J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-25-02-12 on 1 August 1915. Downloaded from JOURNAL OF THIII ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. <.torps 1Aews. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1915. Protected by copyright. War Office, September 15, 1915. His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the appointment of the undermentioned Officers to be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order, in recognition of their gallantry and devotion to duty in the Field:- . Captain Hugh Glencairn Monteith, Royal Army Medical Corps (attached 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry). For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in picking up and attending to the wounded under heavy fire in the actions near St. Jean and Wieltje, east of Ypres, between April 23 and 27, 1915, when the casualties in the battalion to which he was attached were very heavy. Lieutenant WiIIiam Brooks Keith, M.B., 1st Home Counties Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force. For con'picuous gallantry at Hooge, on the night of April 23 and 24, 1915. When http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ a shell killed two stretcher· hearers who were bringing in a wounded officer, he went out to assist, and under heavy fire brought the wounded officer into the dressing station. He has performed many acts of a like nature, and has consistently shown'coolness and resource und~r fire. Captain KingsmiIl WiIliams Jones, M.D., Royal Army Medical Corps (Special Reserve), attached 1st Battalion, East Kent Regiment. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Hooge. During the entire night of August 9 and 10, 1915, and the whole of the following day and night he was attending to and evacuating wounded from the front trenches, time after time exposing himself to shell and rifle fire. He was twice slightly wounded, but stuck to his work with unflagging energy. It was entirely owing to Captain Jones that the crater was successfully evacuated of wounded. His Majesty the K ng has been graciously pleased to confer the Military Cross on the undermentioned Officer in recognition of his gallantry and devotion to duty in on September 29, 2021 by guest. the ]'ieId ;- ~'emporary Lieutenant Thomas Lewis Ingram, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 1st Battalion, The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry). For compicuous devotion to duty and energy at Hooge. He was evacuating wounded from the front trenches almost without cessation the entire nights of August 9 and 10, 1915, and his indomitable energy and resource were the means of saving the Jives of many severely wounded officers and men. He has previously done consistently good work. J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-25-02-12 on 1 August 1915. Downloaded from 26 ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE. The undermentioned temporary Colonels to be temporary Surgeon-Generals :­ Dated September 26, 1915.-Sir George H. Makins, K.C.M.G., C.B., F.R.C.S.. ; Sir Anthony A. Bowlby, Kt., K.C.M.G., F.R.C.S. Colonel Robert S. F. Henderson, K.H.P., is seconded for service under the Colonial Office, dated July 24, 1915. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. The undermentioned to be temporary Lieutenant·Colonels :- Dated April 28, 1915.-Herbert George Ashwell whilst employed at the Bagthorpe War Hospital. Dated August 10, 1915.-Temporary Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Sargent, M.B., F.R.C.S. ; Temporary and Honorary Major Gordon M. Holmes, M.D. The undermentioned to be temporary Major:- Dated August 30, 1915.-Robert Thornton Meadows, M.D., late Surgeon.Major Army Medical Reserve of Officers. ' Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas F. Dewar, M.D., from Sanitary Service to be Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, Highland Division, dated April 23, 1915. Second Lieutenant George Min Adam, M.B., from 5th Battalion (Angus and Dundee) (Territorial), The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), to be temporary Lieutenant, dated April 7. 1915. (Substituted for the notification which appeared in the Gazette of May 3, 1915.) Major I<Jdward H. Myddelton.Gavey, from the Territorial Force Reserve, to be Protected by copyright. Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, 2nd Army, Central Force, dated June 5, 1915. Lieutenant·Colonel Sir J. R. A. Clark, Bt., C.B., F.R.C.S.Ed., Unattached List, Territorial Force, to be temporary Lieutenant-Colonel whilst in charge of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital, dated July 14, 1915. Arthur Godfrey Wilkins, M.B., to be temporary Honorary Captain whilst serving with No. 5 British Red Cross Hospital, dated July 26, 1915. The appointment to a temporary Lieutenancy of Arthur Geoffrey Owen, M.D., notified in the Gazette of July 26, 1915, is cancelled. Major Charles H. Fagge, M.B., F.R.C.S., 2nd London (City of London) General Hospital, to be temporary Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel, and to remain seconded whilst serving with the Hampstead Military Hospital, dated July 28, 1915. Sir John Gollie, Kt., M.D., to be temporary Honorary Major, dated July 30, 1915. The notification regarding temporary Honorary Lieutenant William F. Thompson, which appeared in the Gazette of August 7, 1915, is cancelled. William Durward Cruickshank, M.B., to be temporary Honorary Lieutenant, dated http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ August 9, 1915. Temporary Major C. Gordon Watson. F.R.C.S., to be temporary Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel whilst serving with No. 1 British Red Cross Hospital, dated August 11, 1915. Alexander Robert Ferguson, M.D., to be temporary Major, dated August 12,1915. Major Augustus A. W. Merrick, F.R.C.S., from the 3rd West Lancashire Field Ambulance, to be Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, 2nd Mounted (Reserve) Division, dated August 14, 1915. The name of temporary Lieutenant Livingston Gilbert Gunne, M.D., is as now described, and not as stated in the Gazette of August 17, 1915. Major Frederi" W. Lamballe, M.B., from the Half-pay List, to be restored to the establiHhment, dated Augnst 19, 1915. The undermentioned temporary Lieutenants to be temporary Captains :- Dated July 17, 1915.-Patrick Hunter Gillies, M.B., late Captain, 8th (Argyllshire) Battalion (Territorial), Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders); Captain on September 29, 2021 by guest. Norval James Watt, M. B., South African Medical Corps. Dated August 5, 1915.-Thomas H. Pettit, M.B. DatAd August 6, 1915.-Henry William Marett Tims. Dated August 7, 1915.-Harold John Huchens, D.S.O., late Second Lieutenant Officers Trainmg Corps, and Captain Australian Army Medical Service. Dated August 16, 1915.-Lionel C. E. Murphy. Dated August 17, 1915. - Henry C. E. Quin. Dated August 23, 1915.-James FairIey, M.D. J R Army Med Corps: first published as 10.1136/jramc-25-02-12 on 1 August 1915. Downloaded from 27 Dated August 24, 1915.-Howard H. Hepburu, M.D.; Ambrose L. Loekwood, M.D. ; John M. Stenhouse, M.B. ; Henry WilIiam Drew, F.R.C.S.; William G. Davies. Dated August 25, 1915.-Francis A. Osborn. Dated August 26, 1915.--Hedley Boyers, M.B. Dated August 27, 1915.-James B. Cruickshank, M.B.; William Frier, M.B. Dated August 28, 1915.-Tom Bragg; Frank A. Hampton, M.B.; John I. Johnson ; Arthur V. Poyser, M.B. Dated August 29, 1915.-.John F. Barr, M.D.; Geoffrey 1\1:. Oowper; Alexander Lundie, M.B. ; Lawrence T. Stewart, IvLB. ; Matthew White, M.B. ; Perey E. Adams, M.D. ; William B. G. Angus, M.B. Dated August 31, 1915.-John M. Johnston, M.B.; Herbert C. Lueey, M.D.; Wallis J. Paramore; DouglasB. Spence; RalphJ. Tait, M.B. ; RobertF. Young, M.B. The appointment to a temporary Lieutenancy of Thomas Ewart Ashley is ante·dated to April 26, 1915. The undermentioned to be temporary Captains :- Dated August 23, 1915.-Edward Postle Gwyn Causton, late Staff· Surgeon, Royal Navy. Dated September 1, 1915.-Alma Perey Ford; Alexander Dingwall.Fordyee, M.D. ; Horace Dorset Eccles. The undermentioned temporary Lieutenants relinquish their commissions :­ Dated July 13, 1915.-Philip C. P. Cloake relinqUishes his commission on account of ill·health. Dated August 5, 1915.-George S. Sims, M.D. Dated August 11, 1915.-Moses J. Rowlands, M.D. Dated August 15, 1915.-Louis D. Oohen. Protected by copyright. Dated September 1, 19l5.-Roy R. Rerr, M.B. The undermentioned temporary Captains relinquish their commissions ;­ Dated August 4, 1915.-Robert S. Cocke, F.R.O.S.Edin. Dated August 8, 1915.-W. W. O. Topley, M.B. Dated August 22, 1915.-Ewen C. Stabb, F.R.C. S. The undermentioned to be temporary Lieutenants :- Dated June 10, 1915.-Charles Richard Wills, M.B. Dated July 6, 1915.-Leslie Burton Burnett, M.B. Dated July 13, 1915.-John Gordon Thomson, M.B.; Douglas Rodger, M.B., F.R.C.S.Edin.; William Young, M.D., F.R.o.S.Edin. Dated July 16, 1915.-Thomas Olark Ritchie, M.D. Dated July 17, 1915.-John Edmund Power, M.B.; Allan Lindsey Saunders; Andrew Peden, M.B.; Arthur Frederick Flower; Kenneth Bernard Pinson, M.B. ; Edmund Duncan Franchell Hayes, M.B.; George Oliver Fairclough Alley, M.B.; Frederick Green, M.D. ; Sydney Garrat Vinter; Harry Armstrong ; John Cecil Fisher, M.B. ; Archibald Douglas Hamilton, M.B.; Frederick George Ralston, M.B. ; Donald http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/ Renton, M.B.; Louis Stephen Shoosmith; Edward Roward Paddisou, M.D.; Robert Dow, M.B.; Alan Gibb Crook, M.B.; Neil MacLeod, M.B.; John Mellon Smeaton; Guido De Piro D' Amico, M.D.; Thomas Somerville Reeves; Montagu Travers Morgan, M.B. ; Arthur William Baker, M.B. ; Philip Vanner Earley, M.B. Dated July 19, 1915.-James Roy McVail, M.B.; Henry Potter Hall, M.B. ; George Buchanan, M.B.; Augustine Fitzgerald Studdert; Geoffrey Ratcliffe Plaister; Alexander Russell Young; Oampbell Lamont Miller, M.B.; Edwin Algernon Lindsey ; Abraham Zadok Pbilips, M.D.; Henry Little Hardy Greer, M.B.; Arthur John Wellington Cunningham, M.D.