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4098 Supplement to the Edinburgh Gazette, December 17, 1919 4098 SUPPLEMENT TO THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE, DECEMBER 17, 1919. S4/232705 Staff Serjeant George Arthur Army Service Corps (attached Headquar- Griffin, 'Royal Army Service Corps (attached ters, 2nd Army) (Ash Vale, Surrey). 66th Divisional Headquarters) (New Brigh- 636195 Serjeant William Leith Mclntosh, ton, Cheshire). B/256th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery SS/5251 Staff .Serjeant (temporary Staff Ser- (Territorial Force) (Dundee). jeant-Major) James William Hall, General 7176 Serjeant" (temporary Staff Serjeant- Headquarters, let Echelon, Royal Army Major John Mackenzie, Seaforth Highlan- Service Corps (East Ham, E.), ders (Conon Bridge, Ross-shire). - 634173 Colour Serjeant (acting Regimental 85446 Serjeant Percy William Mallett, 207th Quartermaster-Serjeant) Arthur William Field Company, Royal Engineers (Nor- Hard-wick, S.A.N., Labour Corps (attached wich) . 19th Labour Group) (Woodstock,' South 305601 Serjeant John James Mason, 726th Africa). Company, Labour Corps (Pimlico, S.W.). 9299 Serjeant (acting Company Serjeant- Serjeant William McPherson Matheson, 5th Major) Frank Harris, 2nd Battalion, Duke (Wellington) Regiment, New Zealand of Cornwall's Light Infantry (Pimlico, Forces. iS.W. 1). 30609 Serjeant Gavin Horace Meuzies, Wel- 628 Private Samuel Hawkes, 1st Australian lington Regiment, New Zealand Forces. Naval and Military Expeditionary Force. 240161 Serjeant (acting Company Quarter- 569475 Serjeant (acting Company Serjeant- miaster-Serjeant) Alb-art Henry Millen, l/5th Major) Harold Heath, 148th Prisoner of War Company, Laibour Corps (late Lanca- Battalion, East Kent Regiment (Tenterden). shire Fusiliers) (Middleton). 248244 Regimental Quartermaster-Serjeant 3941 Serjeant Cecil James Henrey, 4th Bat- William Miller, 34th Group Headquarters, talion, South African Infantry. Labour Corps (Glasgow). 13355 temporary Superintending Clerk Charles 89652 Battery Quartermaster-Serjeant Thomas Richard Hill, Royal Engineers (attached Mundy, A/177th Brigade, Royal Field Ar- Headquarters, 4th Division) (Torquay). tillery (Bristol). 12955 Serjeant (acting Regimental Serjeant- S4/217002 Corporal (Acting Staff Serjeant) Major) Henry Thomas Hills, llth Battalion, Allan Nicholson, 584th Company, 3rd Mo- Worcestershire Regiment (Knockholt, near bile Repair Unit, Royal Army Service Corps Seveno'aks). (Bowden, Cheshire). S4/240768 Staff Serjeant-Major ' Herbert 3291 Corporal (temporary Serjeant-Major) Hinton, Royal Army Service Corps (Terri- Eugene O'Keeff, " L " Signal Battalion, torial Force) (attached 47th Divisional Royal Engineers (Dublin). Headquarters (Ashford, Middlesex). S4/144598 Staff Serjeant-Major John Orrne- S/31663 Staff Quartermaster-Serjeant Thomas rod, Royal Army Service Corps (Waterloo, John Horrell, 'Royal Army Service Corps Liverpool). (Cardiff). 10442 Private Gerald Pearson Parker, 1st Bat- S/29649 Corporal (temporary Staff Quarter- talion, Yorkshire Regiment (Horsham, Sus- master-Serjeant) William Thomas Hoskin, sex). Royal Army Service Corps (Headquarters, 73218 Company Quartermaster-Serjeant (Act- 3rd Cavalry Division) {South Kirby, York- ing Regimental Quartermaster-Serjeant) shire). Thomas Patmore, 87th Grotip, Labour Corps 14987 Regimental Serjeant-Major Ross (co. Cavan, Ireland). Hunter, Headquarters, 36th Brigade, Royal W/4682 Regimental Quartermaster-Serjeant Field Artillery (Palace-field, Kildare). Alexander Gilles Ramage', 4/5th Battalion, 66414 Serjeant (acting Regimental'Serjeant- Royal Highlanders, Territorial Force (Glas- Major) Walter Jones, I/6th Battalion, gow). Cheshire Regiment (Territorial Force) S/30510 Corporal (acting Staff Quartermaster- (Stoke Newington, N.). Serjeant) Charles William Reeves, Royal 512403 Serjeant (acting Company Serjeant- Army Service Corps (Dublin). Major) John Kane, 137th (Chinese) Com- 93402 Serjeant (acting • Company Serjeant- pany, Labour Corps (Bridgetown, Glasgow). Major) William John Richards, 308th Pri-- 05212 temporary Sub-Conductor Archibald soner of War Company, Labour Corps (Ply- Kellock, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Aber- mouth). dour, Fife). S/26711 temporary Staff Quartermaster-Ser- WR/125035 Lance-Corporal (temporary Ser- jeant Thomas Steven Rickard, Royal Army jeant) David Kidd, 279th 'Construction Com- Service Corps (" E '" Tottenham, N.). pany, Royal Engineers (Skipley). 332452 Private George Roughley, 9th Bat- S/232854 Serjeant (temporary Staff Serjeant- talion, Liverpool Regiment (Territorial Major) Peter Kinloch, L. Divisional Train, Force) (Ormskirk). Royal Army Service Corps (Glasgow). 350898 Company Quartermaster-Serjeant Fre- 276 Serjeant (temporary Regimental Serjeant- derick Scothorne, 7th Battalion, London Major) James Kinsella, 13th Veterinary Regiment (Hornsey Rise). Hospital, Royal Army Veterinary Corps 9856 Serjeant Drummer James Shipman, 1st • (F'orges-les-Eaux, Seine Inferieure-, France). Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 103308 Lance-Corporal (acting Corporal) Cyril Regiment (Alfreton). Howard Lineham, 239th Battalion, Machine WR/250308 Company Quartermaster-Serjeant Gun Corps (Sheffield). Stanley Silvester, Railway Traffic Establish- S/18235 Staff Serjeant (temporary Staff Ser- ment, Royal Engineers (Manchester). jeant-Major) Percy George Lomax, Royal WR/21858 Corporal Hugh Smith, Royal En- Army Service Corps (attached Headquarters, gineers (Aberdeen). 2nd Cavalry Division) (Hollywood, co. 14571 Staff Serjeant (acting Quartermaster- Down). Serjeant) Martin Bertram Smith, estab- &/22252 Staff Serjeant (temporary Staff Ser- lishment for Royal Engineer Services, Royal jeant-Major) John Patrick McCarthy, Royal Engineers (" E'V Chatham)..
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