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SERVICES AND GENERAL
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ROYAL NAVY
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments are made by the Admiralty-
Payr. Odr.-A. d'O. Morse, to President. (Oct. 8).
L-Cdra.-G. C. Fryer,
OLD-STYLE DRILLS FOR RECRUITS
Part In Ceremonial Parades
Orders have been issued to units to make arrangements for Arpy recruits to be in- structed in the old style of drill so that they can take part in battalion ceremonial pärades.
THE ARMY ANTI-AIBCRAFT CORPS Progress is being made in the mising of the three new anti- Cdrs.-H. J, Haynes, DS.C., to aircraft divisions, and the neces Terror, in command (Nov. 1); E. D.sary recruits are being obtained." Brocke. to
The conversion of existing units Delhi, in command:
to an anti-aircraft basis is in hand, (Nov. 15)
id a list of these units will be announced shortly. Lieutenant- CS General A. F. Brooke, C.D., DEO, Britton, to Caledon (Oct. 28); G. G. Commander of the Anti-Aircraft Pugh-Cook, to Ramilies (Nov, 1:Corps, is working from Bentley J. H. Dale, to Repulse (Oct. 26); R. Priory, Stanmore. McC. P. Jones, to Lucka (Nov, 10),
Lis.-R. H. Fanshawe. to Wessex: J. W. Harbottle, Berwick; N. L. T. Kempson, to Antelope; R. P. Dixon, to Decoy (Oct. 27); G. R. P. Good den, to Dainty: G. S. Ward and R. H. Culverwell, to Ramilies (Oct. 28:) G. W. Style, to Fame (Nov. 1); T F. Taylor, to Wildäre (Npv, 16); - Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Russell, be retained for ceremonial drill, R. L. W. Moss, D. E Bromley-MC., R., has left London to re-and battalion instructors are to see Martin, C. M. W. Thomas, P. G. sume command of the coastal and that the men are familiar with the Sedgewick, I. M. Balfour, B. D. anti-aircraft guns in Aden and as movement of which fours form the
basis. Gallie, to Victory for course (Nov. Officer Commanding British Army 28).
troops.
Lts. (R.N.R.).—M. C. Morris, en- tered as Act. Lt. (seny. June 16, 1935), and apptd. to Victory for RN.B. (Oct. 28, 1938); L P. Miller, entered as Lt. (seny. May 22, 1934), and apptd. to Berwick (Ont. 29.
This means that in future there are to be two types of drill-the Of the new divisions, the 3rd has old type of "formation in fours" its headquarters in Edinburgh, the and the new type of formation in 4th at Chester, and the 5th at threes" to accelerate movement.
Field drill is to be the normal Reading. The 5th Division includes units in Cornwall, Hampshire, the training of the soldier. Everything Isle of Wight, Carmarthenshire, is to be subordinated to that at the depot and in the battalion. But Devon, and Dorset.
the traditional, fours formation will
RETURN TO ADEN
ROYAL AIR FORCE
SQUADRON LEADER P. C.
WOOD...
Op to the present recruits at in- fantry depots have received in- struction in the new field drill, and when they joined their units they had no knowledge of the old type of drill, and were unable to take The retirement is announced at part in ceremonial parades carried his own request of Squadron Lea-out within the battalion. 1938).
der P. Cundle Wood, Assistant Air Lts. (E).-W. V. B. Drew. Attache at Santiago since June, Codrington; J. Carne, to Broke 1935. He is 47; and has had 22 Oct 28): S. W. Underhill. to years service in the RNAS. and Dolphin Nov. 1).
Suran. Lt. (D), D. M. Page, BDS. to Pembroke for R.N.B. (Oct. 25).
R.A.F.
FORMALITIES ELIMINATED The main features of field train-
ing drill for rifle battalions are that it speeds up movement and elim!- nates all the formalities of preci, sional dressing and "covering off"
FLYING TRAINING IN EGYPT The equipment of No. 4 Flying when paråde is ordered. Cd Bosn-F. T. Barnes, to si Training School at Abu Sueir Angelo (Nov. 10).
Gunner.-R. A Ramülles Nov. 1).
Nivison. to
Bosns-W E. J. Dolphin, to Re source (Oct. 25); E. Wheldrake, to Ramilles (Nov, 1); H ́B. Panford. to Iron Duke (Nov, 10),
Wt. Shipt.-F. G Ridout. to Enterprise (Oct, 26).
Cars-D. P. Evans, to Caledonia
"The men "fall-ih" in three in- Egypt, is being supplemented by stead of fours.. This appears to be 10 Avro Anson twin-engined mono- a comparatively slight change, but planes such as have been employed its effect is to accelerate movement during the past three years in the by eliminating superfluous com- new general reconnaissance squá-mands. The time factor is all-im-
drons at home.
portant in manoeuvre.
