629THE SERVICES

Mr. Coste’s Retirement

On April 8th Mr. J. H. Coste, F.I.C., chemist tothe L.C.C. public health department, will reach theretiring age. Mr. Coste entered the Council’s service

in 1894, became chief assistant to the late Mr. Frank

Clowes, D.Sc., in 1908, and when the chemical workwas transferred to the public health department in1913 he was given the designation of chemist in thatdepartment, and appointed official agriculturalanalyst for the county. The establishment committee

in announcing his retirement remarks that Mr. Costehas for many years held a very high position in thechemical world ; his work with its extensive varietyof analytical and experimental duties has been of

great value to the Council, and by his retirementthe Council is losing the services of a distinguishedmember of its staff. Mr. Coste is an authority onthe treatment of sewage, technical gas calorimetry,and the investigation of fog and smoke; he haslong been a member of the atmospheric pollutioncommittee constituted by the Department of Scientificand Industrial Research.

THE SERVICES

ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE

Surg. Capts. G. V. Hobbs to Cianges T. Creaser toPembroke for R.N.B.; and E. C. Holton, O.B.E., toPembroke for R.N.B., and for duty with S.R.A., R.N.Hospl., Chatham, as Naval Health Officer, Nore Command.

Surg. Comdrs. A. H. Harkins to Victory for R.N.B. ;W. E. Heath to Drake for R.N.B. ; and G. E. D. Ellis,O.B.E., to Drake for Devonport Dockyard.

Surg. Lt.-Comdr. (D.) R. J. M. Andrews to Victoryfor R.M. Infirmary, Portsmouth.

Surg. Lt.-Comdr. R. R. Baker to rank of Surg. Comdr.Surg. Lt. W. F. Viret to Tern.Surg. Lt. (D.) S. R. Wallis to Neptune.A. F. Ferguson, J. B. Morris, H. P. L. Rhodes, and

D. N. Williamson, as Surg. Lts. (D.) entered for shortservice, and apptd. to Victory for R.N. Hospl., Haslar.

ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

Surg. Lt.-Comdr. R. B. H. Wyatt placed on Retd. List.Surg. Lt. W. G. Campbell, M.B., to Pembroke for R.N.B.Surg. Lt. (D.). L. B. Hilton to Drake for R.N.B.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPSShort Service Commissions : Lts. (on prob.) confirmed

in their rank: J. J. Sullivan, M. Kosloff, A. Gleave,J. L. Gordon, A. M. Pugh, J. H. Taylor, D. N. Keys,G. C. Dansey-Browning, S. J. Meyersohn, M. H. P. Sayers,D. P. Stevenson, S. Brown, P. B. Hanbury, G. A. E.Harman, G. A. Weir, H. N. Perkins, J. D. Cruickshank,P. J. Geoghegan, W. N. J. Clarke, and T. D. M. Martin.

Lt. (on prob.) A. R. 0. Denton resigns his commn.REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS

The undermentioned having attained the age limit ofliability to recall, cease to belong to the Res. of Off. :Lt.-Col. R. E. Humfrey, C.M.G., and Maj. J. L. Wood,O.B.E.

Capt. A. Hemingway, from the Supp. Res. of Off.R.A.M.C., to be Capt.

SUPPLEMENTARY RESERVE OF OFFICERS

R. P. Leake to be Lt.ARMY DENTAL CORPS

Lt. (on prob.) W. F. Finlayson is confirmed in his rank.Short Service Commissions: To be Lts. (on prob.) :

R. Edwards, A. F. Town, H. J. Burns-Jones, W. J.Constantine, P. J. Pigott, and R. G. Kent. The under-mentioned Lts. (temp. commissions) to be Lts. (on prob.) :J. H, Sherwen, C. W. Upton, B. E. ffrench, W. F.O’Carroll, and R. J. Godfrey.

TERRITORIAL ARMY

Capt. D. A. 0. Wilson to be Divl. Adjt., 53rd (Welsh)Div., vice Maj. G. E. MacAlevey, M.C., vacated.

