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COLONEL COMMANDANT,
ROYAL AIR FORCE
KAF. APPOINTMENTS
· ROYAL ARTILLERY
The following appokitments in Captain R. M. Johnson took The King has approved the ap- the Royal Air Force are notifed:-- command on Apţi 29 of HMS. pointment of Major-General Bir
GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH Cardiff as Sentof Officer of the Louts Oldheld, K.BE. C.B., G.M.G.,
Squadron Leaders.-E.. B. Burns, Reserve Fleet at the Nore, mi suc-D.S.D., retired pay.
as Colonel
to Directorate of Training, Air cassion to Captain G. R. 8. Commandant, Royal Artillery.inistry (April 8): P. G. Thomson, Watkins, DSQ., who is to succeed with effect from June 9, 1938, into No. 8 Flying Training School, Captain T. B. Fellowes as Chier succession to General Sir William Montrose (March 23). Staff Officer at Gibraltar.
Thwaites, K.C.B., K.O.M.Q., retired pay, who attains the age limit for COMPLETION OF THE AFRIDI
his appointment on that date." H.M.S. Afridi, first, of the new Tribal class destroyers, wás com- pleted on April 29 at the works of Vickers Armstrongs, Limited, i Walker-on-Tyne,
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EDUCATION SERVICE Captain C. C. Bṛachi, M.A., bas been appointed Principal Educa- ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS
tion' Officer in the Training Com- Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. Taylormand, Market Drayton, and is Royal Army Pay Corps. promoted succeeded as Education Officer. to that rank recently, is Assistant Grade 1 in the Fighter Command, Her sister ship, the Cossack, Command Paymaster in Egypt for Stanmore, by Mr. D. E. Williams. building by the same firm, will be casting services completed within the next few EXAMINATIONS IN LANGUAGES Lieutenant-Colonel R. K. Pillers, weeks. The keels of both ships The following officers have pas-O,B,E. B.Sc., MI.AF, has been were laid on June 9, 1936, and thesed the preliminary and interpre-appointed Education Omcer, Grade building period of 23 months ister examinations in languages in 1. at No. 1 School of Technical very creditable for vessels of a India:-
Training at Halton, "from. No. 24
M.B.E, M.A.
totally new design, only some six Captain J. G. M. A. Brunet, (Training) Group: and Major G. months more than that occupied |RA.M.C. (2nd Class French inter- Lees, O.BE. ARCS., AMICE. for destroyers of earlier types, preter); 'Captain W. F. Anderson, at Headquarters Training Com- which are much smaller and less M.BE. R.E. (2nd Class German in-mand, from No. 1 School of heavily armed.
terpreter); Lieutenant H. L. Liord. Technical Training. The Afridi which will be man-R.E. Lleutenant S. W. Wood, 7th PERMANENT COMMISSIONS ned from Portsmouth, is command-Rajput Regiment. and Second The next examination of short- ec br Captain G H Creswell, Lieutenant A. M. Hall. 1st Batta-service officers for permanent D.S.C, who will be Captain (D) of Non, The Royal Warwickshire commissions or medium service (a
the 1st Tribal Flotilla, which is to| Regiment (preliminary in Fre- go to the Mediterranean.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS
The following appointments are
further ve years on the active nch) Lieutenant J. B. Hewes, 8th list will be held on November 1 Punjab Regiment and Political and 2. and lists of officers recom- tergreter); Lleutenant F. Singh istry by September 1. Bixteen mended must reach the Air Min-
Probationer (1st Class Persian in-
made by the Admiralty:-
Indian Artillery (1st Class in Capts.-H. T. C. Walker, to Hood.
Urdu); Second Lieutenant R. in command. and as Flag Capt. Sarin, attached 1st Battalion. The and Chief Staff Officer to the Vice-Leicestershire Regiment (2nd Class Admiral Commanding Battle
in Urdu). Cruiser Squadron (May 30); E. 1). B McCarthy, to President for duty inside Admiralty (May 9), and as Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties Division (May 10); H. C. Phillips, lent to RAN. (April 201,
Cdrs.-J. A: Giffard, C. F. Tower,
ALDERSHOT TATTOO
to Victory for crse, (May 3); G. F. Territorial Army To
Stevens-Guille, to Achates, in com- mand (June 27)..
Cdr. (EL-E. R. W. James, to President for duty inside Admira- Ity (May 3).
Be Represented
The Territorial Army is to be represented at the Aldershot Com Payr.Cdr.-W. R. Tucker, tomand Tattoo, his year. » Gloucester (May 24).
Fast and present methods of Lt:-Cdrs.-G. R. M. Robertson, to warfare are to be represented and Argus (May 3): B. C Howe, to the troops of the 1st Anti-Aircraft Argus (May 5).
vacancies are offered for competi- tion on this occasion to those desiring permanent commissions by specialization, and candidates are to state their order of pre- ference for aeronautical engineer-1 Ing. signals. armament." naviga- tion, and photography.
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London, May 10. Travelling in an Envoy. the King made visits yes- terday to four Royal Air Force stations, leaving Windsor early in the morning and arriving at Hendon in the evening, having fown some 200 miles.