The machines are being sent out There is greater flexibility, in a. in two fights of ave, proceeding parade in threes, and deployment |
out with case. The via Marseilles Rome, Malta. Ben-is carried
soldier is less of an automaton. azi, and Mersa' Matruh.
They will be employed in the He is encouraged to use initiative
(Nov 21); D. H. Johnston, to Cen-¡training of plots in the Middle and to rely less on commands.
turion (Nov. 28)..
Payr. Lt.Cdr.A. M., Ackery, to Herald (Noy. 12).
Lts--R. J. Burch, to Albatross | (Oct. 28); A. F. B. Carey, to Ardent modem, aircraft in place of older "pomp il and
Eds: Command, which has recentlyBut the fours formation is essen- received Bristol Blenheim twin.
tial for. ceremonial. Mechanisation has considerably curtailed the engined bombers foti other
circumstance" of
Oct. 31); T. H. B. Pounds to Devonshire (Nov. 1); H. E. Jack- son, to Speedy (Nov, 2): R. F Colville, M., Buist, to Victory for course (Nov. 28)
Lt. (E).-D. O. Black; to Alba- truss Nov. 1),
Cd. Gunners (TW. E. Wheele, to Cochrane; H West, to Calcutta; W. Christmas, C. J. Lissimore, W. G. Smith W. D. Chillistone, to Vernon; B. Batchelor, to Pembroke for Chatham Dockyard (Oct. 28); W E. Hayward, to Defiance (Oct. 39),
Od. Engr.-F. C. Falmer, to Albatross (Oct. 28),
types.
Air Rally In Singapore
Planes zoomed and roared over the Civil Airport recently, as they participated in the big- gest air rally yet to take place In Singapore. There were huge crowds of interested people present, and there were thrills galore.
earlier years. The view is held, however, that it is not advisable to eliminate all ceremonial ritual.
SUDAN "SHOTS" FOR "FOUR FEATHERS"
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1938.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
The 34 remaining members of unit London Film Productions' working on "The Four Feathers" left England in the P. and O. liner Mooltan for, Port Said recently. An inspiring scene was the ar- Scenes in the play, which is based Gunners (T)-E C., McDougall, rival of the RAF. and S.S.V.A.F. Un A. E. W. Mason's book "The to Vernon (Oct. 28); J. O. Holman, planes, as they swept over the Four Feathers," are to be "shot" in to Deflance staff (Oct, 29).
Airport in perfect formation, lana-the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan,
The party included Jack Cardiff, Bosn. L. W. Jahan, to Victory ing on the left side of the aero-
a technicolour cameraman, and Nov. 1).
"[ drome. Osborne, tu
Immediately afterwards a sea- his wife. Mr. Cardiff 'first met his plane leap into the sky from some wife in Egypt, and proposed beside where behind the Royal Singapore the Pyramids at 3 a.m. They were cl Mr. J. Sale, and for 15 minutes, he
Flying Club. It was piloted by married a month ago.
Only John Clements and Ralph held the crowd in suspense as he Richardson, the two principals of Cd. Writer.-W. G. King, to rank looped, dived, rolled and swerved "The Four Feathers," remain in
WL. Engr.-Q. Albatross (Oct, 28).
PROMOTIONS Sub-Lt G. W. Style, to rank
Lt. (deny. Dec, 16, 1937).
of Payr. Lt. (sény. Oct. 21).
in breath-taking stunts across the
Wt. Writer--W. T. Wilson, to sky. rank of C). Writer (seny. Oct, 21). Surgn, L.-D. H. Jack, M.B.. to
LOUD CHEERING tank of Suren. Lt.-Cdr. (seny. Nov. he landed, and then Mr. D. E. Loud cheering rent the air when
Milsen took off to perform aero- batics.
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} R B. Pearson, transferred to
England. Mr. Richardson will pro- bably fly direct to the Sudan, Mr. Clements and his wife will travel overland next week to join the Mooltan' at Marseilles.
Alec Waugh, who is in charge of the party, has been promised He climbed his plane to a dizzy the co-operation of the War Office 'R.N. as Act. Sub-Lt. (A) (szny, height, and then dived with ever- and the help of the Governor- Oct. 31), and apptd, to Victory for increasing speed. The crowd gasp Sir George Symes. Six officers and General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan,
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ed as he pulled out of the dive. and shot upwards again in a per- 250 other ranks of the 1st Bn. the fect loop.
East Surrey Regt. are to camp two Cumbing again to a great al- miles east of the Nile and five titude, he performed the "falling miles south of the Sabaloka Gorge. leaf." slipping the plane gracefully A detachment of Royal Engineers from left to right in long diagonal with three-ton lorries from the Sudan Defence Force will provide
According
Inter-club balloon bursting was a water supply. Ten gallons of sources, one of which is inside the next item-a feat which look-water a day are allowed to each the Conservative Central
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