THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 29, 1900. 3407 Veterinary-Major G. R. Griffith, D.S.O., is 6th Dragoons, Lieutenant Lawrence Edward seconded for service with the Egyptian Army. Grace Oates, from 3rd Battalion, the Prince of Dated 26th May, 1900. Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), in succession to Lieutenant J. L. Lawlor, appointed BREVET. Adjutant. Dated 30th May, 1900. Lieutenant-Colonel George J., Lord Playfair, 13th Hussars, Captain Charles Elliot, from.4th Royal Garrison Artillery, to be Colonel. Dated Battalion the Princess of Wales's Own (York- 29th May, 1900. shire Regiment), on augmentation. Dated 21st MEMORANDA. April, 1900. - The undermentioned Officers to be Major- GRENADIER GUARDS. Generals:— Second Lieutenant Cecil Talbot Fraser Clayton, Colonel R. L. H. Curteis, Deputy Adjutant- from 3rd Battalion the Royal Sussex Regiment, General, Head-Quarters, Ireland, in succession to complete establishment. Dated 30th May, to Lieutenant-General G. D. Barker, K.C.B., 1900. ; promoted. Dated 6th April, 1900. LINE BATTALIONS. Colonel (local Lieutenant - General) R. Pole- The Buffs (East Kent Regime/it), Lieutenant Claud Curew, C.B., Commanding llth Division, Field Henry Philip O'Hagan, from 6th Battalion the Force, South Africa, vice R. F. Butler, retired. Manchester Regiment, in succession to Lieu- Dated llth May, 1900.. tenant L. C. E. Knight, promoted. Dated 21st April J 900. The undermentioned Officers are granted the temporary rank of Brigadier-General whilst in The Northumberland Fusiliers, Second Lieutenant command of Militia Brigades during the summer Evelyn Boscawen Gordon, from 2nd Volunteer drills : — Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant F. Bevan, Colonel J. W. Webber, half-pay. Dated 1st promoted. Dated 5th May, 1900. May, 1900 The Royal Warwickshire: Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel M. S. Crofton, C.B, D.S.O., half-pay. Francis Rowland Tarleton, from 3rd Battalion Dated 6th May, 1900. the Highland Light Infantry, on augmentation. Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel V. Hatton, C.B., Dated 21st April, 1900. half-pay. Dated 7th May, 1900. Second Lieutenant Langton Sacheverell Coke, Colonel D. C. De Wend, half-pay. Dated oth from 3rd Battalion the Sherwood Foresters May, 1900. (Derbyshire Regiment), on augmentation. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel J. W* T. Dated 21st April, 1900. Hume, half-pay. Dated 8th May, 1900. The King's (Liverpool Regiment), Lieutenant Honorary Colonel T. W. Lemmon, C.B., 3rd Edwin Ramsay Adtiir Hall, from 3rd Battalion Battalion the East Surrey Regiment. Dated the Cheshire Regiment, in succession to Lieu- 7th May, 1900. tenant H. A. Deriham, promoted. Dated 18th Colonel J. Davis, A5de-de-Camp to the Queen, April, 1900. Honorary Colonel 3rd Battnlion the Queen's Lieutenant William Nugent Walter Gape, from (Roj'al West Surrey Regiment). Dated 7th 5th Battalion, in succession to Lieutenant F. R. May, 1900. Ewart, promoted. Dated 21st April, 1900. Colonel the Duke of Montrose, K.T., Aide-de- Camp to the Queen, Lieutenant-Colonel 3rd The Norfolk Regiment, Lieutenant Humphrey Battalion Princess Louise's (Argyll and Suther- Louis Willett, from 4th Volunteer Battalion, in land Highlanders). Dated 14th May, 1900. succession to Lieutenant J. B. Orr, seconded. Brevet Colonel H. D. A. Cutbill, retired pay, Dated 5th May, 1900. Lieutenant-Colonel 4th Battalion the Royal Irish Rifles. Dated 6th May, 1900. The Lancashire.Fusiliers, Lieutenant Harold Alec Kirkby, from 5th Volunteer Battalion the South Wales Borderers, on augmentation. Dated 5th Lieutenant B. W. B. Bowdler, Royal Engi- May, 1900. neers, is granted the local rank of Captain whilst in command of a company of Royal Engineers at The Cheshire Regiment, Lieutenant Arthur Row- Esquimalt. Dated 30th May, 1900. land Hill, from 3rd Battalion, . vice F. H. H. W. Nicholson, Esq., late Captain Reserve Mahony, seconded. Dated 18th April, 1900. of Officers, is granted the temporary rank of The Gloucestershire Regiment, Second Lieutenant Captain in the Army whilst employed with the Eustace Hotham Burnaby, from 3rd Battalion 8th (the King's, Liverpool Regiment) and 40th the Lincolnshire Regiment, in succession to (the Prince of Wales's Volunteers, South Lan- Lieutenant A. Bryant, a prisoner of war, cashire Regiment) Regimental Districts. Dated Dated 30th May, 1900. 6th April, 1900. The Worcestershire Regiment, Captain Alfred Francis Custance, from 5th Battalion, on aug- War Office, Pall Mall, mentation. Dated 21st April, 1900. 29*6 May, 1900. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Lieu- The undermentioned Officers to be Second Lieu- tenant Geoffrey Francis Phillips, from 5th tenants : — Battalion the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Con- 2nd Dragoon Guards, Lieutenant Chandos Edward sort's Own), in succession to Lieutenant S. C. Van-Notten-Pole, from Gloucestershire Yeo- Birch, promuted into the Northumberland manry Cavalry and from Corporal Imperial Fusiliers. Dated 30th May, 1900. Yeomanry, in succession to Lieutenant R. kL. The Duke of Wellington's ( West Riding Regiment), Mullens, seconded. Dated 5th May, 1900. Second Lieutenant Charles James Pickering, 5(h Lancers, Lieutenant Ronald Stuart Mackenzie, from 3rd Battalion the King's Own (Yorkshire from 5th Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Light Infantry), in succession to Lieutenant Regiment, on augmentation. Dated 4th April, L. R, Acworth, promoted. Dated 26th April, 1900. 1900. •".....