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FIRING PRACTICE

the Blitzkrieg, Notification From The

To-day We Learn of the Individual Heroes in B.E.F. and R.A.F.

British Officer

Risked

Life

to

Tanks

Save French

SIXTEEN decorations and medals awarded by Lord Gort to officers and men of the B.E.F. for gallantry in Belgium and France were announced by the War Office recently.

All, except one, go to members of the Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps; the other is awarded to a signalman.

Major Rallied

Tank Battalion

D.5.0, awarded to Major George Parkes and Cantala facting Major) William Robert Reeves,

Major Parkes carried out a recon. naissance on foot under are witen s C.O's tank was disabled, and although slightly wounded and un- able to get into his tank returned for infantry support on foot.

When bis C.O. was killed he took over command and led the bal- tution.

Later he stopped the advance of a Nazl column and shot some of the

bringing with him valuable informa- tion including a marked map.

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Second-Lieutenant Grantham took companies when the battalion com- charge and rallied the tanks of two mander had been killed.

He saw that fire was being brought to bear on French tanks by our own, and dismounting from his own light tank, in full view of the enemy, rong the bells of the tanks and Informed tank commanders of the error.

he

By complete disregard for his own safety he not only saved many French lives and tanks, but ensured that fire was brought to bear on the

enemy,

Infantry, and subsequently covered Sergt.-Major

a withdrawal when a heavy chemy tank attack was launched.

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Reeves fed his troops through

"with great skill) co-operated with

and deterans destroyed with

an Infantry

his own tank seven enemy vehicles,

although wounded, hundied his small of four tasks "with the greatest resourcefulness.

orce

Saved His C.O.

31,M.: Acting/U/Staff-Sergeant-Major Eckersley, Lance Cpl. J. J. Light- body, Cpl. George Maundrell, Cpl. Paul Blagrove, Troopers M. Mae- and D. Tansley, Cpl. A. Long- staffe, and Signalman A. Gregory Royal

Corps of

of Signals. SERGT-MAJ, ECKERSLEY, see-

Kay

ile faally withdrew after dark ing the battalion commander had only on the orders of the local com-been wounded while directing are in mander when his ammunition was the open, left his tank while under almost exhausted.

heavy fire and brought his command- M.Cs: Captain R. G. Cracroft, Sec-ing ofcer to

safety, ond-Lieutenants E. R. Fornell- Corpl. Maundrell covered by fire Watson, R. Grantham, P. C. Wit- the withdrawal of the section com- tank, which was out of liams, Lieutenant T. Hepplermander's (Supplementary Reserve)and Sec-action. Later, when his own lank ond-Lieutenant I. Taylor (Supple caught fire he was largely respon“ sible, by his coolness and courage. mentary Reserve).

for the escape of his crew under heavy fire,

CAPTAIN CRACROFT, with total disregard for his safety, dashed in 1ls light tank among the enemy, many of whom were killed and their vehicles destroyed,

Corporal Longstaffe 'covered the) withdrawal of the battalion and re-

Lieutenant Hepplo's, light tank was safely put out of action, but at grent per-¡

Flight-Licut. R. P. R. Powell "Displayed outstanding, leader- ship and gallantry," gets D.F.C.

Sergeant A. N. Spear

on horseback won the D.F.M.

Airman

Shot Man's Daughters Give Sentry

A Handshake

Pilots Win

Double

Honours in Few Days

A SQUADRON-LEADER who had to be restrained from flying again after he had been shot down is one of the R.A.F. officers to receive the D.S.O.

Military Command

It is notified that Light Gun Firing Practice will be carried out between the hours of 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on July 15. Alternative date July 17. Firing Areas" and "D" will be affected.,

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Light Gun Firing Practice will also be carried out. between hours of 10 am, and 12 midnight on July 16.

Alor Star Arcos "D" and "will be affected. Alternative date July 18. Firing Bangkok Amritsar

carried out between the hours of 6

Batavia Light Gun Firing Practice will be a

Calcutta

Klang Agencies: Kobe p.m. and 12 midnight on July 18 Cilve Gireet Kunla and 19. Firing Area "E" will be Canton

Fairs Place Lumpur Cawnpore 15 carried out between the hours of 4 phe

Light Gun Firing Practice will be Colombo and. 10 p.m. on July 22. Hamburg Haiphong Alternative date July 24. Firing Hankow Areas "D" and "E" will be affected. FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General

The latest list of awards announced recently in-affected. cludes five D.S.O.8, 27 D.F.C.s, two bars to the D.F.C., D.F.M.s and two bars. One Pilot Shot

Down Eight

D.S.Os go to Squadron Leaders J. S. Dewar and J. O. W. Oliver, Acting Squadron Leader J. R. Kayli, Flight Lieutenant W, M. Churchill, and Flight Lieutenant R. H. A Lee; the first four also receive the D.F.C.

