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DEFENCE OF THE REALM Admiralty, 10th February, 1919. REGULATIONS. Tempy. Engr. Sub-Lieut, to be tempy. MARINE Box CHRONOMETERS OREER, 1917. Engr. Lieut.— Notice of Cancellation. Frederick P. Wilson. 28th Jan. 1919. Notice is hereby given, that the Lords Com- Payr. Lieut.-Odr. to be Payr. Cdr.— missioners of the Admiralty have cancelled as Norman F. Roy. 27th Jan. 1919. from the date hereof the Marine Box Chrono- To .be Engr. Lieut, (temporary service).— meters Order, 1917, made by them on the 4th Gerald R. Wilson. 1st Deo. 1918. day of August, 1917. Actg. Lieut, .to be Lieut.— The Order was published in the London John 0. P. Roach. 1st Feb. 1918. Gazette dated the 21st day of August, 1917. By Command of Their Lordships, R.N.R. 0. Murray. Tempy. Lieut. Thomas Garner, who has re- linquished his appointment on account of Admiralty, S.W. 1, ill-health contracted in the Service, to retain 17th February, 1919. his rank. 7th Feb. 1919.

Admiralty, S.W., 18th February, 1919. Admiralty, llth February, 1919. The KING hias .been .graciously pleased to Lieut.-Cdr. (retd.) to be Cdr. (retd.).— approve of the posthumous award of the Albert Percy J. Helyar. llth Feb. 1919. Medal for gallantry in saving life .at sea to: — Tempy. Engr. Sub-Lieut, to be tempy. Engr. Mr. Albert Charles Mattison, late Acting Lieut.— Boatswain, Royal Canadian' Navy, and 'Charles M. Cock. 27th Jan. 1919. Stoker Petty Officer Edward iS. Beard, late Royal Naval 'Canadian Volunteer Reserve. The following is the account of the services Admiralty, 12th~Februavy, 1919. in respect of which these decorations have been Payr. Lieuts. (actg. Payr. Lieut.-Cdrs.) to conf erred: — be Payr. Lieut.-Cdrs.— On the 6th December, 1917, the French Hubert F. Hewetson. Steamer " Mont Blanc," with a cargo of high Kenneth E. Badcock, D.S.C. explosives, and the Norwegian iSteamer 13th Feb. 1919. '' Imo'' were in collision in Halifax Harbour. Tempy. Engr. Sub-Lieuts. to be tempy. Fire broke out on the " Mont Blanc " immedi- Eng. Lieuts.— ately after the collision, and the flames very James H. Richardson. 27th Jan. 1919. quickly rose to a height of over 100 feet. The Victor Lockney. 25th Jan. 1919. crew abandoned their ship and pulled towards Eng. Comdr. (ret.) to be Eng. Capt. (ret.), the shore. The commanding officer of 1 H.M.C.sS. " Niobe," which was lying in the in recognition of services rendered during the harbour, on perceiving what had happened, War- sent aiway a steam -boat to -see what could be Harry R. Batchelor. 5th Jan. 1919. done. Mr. Mattison and six men of the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve volunteered R.N.R. to form the crew of this boat,- but just as the Tempy. Engr. Sub-Ldeut. to be tempy. Engr boat got alongside the " Mont Blanc " the ship Lieut.— blew up, >and Mr. Mattison and the whole boat's 'Charles S. Lewis. 1st Jan. 1919. crew lost their live®. The boat's crew were fully aware of thei desperate nature of the work G3rd (R.N.) Div. they were engaged on, and .by their gallantry The temp, commn. and appt. of Capt. Archi- and devotion to duty they sacrificed their lives bald E. Balfour, R.M, (Dvnl. Train), are in the endeavour to save the lives of others. terminated, 28th Dec. 1918, on appt. to Army.

Admiralty, 13th February, 1919. Admiralty, 3rd February, 1919. Actg. Lieuts. to foe Lieuts.— Surg. Capt. Walter G. Axford has been placed R.upert W. James. 15th . on the Retired List, with the rank of Surg. Alfred Leary. 15th Feb. 1918. Rear-Admiral, in recognition of services James P. W. C. Hawkins. 15th Sept. rendered during the War. 4th Feb. 1919. 1918. Gnr. (ret.) to be Ch. Gnr. (ret.)— Theobald Breen. 22nd Jan. 1919. Admiralty, 7th February, 1919. Tempy. Engr. Sub-Lieut, to be tempy. Engr. Lieut.— Actg. Sub-Lieut, to be "Sub-Lieut.— James S. Jenkins. 10th . Alexander R. Cadell. 15th Jan. 1919. B.N.V.B. Tempy. Sub-Lieuts. to be tempy. Lieuts.— Admiralty, 8th February, 1919. •Algernon S. Little. 4th Jan. 1919. Cdr. Ernest'H. Rideout has been placed on Ambrose J. Turner. 16th Jan. 1919. the Retired List. 8th Feb. 1919. Patrick J. Connolly. 18th Jan. 1919. Sub-Lieut, (actg. Lieut.) to be Lieut.— Tempy, actg. Lieut, to be tempy. Lieut.— •Cyril J. West. 15th Sept. 1918. Eric L. N. Pearce. 5th Jan. 1919.