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2592 Supplement to the London Gazette, 13 March, 1915 2592 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13 MARCH, 1915. The West India, Regiment, The under- E J. Joseph, 5th Battalion, Princess mentioned Lieutenants to be Captains — Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regi- ment) . Dated 18th January, 1915. R K. Foulkes, 6th Battalion, The Felix W. Woolnough. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Gerald B Groom, and to remain seconded. R. C. Price, llth Battalion, The Duke of Charles H. B Pridham. Dated 4th Feb- Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). ruary, 1915 13th (Western) Division— Second Lieutenant A. H Vince to be Lieu- Temporary Second Lieutenants . — tenant Dated 18th January, 1915. Dated llth January, 1915. Service Battalions. ' A. K. Bennett, 9th Battalion, The Royal The notification regarding Edward Charles Warwickshire Regiment. Mackenzie, which appeared in the Gazette of D. J. Williams, 4th Battalion, The South 29th September, 1914, is cancelled. Wales Borderers. R. F. Gwyn, 4th Battalion, The South The undermentioned Officers are seconded Wales Borderers. for service with Divisional Cyclist Com- W. L. Cowley, 7th Battalion, The Prince panies — of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment). 9th (Scottish) Division,— 14:th (Light) Division— Dated 7th January, 1915 Temporary Captain M. A. Towler, 6th Captain J. L Gordon (Reserve of Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Officers), 10th Battalion, Princess Louise's Infantry. Dated 24th December, 1914. (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). Temporary Lieutenant H. D. Harrison, Temporary Second Lieutenants — 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry. E. J. Ritchie, 12th Battalion, The Royal Dated 24th December, 1914. • Scots (Lothian Regiment). D. McC H. Hill, 6th Battalion, The Temporary Second Lieutenants : — King's Own Scottish Borderers Dated 24th December, 1914. P. D. Fernandes-Ferreira, 9th Battalion, A. L. Mare, llth Battalion, The King's The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). (Liverpool Regiment). C L Wemyss, 8th Battalion, The Black G S. K Baumgartner, 8th Battalion, Watch (Royal Highlanders). The King's Royal Rifle Corps. I D. Munro, 8th Battalion, The Gordon H. A. Robertson, 8th Battalion, The Highlanders. Devonshire Regiment. Dated 14th January, A. C. S. Buist, 8th Battalion, The Gordon 1915. Highlanders. S. Shepherd, 6th Battalion, The Duke of F. J. Martin, 6th Battalion, The Cornwall's Light Infantry. Dated 26th Leicestershire Regiment. Dated 18th Feb- January, 1915. ruary, 1915. S. R. K. Gurner, 8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). llth (Northern) Division— Dated 15th February, 1915. Dated 27th November, 1914. Temporary Second Lieutenants: — 15th (Scottish) Division— C. M. Stanley, 6th Battalion, Th© East Yorkshire Regiment. Temporary Captain J. C. Cooke, 8th Bat- A. R. Thackrah, 9th Battalion, The Lan- balion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire cashire Fusiliers. Buffs, The Duke of Albany's). Dated 28th C. E. Newham, 9th Battalion, The' Sher- January, 1915. wood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Dated 23rd December, 1914. H. G. Small, llth Battalion, The Man- Temporary Captain H. S. Cobb, 10th Bat- chester Regiment. talion, The Gordon Highlanders. A. S,. C. Barnard, 6th Battalion, The Temporary Lieutenant C D. Richards, York and Lancaster Regiment. llth Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). 12th (Eastern) Division— Temporary Lieutenant H. G. Smith, 7th Temporary Second Lieutenants — Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment. Dated Dated 23rd December, 1914. 19th January, 1915. G. A. Herbert, 7th Battalion, The Royal Temporary Second Lieutenants:—• Scots Fusiliers. * D. F. Nicol, 10th Battalion, The Came- Dated 14th January, 1915. lonians (Scottish Rifles). O. H. Williams, 6th Battalion, The Buffs A. F. Sprott, 10th Battalion, The Gordon (East Kent Regiment). Highlanders. E. D. Jones, 8th Battalion, The Royal M. B. Clark, llth Battalion, Princess Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland High- C. H. Allison, 8th Battalion, The Royal landers). Dated llth January, 1915. Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). R. N. Chubb, 7th Battalion, The King's W. M. Tucker, 7th Battalion, The Suffolk Own Scottish Borderers. Dated 18th Regiment. January, 1915..
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