Lts. to be Capts : W. D. F. Lytle, B. C. Jennings,J. Tidd, and H. W. E. Jones.

G. 0. Brooks (late Cadet C.S.M., Oakham Sch. Contgt.,Jun. Div., O.T.C.) and Scott-Russell Trick to be Lts.

TERRITORIAL ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS

Maj. R. B. Green, M.B., F.R.C.S., from Active List,to be Maj., Jan. 27th, 1936. (Substituted for the notifica.tion in the Gazette of Feb. 18th, 1936.)

ROYAL AIR FORCE

Squadron Leaders L. Freeman to R.A.F., GeneralHospital, Hinaidi, Iraq, for duty as Medical Officer;

T. R. S. Thompson to R.A.F. Station, Andover, for dutyas Medical Officer.

Flight Lt. A. L. St. A. McClosky is promoted to therank of Squadron Leader.

Flight Lt. F. I. G. Tweedie to School of Army Coäpera-tion, Old Sarum.Flying Offr. W. J. L. Dean to R.A.F. Station, Biggin Hill.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Special Reserve : Flight Lt. D. S. Buchanan relinquisheshis commission on completion of service.

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE

Maj. W. E. R. Dimond to be Lt.-Col.The undermentioned officers retire: Col. Sir C. I.

Brierley, Kt., C.LE., and Col. W. T. McCowen, V.H.S.Col. Brierley, whose name was in the recent New Year

honours, was inspector-general of civil hospitals and jails,North-West Frontier Province.

Indian Medical Department: Maj. (Sen. Asst. Surg.)L. V. 0. Easdon retires.

COLONIAL MEDICAL SERVICEMiss J. C. Drury, B.Ch., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., has been

appointed Bacteriologist-Pathologist, King Edward VII.Hospital, Bermuda.

DEATHS IN THE SERVICESColonel SAMUEL JOHN THOMSON, C.LE., I.M.S. (retd.),

who died at Mentone on Feb. 27th in his 83rd year, wasthe son of Mr. J. B. Thomson of Ramsgate, and waseducated at St. John’s College, Hurstpierpoint, andSt. Mary’s Hospital. He qualified M.R.C.S. in 1874,was resident obstetric officer there, and later house surgeonat the Kent and Canterbury General Hospital. In 1877he entered the Indian Medical Service, was gold medallistand Herbert memorialist at Netley, and was with the fieldforce at the relief of Kandahar in 1880, being awarded themedal. In 1890 he became a member of the Leprosy Com-mission, and in 1896 was Sanitary Commissioner of theN.W. Province and Oudh. In 1902 he served as director ofBurgher camps in the Transvaal, receiving the medal withtwo clasps. In 1898 he was created C.LE. for services con-nected with plague and famine, and C.B.E. (Mil.) in 1919.He retired from the service in 1908, but on the outbreakof war in 1914 was appointed commandant to the 2nd WarHospital at Birmingham with the rank of brevet-colonel.The death occurred on March 9th in London of Sir JAMES

MAGILL, K.C.B., Colonel, late R.A.M.C.’ Son of the lateRev. William Magill of Cork, he was born in September,1850, educated at Queen’s College, Cork, and at UniversityCollege, London, and took the degrees of M.D., M.S.Queen’s University, Ireland, and M.R.C.S. Eng. in 1871.Entering the Army as staff assistant surgeon in March,1872, he was appointed in 1876 to the Coldstream Guardsbecoming surgeon-major in 1885, surgeon lt.-col. in 1896,and ultimately colonel in the Army Medical Services.He served in the Sudan in 1884-85 (severely woundedat Abu Klea) and also in South Africa, 1899-1902. Forthese services he was mentioned in dispatches, receivedthe medal with two clasps and the bronze star, and wasagain mentioned in dispatches, receiving two medals witheight clasps, and the C.B. (Mil.) in 1900. He was principalmedical officer, Egypt, from 1905 to 1907, when he retired.He was appointed organising secretary of the BritishRed Cross Society in 1910 and the K.C.B. (Mil.) wasawarded him in 1917.