, class A. 8th Richard Ashley HALL. July 1929. (Substituted for the notification William Forster PHARAZYN. in the Gazette of 9th July 1929.) The undermentioned Flying Officers are Pilot Officer on probation Reginald Robert promoted to the rank of Flight Lt. 1st Nov. MAXWELL-CHANNELL relinquishes his short 1929: — service commission on account of ill-health. 29th Oct. 1929. • Charles Henry Alcroft FARNAN. Pilot Officer Bernard Sidney BRAMBLE is Harry Methuen SCHOFIELD. cashiered by sentence of General Court Edward Hedley FIELDEN, A.F.C. Martial. 9th Oct. 1929. Angus Lancelot MACMILLAN. Pilot Officer John Douglas ROBERTSON is Angus David McDowALL. dismissed the Service by sentence of General Christopher Stainbank STANILAND. Court Martial. 26th Oct. 1929. Ian Wilfred Campbell MACKENZIE. MEDICAL BRANCH. The undermentioned Pilot Officers are pro- moted to the rank of Flying Officer:— William Stewart STALKER, M.D., D.P.H., is granted a temporary commission as a Geoffrey Raoul DE HAVILLAND. 30th Oct. Flight Lt. with effect from and with 1929. seniority of 21st Oct. 1929. Edward Phillip SWALLOW 2nd Nov. 1029. Flying Officer Eric Vincent OULVERWELL is The short service commissions of the under- transferred from Class A to Class C. 5th mentioned Officers are antedated to the dates Nov. 1929. stated: — Flight Lt. Maurice BALLARD is re-employed Arthur Leicester St. Aubyn McCLOSKY. with the Regular Air Force for a further 1st Sept. 1926. year. 1st Nov. 1929.