SQUADRON - LEADER DEWÁR.

an injured right shoulder, has fown

regularly and has led his squadron in destroying 60 enemy air- craft.

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Squadron Leader Oliver, now in- vallded home, commanded a squad- 'In France which has accounted for more than 50 Nazis of which he himself accounted for at least eight. "He was an incomparable fighter commander," ays the official an nouncement, "ond his personal example in the air and on the ground was a very great inspiration to his plints.

GAYE

"It was necessary to restrain him from Sying again after his aircraft had been shot down, and he had landed

by parachute." Squadron Leader Kayll's personal "bag" of his squadron's 32 enciny

is nine.

pinnes is

Fight Lieutenant Churchill', squadron, which he commanded in France, has destroyed 62 enemy planes, losing only four pilots them- selves.

Flight Lieutenant Lee, in his last engagement, was seen at 200ft. on the tail-of-a-Junkers-89-being-sub- jected to intense fire from the ground Jover enemy 'Oceupled territory. He escaped from behind the German lines after being arrested, "and up- |held the highest traditions of the

service."

He is 23 and was awarded the

mained at his post until the unit was AT the end of a Southampton D.F.C. In March,

withdrawn.

inquest recently on a man who Signalman Gregory, operator on a sonal risk he evacuated his tank and wireless truck, remained at his past was shot dead by a sentry, two Became Squadron's removed his crew to a place of safety. unperturbed by the most furious on- of his daughters shook hands

At night he captured a prisoner, slaughts from the air and on the with the sentry. and eventually rejoined the Battalion,⋅ ground.

Leap Saved R.A.F. Pilot

From Firing Squad

..

ADVENTURES of a fighter, two enemy fighters and was in turn pilot who escaped execution by attacked by other German nighters.

He shot down the Arst two Nazis,

a German firing party, an! of but the others had riddled his air- another R.A.F. officer who was craft. gunned as he came

The dead man, Arthur Devereux Rice Adama (48), a sergeant-major in a Home Defence unit, was making a tour of sentry posts in car driven by a private,

The sentry, Private Harry Hughes, said he twice challenged the "cor. The driver did not stop and he fired at the rear wheels. Evidence showed that the bullet went through the car and hit Adams,

sentry.

'The driver sald he did not ste the

Died For Country "Misadventure" was the verdict, down by Then u covered his wind shield the coroner saying the sentry was

elded to bale out as the aircraft died in the servies of his country.

Sergeant-Major Adams served in turned upside down.

Fourth Leader

R.A. F. Brothers Get D.S.O.

D.S.O. Brothers Donaldson E.M. on the left. J. W. on

the right

p.m.

Cebu

Salgon

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Jiatlo

Semarang

Seremban

Ceracht

Shanghal

Singapore

Billawan.

Fourabaya

Triplog

Tivatin

Tongkab

Montie

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Medan

Tringtro

New York

Yokohama

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(Paking) Pos

Kuching Madras

opened

and

Firing Practice will be carried out Banking Business transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS between the hours of 10 am, and 4 FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year of therter periods in Local or Other cur-

on July 25. Alternative date

July 25. Firing Area "D" will be rencies at rates which will be quoted on affected.

appication

THE HISTORY OF CONVOY::

(Continued from: Faje 4.)

thought to be more, than counter- balanced by a large target spread over some miles of sea,

•

*

CREDIT for the introduction of the Convoy System that was put into force in May, 1917, can- not be given to any one person; but there is no doubt that Ameri- [can opinion had much to do with

it.

It was gradually introduced, and from the very first was a triumphant success. The massing of ships in formation diminished the number of andtorgets. The threat bt. Instant re-

taliation by the

сверг, and the danger

TWO brothers, John Wil- liam Donaldson (30) Edward Mortlock Donaldson (28), born in the Federated Malay States, came to Hor- sham, Sussex, to be educated at Christ's Hospital.

to a

a submarine of number of vessels zigzagging in fairly close formation, acted as a deterrent.

