The London Gazette, January 12, 1897

186-. THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUARY 12, 1897.

Kor/ftl Marine Light Infantry. 8th Hussars, Second Lieutenant P. A. T. Jones Lieutenant Harry Douglas Farquharson is to be Lieutenant, vice I. W. Burns-Lindow, seconded for service as Assistant to the Pro- appointed Adjutant. Dated 27th November, fessor of Fortification at . the '• Royal Navul 1896. College, Greenwich. Dated 1st January, 10th Hussars, Captain Harvey Alexander to be 1897. •Major, vice D. S. W., Earl of Airlie, trans- Admiralty, 3th January, 1897. ferred to 2nd Dragoon Guards. Dated 2nd IN accordance with the provisions of Her January, 1897. Majesty's Order in Council of 22nd February, Lieutenant Bertram C. C. S. Meeking to be 1870, the following Officers have been placed on Captain, vice H. Alexander. Dated 2nd the Retired List:— January, 1897. Captain John Ingles; Aide-de-Camp to Her Second Lieutenant the Honourable Gerald B. Majesty. Dated 6th January, 1897. Portman to be Lieutenant, vice B. C. C. S. Commander the Honourable Edward Thomas Meeking. Dated 2nd January, 1897. Needham, with permission to assume the rank 12/7* Lancers, Captain Antonio S. Ralli to be of Captain. Dated 6th January, 1897. Major, vice T. A. Hill, promoted. Dated 21st Commander William Douglas Morrish. Dated December, 1896. 8th January, 1897. l$th Hussars, Second Lieutenant Goland V. The following Acting Sub-Lieutenants* have Clarke, from 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Second been confirmed as Sub - Lieutenants in Her Lieutenant, vice R. B. H. Gibbins, who ex- Majesty's Fleet:— changes. Dated 13th January, 1897. Basil Vernon Brooke. Dated 15th December, • 1895. Cola'stream Guards, Second Lieutenant L. C. Henry Peel Ritchie. Dated 15th January, 1896. Garratt to be Lieutenant, vice R. Longueville, Seymour Fisher Rowe. Dated 15th February, appointed Adjutant, Guards' Depdt. Dated 1895. 2nd January, 1897. Lieutenant Henry Francis Stirling, from 5th Admiralty, llth January, 1897. Battalion the King's Royal Rifle Corps, to be IN accordance with the provisions of Her Second Lieutenant, vice L. C. Garratt. Dated Majesty's Orders in Council of 22nd February, 13th January, 1897. 1870, 80th April, 1877, and 4th July, 1895— Guards' Depot, Sergeant-Major Frederick Walker, Fleet Engineer Jaine-j Alfred Shawyer has been from Scots Guards, to be Quartermaster, with placed on the. Retired List, with permission to the honorary rank of Lieutenant, vice Hono- assume the rank of .Inspector of Machinery. rary Captain T. W. Gun ton, retired. Dated Dated 2nd January, 1897. 13th January, 1897. The undermentioned Engineer has-been pro- rrioted. to the rank of Chief Engineer in Her REGIMENTAL DISTRICT. Majesty's Fleet, viz. : — Brevet Colonel F. J. Curtin, from Lieutenant- Frank Rawling Stuttaford. Dated 3rd Decem- Colonel half-pa}p, to be Colonel to command ber, 1S9«. the 28th Regimental District (the Gloucester- Tn accordaoce with the pr-ovisions of Her shire Regiment), vice Colonel J. B. McDougal, Majesty's Order in Council of 22nd February, placed on half-pay. Dated 5th January, 1897. 1870— LINE BATTALIONS. Fleet Paymaster Silas Winter Parker has- been pieced on the Retired List, at his own request, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), with permission to assume the rank of Pay- Captain James Scaly Clarke, about to be master-in-Chief. Dated 6th January, 1897. appointed to the Militia, retires on retired pay under Article 509, Royal Warrant llth Royal Naval Reserve. March, 18^6. Dated 13th January, 1897. Sub-Lieutenant David Hunter Aitken has been The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Dated Lieutenants :— 5th January, 1897. B. C. Kauntze, vice T. B. Dixon, promoted. Dated 16th September, 1896. T. D. L. Whittington, vice J. S. Clarke, pro- War Office, Poll Mall, moted. Dated 23rd September, 1896. 12th January, 1897. A. McN. Dykes, vice A. E. Radcliflfe, resigned. 1st Life Guards, Second Lieutenant R. V. L- Dated 4th November, 1896. Lloyd-Philipps to be Lieutenant, vice J. A- E., Marquis of Hamilton, promoted. Dated The Northumberland Fusiliers, Captain Edward 18th January, 1897. S. Heard is seconded for service on the Staff. Dated 1st January, 1897. Royal Horse Guards, Second Lieutenant the Honourable Dudley C. Marjoribanks to be Lieu- The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, The under- tenant, vice H.W., Viscount Crichton, appointed mentioned Lieutenants to be Captains:— Adjuiant. Dated 13th January, 1897. Arthur C. Herbert, vice G. D. Armstrong, ap- 2 -d Dragoon Guard*, Lieutenant Edward W. L. pointed Adjutant. Dated 9th December, 18i>6. Urquhart to be Captain, vice H. W. Wilber- John F. W. Boyce, vice G. G. O'N. Ray, force, seconded for service on the Staff. Dated seconded. Dated 16th December, 1896. 16th December, 189G. Lieutenant Nevill M. Smyth is seconded for service Captain Herman James S. Landon to be Adjutant, with the Egyptian Army. Dated 9th October, vice Captain J. R. Dyas, who has vacated that 1896. appointment. Dated 25th December, 1896. 4lh Dragoon Guards, Second Lieutenant Ralph The Prince Albert's (SomersetshireLight Infantry)^ B. H. Gibbins, from 18th Hussars, to be Quartermaster and Honorary Captain Frank Second Lieutenant, vice G. V. Clarke, who Sturt retires on retired pay. Dated 13th exchanges^ Dated 13th January, 1897. January, 1897.