SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 2 NOVEMBER, 1914. 8867 4th Battalion, The Regiment. ' 5th\ Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regi- Captain William W. Leete is appointed ment. to command the Cheshire Brigade Signal Major Eldon Annesley Crump (late of this- Section, and is seconded whilst so employed. Battalion) to be Major. Dated 1st October, Dated 5th August, 1914. 1914. Douglas Errington Riddell (late Cadet Private Brainerd Arthur Robinson Jones Lance-Corporal, Birmingham University to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 3rd Contingent, Senior Division, Officers Train- November, 1914. ing Corps) to be Second Lieutenant. Dated The appointment of Second Lieutenant 3rd November, 1914. Robert Gordon Beazley, which appeared in the London Gazette of the 18th September, 6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regi- 1914, is cancelled. ment; Second Lieutenant Charles E. Elwell to be Captain (temporary). Dated 14th 7th Battalion, The ; Lieu- September, 1914. tenant- Sir Walter Geoffrey Shaker- ley, Bart., Retired List, , 4th (City of Dundee) Battalion, The Black to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary). Watch (Royal Highlanders) ; Quartermaster- Dated 3rd November, 1914. Serjeant John McC'owan to be Quarter- master, with the honorary rank of Lieu- 6th (Carnarvonshire & Anglesey) Battalion, tenant. Dated 3rd November, 1914. The Royal Welsh Fusiliers; the announce- ment of the appointment as Second Lieu- 5th (Angus & Dundee) Battalion, The 'Bl tenant of David Edward Lawrence,which ap- Watch (Royal Highlanders). peared in the London Gazette of the 1st Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel September, 1914, is cancelled. William C. Douglas, D.S.O., Retired List, Territorial Force, to be Lieutenant-Colonel 4th (The Border) Battalion, The Zing's Own. (temporary). Dated 22nd September, 1914. Scottish Borderers. Captain George S. Rae is absorbed into- Lieutenant William Richardson, from the the establishment. Dated 23rd September, Territorial Force Reserve, to be Lieutenant. 1914. Dated 7th August, 1914. Captain and Honorary Major John F. Supernumerary Second Lieutenants Wil- Dickson, Junior, resigns his commission, and liam K. Innes and Pulteney Malcolm are is granted permission to retain his rank and absorbed into the establishment. Dated to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 3rd 29th August, 1914. November, 1914. Captain and Honorary Major John F. 5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion, The Dickson, Junior, Retired List (late of this* King's Own Scottish Borderers; Lieutenant- Battalion), to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd Colonel and Honorary Colonel Claude V. E. November, 1914. 'Laurie, C.B., D.S.O. (late 3rd Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers), to be Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 3rd November, and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; the 1914. undermentioned Captains to be Majors (tem- porary). Dated 1st September, 19T.4: — 5th BattaUon, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Lionel C. Hawkins. Infantry; the announcement of the appoint- Charles J. Mitchell. ment as Second Lieutenant of Kenneth G. Captain Gerald T. Hankin, from the Un- Campbell ,and Frederick L. Gaunter, which attached List for the Territorial Force, to be appeared in the London Gazette of the 6th Captain.. Dated 3rd November, 1914. October, 1914, is cancelled. 4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment; Major 5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West William C. Shepherd to be Lieutenant- Riding Regiment); Cadet Edwin Charles Colonel. Dated 3rd November, 1914. Alban Taglis, from the Oxford University 8th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Essex Regiment. Contingent, Senior Division, Officers Train- Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas J. Boulter, ing Corps, to be Second Lieutenant. Dated from the Territorial Force Reserve, to be 3rd November, 1914. Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) . Dated 12th Oc%ober, 1914. 4th BattaUon, The Royal Sussex Regiment; the surname of Quartermaster and Honorary Geoffrey Charles Rimmingtpn Taylor (late Lieutenant William Frederic Wraight is as Captain, 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Essex now described, and not as stated in the Regiment) to be Captain (temporary). Dated London Gazette of the 20th October, 1914.. 3rd November, 1914. The appointment of the following Second 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Lieutenants bears date as stated against Regiment. their names, and not as announced in the London Gazette ofthe 25th August, 1914 : — Major Frank William Frederick Johnson (late. South African Colonial Forces) to be Benjamin R. Radford. Dated 7th Major (temporary). Dated 5th August, August, 1914. 1914. Armistead L. Field. Dated 7th August, Captain Arnold W. Hodson to be 1914. seconded. Dated 1st September, 1914. Reginald Byng Tower Hill. Dated 12th August, 1914.