Outside the danger-zone,

that is

or

300 to 400 miles from the coast of Both joined the R.A.F-the-Atlantic were escorted-by-des- Ireland, the convoys coming across when 21, were promoted to troyers or sloops, which took the flight lieutenant and then to

outward bound

convoys three squadron leader in the same

four hundred miles out into the At- lantic, and then steamed off to a pre- years, and have now both determined rendezvous to meet an been awarded the D.S.O.

The award to Squadron-on losses in merchant ships were Leader . W. Donaldson was announced 23 days ago, that to his fighter-pilot brother yesterday.

Squadron Leader E. M. Donaldson's "high courage

other collection of ships homeward

Boon on the down grade. In April, 1917, 430 British, Allied and Neutral vessels had been sent to the bottom. In December the total for the month was 151. By the middle of 1918 the submarine campaign was defeated.

It was the success of the Convoy System in 1917-1918 that caused the made his Admiralty to regard it as one of the squadron a formidable fight-and to organise beforehand and cautsc principal methods of trade protection, ing unit." it is stated.

and Inspiring qualities of leadership have

the

been sunk by German action. So

parachute are described in antand began to blind him, and he dei daing his duty: Adams, he added. Bar to D.F.C. Pliot Omcers F. Carey aircraft of his own section also to neutral ships.

Air Ministry bulletin.

The fighter pilot, landed his dam-

As he floated down the German the just war with the R,F.A, and was Blenheim aircraft in an exceedingly tho attack on the. bombers was com-i ships of the Allies have swept Gar

nged plane in German-held territory, aircraft flew past several times, try-one of the first men to volunteer in was arrested and taken to a small ing to machine-gun him. Bath he this war. His wife died six weeks

crowded with Belgian and the parachute was unhlt.

He came down In Belgium, re-

courtyard elvilians.

At half-hourly intervals groups of turned to his squadron, and a few civilians were ordered out, summarily hours later was in the afr egala questioned, placed against a wall and

ago.

Norway Hero

failed.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with intereach allowed at rates obtainable on application. The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes Executor & Trustee busines and clatma recovery: of British Income TAX overpaid, on terras which may be ascertained at any of its Agencias" and Branches.

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R. A. CAMIDGE,

Manager.

∙KIST

CANNED

FRUITS

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Insist on Sunkist

D.F.C. awarded to Wing-Comman- der L. W. Dickona, A.F.C., Squad- ron Leaders J. S. Dewar and J. O. W. Oliver, Acting Squadron Lea- ders G. Lowe and J. R. Kayll, Flight-Lieutenants J. R. M. Booth- bu, W. M. Churchill, W. B. Royce, R.

it to be re-established Immediately P. n.

He himself has shot down on W. Simpson, Act- ing tenant R. G. Dut- four enemy aircraft.

{with of the present war Ion, Flying

Officers S. D. P. Con- nors, D. H. Allen, A. B. Angus, K. over Brussels when seven Messer- the thousands of British, Allied and And how successful the system has

1ts proved H. Blair, J. A. Campbell. M. M. schniti fighters were sighted escort- Neutral only one in every 470-500 been told many times. Of Cart Stone

Clude, W. E. Gore, Ing from 50 to:70 bombers. W. P. C. A.

M. Blom, Pilot The leader at the formation at-effective is the protection, so effective Officers R. E. A litt, F. Carey, W. D. David, W. M. Stephens, W. H. Lieutenant

Lacked the bombers,

and Flight

the means of locating and destroying Dutton, realising Corbet, T TD. H. Davy.

danger to the formation, ordered two to attack unescorted and unarmed the the U-boats that they to-day prefer and M. M. Stephens. WING COMER. DICKENS led nine and engaged the Messerschmilts until to run in huge volume, and the war- attack the bombers while he climbed

Meanwhile, British trade continues determined attack in the face of ex-pleted."

term tremely

heavy enemy opposition.

man trade from the great oceans. No Ho then dived away, and flying more cogent testimony can be forth- His courage, and leadership inspired the squadron in an operation which west, sighted and shot down a Hein- coming of the supreme potency of

kel 111 with his remaining communi- Sea Power. otherwise might have completely tion,

Solo Distributors Flight Lieutenant Royce assumed lead a half-section of aircraft in uning night with four enemy fighters. Flying Officer Blom was detailed to

