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The London Gazette, 18 August. 1914. 6509 THE LONDON GAZETTE, 18 AUGUST. 1914. 6509 Lieutenant Edward A. Creswell, from the 8th (City of London) Battalion, The London Territorial Force Reserve, to be Lieutenant. Regiment (Post Office Rifles). Dated 19th August, 1914. The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 19th August, 1914. 5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Volun- Douglas D. Milne. teers (South Lancashire Regiment); Lons- Lionel R. E. West. dale Hammill (late Captain 5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South • Lancashire Regiment)), to be Second The undermentioned Second Lieutenants Lieutenant. Dated 19th August, 1914. to be Lieutenants. Dated 19th August, 1914: — 5th (Angus & Dundee) Battalion, The Black Edmund B. Powell. Watch {Royal Highlanders); the undermen- Edward C. Blight. tioned officers to be seconded under the con- Norman C. MacLehose. ditions of paragraphs 112 and 114f of the William B. Vince. Territorial Force Regulations respectively. Dated 19th August, 1914: — Qth (County of London) Battalion, The Lon- Captain David Wilkie. don Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles). Lieutenant Alexander H. M. Wedder- burn. Captain Robert f. F. Davies, from the Ter- ritorial Force Reserve, to be Captain. Dated 4th August, 1914. 4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment. Lieutenant Leslie H. Marten, from the Territorial Force Reserve, to be Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant John Macadam to be Dated 4th August, 1914. Lieutenant.' Dated 5th August, 1914. Supernumerary Second Lieutenant Vivian Haweis. Butcher is absorbed into the estab- 13th (Courity of London) Battalion, The Lon- lishment. Dated 5th August, 1914. don Regiment (Kensington). Captain Henry L. Cabuche, from the 5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Not- Territorial Force Reserve, to be Captain. tinghamshire find Derbyshire Regiment); Dated 19th August, 19i4, Lieutenant Steuart J. Aldous, from the Lieutenant Charles E. B. Cockell, from Territorial Force Reserve, to be Lieutenant. the Territorial Force Reserve, to be Lieu- Dated 19th August, 1914. tenant. Dated 19th August, 1914. Gth Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Not- 15th (County of London) Battalion, The Lon- tinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment); don Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Gilbert Stanley Heathcote (late Lieutenant, Service Rifles); Lieutenant George C. 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Grimsdale, from the Territorial Force Re- Regiment) to be Second Lieutenant. Dated serve, to be Lieutenant. Dated 19th 19th August, 1914. August; 1914. $th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Not- 18th (County of London) Battalion, The Lon- tinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment); don Regiment (London Irish Rifles); Lieu- Captain Robert F. B. Hodgkinson, from tenant John R. Trinder to be Captain. the Territorial Force Reserve, to be Cap- Dated 19th August, 1914. tain. Dated 19th August, 1914. (County of London) Battalion, The Lon- 4.th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regi- don Regiment (St. Pancras); Second Lieu- ment; the undermentioned Second Lieu- tenant Harold Fox is seconded. Dated 19th tenants' are seconded under the conditions of August, 1914. paragraph 114 of the Territorial Force Regu- lations. Dated 19th August, 1914: — 1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment. .George R. Bishop. The undermentioned Captains, from the William W. P. Pittoh. Territorial Force Reserve, to be Captains. Dated 19th August, 1914: — 5th Battalion, The Qiieen's Own (Royal West Charles C. S. Scott-Gatty. Kent Regiment); Captain Roddison D. John T. Hunt. Brewis, from the Territorial Force Reserve, to be Captain. Dated 19th August, 1914. Lieutenant Thomas R. Bevan, from the 4th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Dated 19th August, "Ist Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment; 1914. the undermentioned Captains, from the Ter- ritorial Force Reserve, to be Captains. Dated 19th August, 1914: — ARMY SERVICE CORPS. Herbert P. Sharman. Yorkshire Mounted Brigade, Transport and Graf ton D. Pryor. Supply Column; the resignation of his com-.
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