6862 THE LONDON GAZETTE, 3 DECEMBER, 1940 28th Sept. 1940. Antony Charles Letteblere AKROYD- (Seniority z'jth Sept. 1940.) STUART (72476). Glynn ASHFIELD (36225). Richard Wright WHITTOME (72013). ist Oct. 1940. 2ist Apr. 1940. James Douglas STEUART-RICHARDSON (Seniority, 2ist July 1939.) (33465). Peter John CARPENTER (36229). 8th Oct. 1940. Raymond William Henry STEVENSON John Collinson ALEXANDER (33456). (36230). Robert James Sealer PARSONS (33462). Robert GRAY (72081). (Substituted for 9th Oct. 1940. notifications of igth Nov. 1940, p. 6633, Maurice Cuthbert RABAN (33493). col. i, and p. 6637, col. 2, concerning this officer.) 26th Nov. 1940. (Seniority 2Jth Sept. 1940.) 5th June 1940. John MITCHELL (36233). Derek George HEATON-NICHOLLS (33375). 3rd Sept. 1940. The undermentioned Flying Officers are Douglas Richard .TURLEY-GEORGE (41336). promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant:— Charles Michael Brooke SYMONS (41628). 3rd Sept. 1940. 23rd Sept. 1940. James Thomas GIBSON (13003) (ret.). Leonard Walter STEVENS (41753). Michael Henry Cox (33233). Vaughan Gothrik Welsby ENGSTROM Charles Harley BOXALL (37903). (41687). I3th Sept. 1940. 30th Sept. 1940. (Seniority i^th Sept. 1939.) Lawrence Michael O'LEARY (41728). Arthur Denis BRYANT (25082) (Capt. R. 2nd Oct. 1940. Northumberland Fusiliers). Lawrence Elwood CRYDERMAN (41674). Peter LEGGE (25081) (Capt. R.A.). Walter Henry ARNOLD (41649). 22nd Sept. 1940. Leicester Cornelius KINGSBURY (41713). (Seniority 22nd. Sept. 1939.) John Antony DIXON (41683). William Digby BLACKWOOD, D.F.C. 3rd Oct. 1940. (25083) (Lt. R. Tank Corps). Anthony Stuart LINNEY (41717). ist Oct. 1940. 23rd Oct. 1940. James Archibald Findlay MACLACHLAN, William ARMSTRONG (41812). D.F.C. (39639). 6th Nov. 1940. Gordon Leonard SINCLAIR, D.F.C. (39644). Richard Macklow TROUSDALE (42163). John Lawrence RILEY (39620). Russell Henry WIENS (42168). Percy Rodney O'CONNOR (39641). William Lidstone MCKNIGHT, D.F.C. 4th Oct. 1940. (41937). Goff WILSON (13008) (ret.). Maurice Bradbury MALLET (41939). Anthony Talbot STAVELEY (39602). Francis George AXTELL (41980). Richard William STOKES (42027). 5th Oct. 1940. Michael Hugh YOUNG (42040). Malcolm Keith CARS WELL (39780). Desmond Hay ward Sidley KAY, D.F.C. 8th Oct. 1940. (42006). John Richard BARNLEY (39647). Samuel Richard THOMAS (42029). 9th Oct. 1940. i8th Nov. 1946. Alexander Middleton CAMPBELL (39432). Thomas Derek SAUL (42080). i5th Oct. 1940. The undermentioned Squadron Leaders Kenneth Hughes BLAIR, D.F.C. (39704). are transferred to the Technical Branch. Henry Norman BURROWS (39710). 24th Apr. 1940. . William David Loraine FILSON-YOUNG Reginald Ruchet FAIRWEATHER (33054). (39725). Frank William FOSTER, D.F.C., D.S.M. 26th Oct. 1940. (13026). John Wolferstan VILLA, D.F.C. (39768). Pilot Officer Lester Francis HUMPHREY ist Nov. 1940. (43470) is seconded for special duty, ist Frederick AUSTIN (39627). July 1940. 24th Nov. 1940. Flying Officer George Hugo Formby John Harold Gilbert WALKER (40036). PLINSTON (37419) takes rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flying Officer bore 30th Nov. 1940. date 26th Oct. 1938. Reduction to take John Francis SHARP (40025). effect from 8th Oct. 1940. The undermentioned Pilot Officers are pro- Group Captain Edmund Digby Maxwell moted to the rank of Flying Officer: — ROBERTSON, C.B., D.F.C. (Ret.), reverts to the retired list and resumes his former rank 6th Mar. 1940. of Air Commodore in which rank he is re- James Roger WHELAN, D.F.C. (40330). called to the active list. 2ist Nov. 1940. 7th Apr. 1940. The undermentioned Pilot Officers relin- (Seniority, Jth Jan. 1940.) quish their temporary commissions on Philip Harold BALDWIN (72019). return to Army duty: — Kenneth Douglas BRUCE (72249). 25th Oct. 1940. Geoffrey Leonard CHESHIRE (72021). Richard Bertram O'Hagan WARBURTON Bruce Arthur ROGERS (72088). (44667), 2nd Lt., R.E. (T.A.).