12250 THE GAZETTE 18 OCTOBER, 1918. County of Kerry, Esquire, one of his threw himself on to the top of it and let it Majesty's Counsel learned in the Law. explode under him, receiving fatal injuries, but Caithrop Guy Spencer Calthrop, of Croxley saving the lives of his comrades. House, in the County of Hertford, Esquire. Robert Leicester Harmsworth, of Moray Lodge, in the Royal Borough of Kensing- Whitehall, October 15, 1918. ton, Esquire. The KING has been pleased, by Letters William James Peake Mason, of Compton Patent under the Great Seal of the United Pauncefoot, in the County of Somerset, Kingdom of Great Britain and , bear- Esquire. ing date the 15th instant, to confer the dignity Pryce Edward Pryce-Jones, of Dolerw, in the of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon County of Montgomery, Esquire, Honorary Captain Sir Charles Bathurst, K.B.E., and the Colonel of the 7th Battalion of the Royal heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the Welsh Fusiliers. name, style and title of Baron Bledisloe, of Charles Augustin Hanson, of Fowey, in the Lydney, in the county of Gloucester. County of Cornwall, Esquire, Lord Mayor of the City of London. Whitehall, October 17, 1918. The KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Whitehall, October U, 1918. Kingdom of •Great Britain and Ireland, bear- The KING has been pleased to give and grant ing date the 17th instant, to appoint the Right unto the undermentioned gentlemen His Reverend Father in God Doctor Huysche Majesty's Royal licence and authority to wear Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs, Bishop of Worcester, the decorations indicated against their respec to the newly founded Bishopric of Coventry. tive names which have been conferred upon them by the President of the Republic of China Whitehall, October 17, 1918. in recognition of valuable1 services rendered by them: — The KING has been pleased, by Warrant under His Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, bear- Order of the Excellent Crop, Third- Glass. ing date the 15th instant, to appoint Thomas William Bullard, Esq., of the Eastern Exten- Henning Parr, Esq., to be Recorder of the sion Telegraph Company. Borough of Salisbury, in the room of Edward Thornton Hill Lawes, Esq., who has resigned. Order of the Excellent Crop, Fourth Class. Charles George Gordon Pearson, Esq., District Salt Inspector for Shantung. Whitehall, October 17, 1918. The KING has been pleased, by Warrant Order of the Striped Tiger, Fourth Class. under His Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, bear- Kenneth McEuen, Esq., Captain Superinten- ing date the 15th instant, to appoint 'Henry dent of Police, ; Arthur Colefax, Esq., K.C., to be His Major Alan Hilton Hilton-Johnson, Deputy Majesty's Solicitor-General of the County Superintendent of Police, Shanghai; and Palatine of Durham. William Armstrong, Esq., Chief Detective In- spector of Police, Shanghai. Whitehall, October 17, 1918. Order of the Striped Tiger, Fifth Class. The KING has been pleased to give and grant unto Ernest Woodburn Trotter, Esq., Vivian Smith, Esq., Deputy Postal Commis- Adviser to the Royal Siamese Department of sioner, Tientsin. Gendarmerie, His Majesty's Royal licence and Order of the Excellent Crop, Fifth Glass. authority to wear the Insignia of the First Class (Grand Cross) of the Order of the Crown William Price, Esq., Customs College, of ,Siam, which Decoration has been conferred Peking; upon him by His Majesty the King of Siam in Ernest Watson, Esq., Customs College, recognition of valuable services rendered by Peking; and him. William Boyd Cooper, Esq., formerly of the Customs College, Peking. Whitehall, October 17, 1918. The KING has been pleased to give and Whitehall, October 15, 1918. -.grant unto Norman Gibb, Esq., Chief v Mechanical Engineer of the Royal Siamese The KING has been pleased to award the State Railways, His Majesty's Royal licence Albert Medal in Gold in recognition of the gal- and authority to wear the Insignia of the Third lantry of Sergeant David Emmitt Coyne, of Class of the Order of the White Elephant, the 31st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, which Decoration has been conferred upon "him in saving life in France at the cost of his own by His Majesty the King of Siam in recognition life. of valuable services rendered by him. On the night of the 15th May, 1918, in order to test some Mills grenades, Sergeant Coyne threw one of them, but it failed to clear the parapet and fell into the trench in which there Whitehall, 27 September, 1918. were a number of. other men. Sergeant Coyne The KING has been pleased to grant unto shouted to them to run for their lives, and en- Harold Beecham Richards, of $t. James's deavoured to find the bomb in order to throw Street, in the City of Westminster, it away, but owing1 to the darkness he was un- in His Majesty's Corps of , son able to lay his hand on it in time and, the men of John Cumins Richards, late of Bromley, in not being clear of the trench, he deliberately the County of , sometime a Captain in His