In the course of his inspection. His Majesty visited every station Division of the Territorial Array In the Home commands and saw, are to be responsible for the latest ay-past of the fastest fighter method when they reply to aerial attack on 4 large me- M. W. B. Craig-Waller, to Barham (chanical concentration. "May 16).
Its T. H. B. Shaw, to Sheffield (April 30); N. K. Tod, to Ajax (May 1); J. A. Meares, to Kent (May 9);
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Sürgn. Lt. (D).-D. L. Goodridge will be the early 18th century set-
isery, antedated to Sept. 1, 1937). " | ting of "The Field of the Cloth of
aircraft and also saw 'the' fastest bomber in service in any country,
(British Wireless).
The programme will also in- LA. (RNR).—P D. H. Moreton. | Gold," when Henry VII. of Eng-clude a battle scene depleting the entered as Proby. Lt. (Beny. May land and Franels I of France met assault and capture of Fort Moro 2) and apptd; to Pembroke for on the Plain of Ardres, about 10 in the West Indian city of
miles from Calais.
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THE QUEEN'S NIECE WEDS
Women Faint In Crowd
Ten "reading copies of Charles Dickens work, $7,750 was paid by Dickens's works, carefully prepared Mr. Hill for the only known copy and altered by the author for his of the "reading edition" of "The plat-form appearances, brought Chimes" and "Sikea and Nancy." $29,875 at the sale of the Hbrary He also made a high bid of $5,000 of the late Cortlandt T. Bishop at for, the reading edition of "A the American Art Association Anderson Galleries. m New York recently.
Most of the small Diekens vol- umes, with numerous markings in the author's handwriting, went to Walter M. Hill, Chicago collector, at part one of the Bishop library
Large crowds gathered at Stale. The highest price for Margaret's, Westminster, on April
28 to watch the arrival of the
.
Christmas Carol," which has more than a thousand alterations, direc- tions for reading and additional words of manuscript by Dickens.
"The Story of Little Dombey." another Dickens "reading edition." went to A. Pforzheimer for $2,000. Mr. Pforzheimer also bought "The a Bastille Prisoner," a reading from
"A Tale of Two Cities,” for $1,800,
Dr. A. S. Rosenbach, internation-
rare books, paid $13,500 for the
King and Queen, Princess Elisa tulle veil held by a wreath" otally known collector and dealer in beth and Princess Margaret and orange blossom... other guests for the wedding of The procession of bridal atten- Holford copy of the first illustrated' Miss Anne Bowes-Lyon and Vis-dants, was led by Simon Bowes-edition of Dante's The Divine count Anson, of the Grenadier Lyon. with long off-white velvet Comedy," printed in Florence in Guards.
trousers," and a velvet coat with 1481.
Ata, later session of the sale: Many people, including shop stiver buttons.
Dr. Rosenbach paid $14,000 for girls, and typists, climbed rallings FOURTEEN BRIDESMAIDS
Jean Froissart's "Chronicles; 1328 and scrambled for vantage points Four little girls-Davina,
to 1385" & French illuminated in Parliament-square.
Mary Cecilia and Patricia
manuscript on vellums richly - Séveral women, fainted" and Mand Bowes-Lyon and Mary were carried out of the crowd Jane Cavendish-Bentinck and umined in gold and colours,
A copy of the first issue of Oliver which, had gathered outside the ten grown-up bridesmaids Lady Goldsmith's The Deserted Village" church. One woman who had Betty and Lady Cecilia Au-
in original wrappers went to Dr. been waiting since 9.30 was carsan. Miss Diana Bowes-Lyon, the Rosenbach for $2,100. ried away on a stretcher.
Hon. Nanty Bowes-Lyon. Miss The bride, who will be 21 this Mary Leveson-Gower. the Hon. year, in the eldest of the four Jean Astley, Miss Juliet Peel, MiNS daughters of the late Hon. John Pamela Egerton, Miss Felicity An- Bowes-Lyon, the Queen's second son and Miss Lavinia Keppel brother. Viscount Anson, who will were dressed in white and silver be 25 next Wednesday, is the son brocade, with headdresses of gar and, heir of the Earl and Countess denies and fles of the valley or Lichaeld.**
matching their bouquets, The best me was Mr. John Wills
Life Quarda).
BRIDE IN IVORY SATIN The bride was given away by her grandfather, the Earl of Strath- more.
SUTHE QUEEN IN-ELUE
The Queen In her favourite With a dress of Ivory ducknesse shade of palest aquamarine, blue, satin. made with a close-fitting wore a cost to match trimmed bodice, long sleeves, and a wide with fox fur dyed the kane shade. skirt trimmed down the front Her hat was blue, stTAW.-- with diamante and silver bowu. Princess Elizabeth and Princess the bride wore a train of old point Margaret were dressed, alike in d'Alencon Iste lent by the Coun-pink frocks with coats in a darker tess of Lichfield.
shade and pink, whoes. Their This was mounted on isse and straw hats were trimmed with tulle with a wide hem of silver pale pink roses/Wo
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Over all Miss Bowes-Lyon wore register(Evening Standard).
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