W. R. LOXLEY command of a squadron after its low-level bombing attack against an three previous commanders hind

The air been lost. One day in May his on a road in Luxemburg

enemy motorised column advancing wounded and Sergeant Paine crawled

gunner was severely & CÓ. (CHINA) LTD. squadron had completed...seven

A petrol tank was pierced, and through the fuselage, removing his sorties, including two ground at-

although unable to locate his allotted flying clothing and parachute, there- incks, by 1 p.m., and were eager target through being drenched and by sacrificing a chance of escape f to go out yet again. Flight Lleu almost blinded by the

escaping compelled to abandon his aircraft, tenant Royce shot down four enemy petrol, he pressed home his attack and succeeded in pulling the wound- of the Waiting until the next group of UNDER settlement terms Richarda 24-year-old son of Mr. and

aircraft. Flight Lieutenant Simpson. led a

on another enemy columą with con-

air gunner from his cockpit. civilians going to face the firing proposed by railway companies, Matron of Luton Public Assistance low level bombing attack on troops

alderable success. squad afford the cover of momentary and announced recently, adult Institution of the Royal Air Force Luxemburg and Junglister. Despite

He then operated the rear gun, Hongkong causing the enemy to and conveys on confusion, he did flying leap

arend between Crawled Along To

attack,

Fisheries small closed, male staff in traffic gradea will straight through

He was

Sergt. Spear, after successfully. window, and with only a slight cut receive a further advance of 3s. Volunteer Reservo pilots who estab-intonse anti-aircraft are he scored

dropping his bombs, was attacked by Research on the check landed on all fours out- weekly, making the total in-lished an airfield in Norway-on a four direct hits on the convoy.

a number of Messerschmitts, the tail a corner of the crease since last settlement at the German invasion.

snowbound. lake-in the first days of

After the attack, owing to a leak D.FM: Sergeants J. R. Paine, A. N. of his aircraft being shot away, Ho side...rnced round outer wall, dashed through a garden beginning of year 78. a week.

In the petrol tank, he had to make Spear, G. N. Odell, R. V. T. Kitto, ordered his crew to abandon the air- AW. T. Hula, H. Wathey, G. croft and was himself thrown out and got clear away. Not a single

Captain, David William Leon Simp-a forced landing. As the alrcraft There will be an addition of £0 a con, R.N.R. awarded the D.S.M. in touched ground flames arose from

A. H. B. Friendship, G. L. whilst preparing to jump, but he shot was fired at him.

He spent the night on a haystack, year for adult male clerical staff, the last war and the D.S.C. early this the bomb almer's trap. The pilot

Nowell, L. C. Wilkinson, Corporals lended by parachute in enemy ter- year, is missing, believed killed, on was only saved by the prompt action

Tomlinson

D. J. Barbrook, witne next day mingled with rofugees, and bringing the total to £18.

ritory. The settlement, affects 500,000 active service. eventually reached Lille.

of the crew before the alreraft ex- R. Jolly, A.C.I G. N.

Ha was repeatedly under enemy Now on Sale. ploded,

L.A.C. L. H. Lightfoot, Patterson. Bar to DFML Sergeants A. H. ceeded by sheer determination in af

fire but, socuring a horse, he muc

SERGT, PAINE was the air ob-ing the swimming of a canal, and One Against Seven

Friendship and R. C. Wilkinson. overcoming many difficulties, includ Morning Post Building, server in a plane engaged in a run later returned safely to his unit.

Price $3.00.

shot. A German officer in charge told him, "It will be your turn soon.” Jumped Through Window

When the pilot protested that he was an officer down behind German lines as the result of serial combat

the officer shrugged and replied,

"You are a spy' or a franc-tireur

all these others."

A

Based Out In Tima

Rail Workers

To Get

3s. Pay Rise

worktera,

Killed' in Action

A pilot who described, when on leave, how with other airmen he took off frem an aircraft-carrier and dew through a snowstorm to land on a Jake in Norway has been killed in action.

He was Pilot-Officer Walter Philip

W. Richards, the Master and

Mrs.

It is highly probable that the an incerase of ds a week, bringing A squadron-leader commanding a other two unions will also approve the total advance up to 10s., and the fighter squadron in France attacked The three rali unions had claimed settlement is a compromise.

Acting Fight Lieutenant Dutton was leading a section of a squadron

Wounded Man

R. T.

ed

break

off the

Journal.

Station

Edited by

Dr. G. A. C. Herklots