PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Richard Langman, of New Plymouth, a very old identity of Taranaki, is at present seriously ill i n the New] Plymouth Hospital. A London ca-ble states that &r Bryan Mohon, vho Mel the command of the For** in ]*££ has b & m appointed a Knight OmZt der of the Order o- the Bath. Mr. and Mrs. A. Blanchett of Kew leave for the south thSweel to meet their son, Gunner P G Bkn who is returning frJtte SS by a ioaprtri ship which is due B hor%. „ Mr l 5 - , L!nts > the organiser of the ston JXorth, was presented br the executive with a pair of silver entr a thfr P a^ itionofiißs^" Lieutenant T. F. Meredith, of the Ai«h rafcan Force, who has be n £aS& home suffering from malaria, i,TT Meredith w * * K ° rU - in July P63 *° r6tUm *° ****** lei* p"l MrS - ?** NeWell > of hat tte*' T V f W ° Td 0n Sa that thisr son Leslie had died of wounds onMa y 2. iP ri TO teKewell ) aft e rS "*«*«•!, Joined the staff 0 f the, Icil post office ns a telegraph messenger am vounteered for active service, for camp the day after he reached 20 ? Ho was an exceedingly bright and pro«ie general sympathy of a verV laree «.rcle of friends in their bereavement . Mr. Win. Williams, of Meremere is £taw# of a • lotter from his 8 ™ <V e L uT 3 ' m , the CoUrse of w Wch he refers to the unsolicited promotion which RFC*™ £ r e , ral in char S e ° f 'he K.F.C. m England, and he told me he wanted to make me a staff officer but first I would have to go to all the RFC schools „ E „g, and M * Scotland ££ Pany with six other captains to getkn •dea of how the schools were organised one tw r a remarkabl r good job, and one that I never expected to get nor had I even applied for it. . . f&tiZ hat when we get settled down we will each have the training of the RFC of a large area of England, and will be'responsible for the harmony of all branched of the Flying Corps i„ that area " T he following extract from the London wm" 0 ' 5 m ""''"Plata why Cap" tain Williams ls 60 highly thought of: RFC W P I UP 'T Daniel ™ llia ™> Ltfv P , > Ees - For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty whilst earrymg out artillery obsemtion T,! though attacked by two machines he earned on with his work, driving oe off and destroying the other. He has Conei.tentlr shown courage and pcrseverance in carrying out his work, and set a very line example to his squadron." C.M.G., D.5.0., is just the man for a cutting-out" expedition like those of Zcehrugge . and Ostend. During the andtr'" 5 u- lm he WBS a and led a cuttmg-out expedition up the laku forts at its mouth, and cut out three new Chinese destroyers, takin - one after another by boarding, cutlass and pistol ,„ hand, quite i n D ' the style. For this exploit he was promoted heTn X ? en the war b ™k° ou mand of ° f oomm odore in command of the submarine flotilla, and his noSSh "«* h \?? h l oi possible "Beatty's Heligoland" at the end of August, 1914. He is credited v.th having penetrated up the mouth ot the Elbe a good way beyond Oahaven. The admiral was born in 1872, and atained the rank of rear-admiral during nvr i n'^ the war has w on the C.M.G, and D.S.O. He succeeded ViceAdmiral Sir Reginald Bacon in comma,t Lr DOV , er o Pa ), r , ol - Hi » the late General Sir Charles Keyes, GCB T^, a tt™ 8 M , hero < wh ° handle both cavalry and infantry with the same brilliancy.