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Page contains 4 newspaper clippings. Subjects include: H. T. C. Whitley promoted to Major; Capt. A.W. Black receives Military Cross and returns home on furlough; and C. E. Kingdon Jones, killed in action.
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- [start clipping] MAJOR WHITLEY GETS DESERVED PROMOTION --- The news that capt. H.T.C. Whitley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Whitley, 111 Cooper street, has received a well-deserved promotion to the rank of major, has reached this city, and has been recieved with a great deal of satisfaction. Mr. Whitley received the rank of acting-major some time ago, and for some time past has been in command of the 1st Battery, one of the Ottawa batteries which went overseas in the first Canadian division under Lieut.-Col. (now Brigadier-General) E.W.B. Morrison. The news that he has been gazetted to the full rank of major and that he was at present on leave in London was received by his mother a few days ago. Major Whitley who was before the war studying medicine at McGill University, gave up his course and was one of the first to volunteer his services when war was declared. He was appointed to the 1st Battery, which was formed from the old 23rd Militia Battery of this city, under Major (now Lieut.-Col.) E.T.B. Gillmore, and in which he held a commission as lieutenant. At the second battle of Ypres, Major Whitley was wounded in the head, but it was not very serious and he soon returned to his unit. He has been through all the fighting the canadians have taken part in since the first division landed in France, practically without a break, and has therefore a record which very few can boast of. He was promoted to the rank of captain in the spring of 1915, and his recent promotion is a great source of gratification to his many friends in Ottawa. [end clipping] [start clipping] CAPT. A.W. BLACK IS HOME ON FURLOUGH --- Wearing the ribbon of the Military Cross he won by repulsing a determined frontal attack by the Germans at the beginning of the offensive in the early spring, Captain Arthur W. Black, the well known Ottawa athlete, who was wounded four times, arrived in town on Saturday night. He left yesterday, however, for Wakefield, where Mrs. Black is staying with her father, Mr. Chas. F. Whitley. Capt. Black, at the commencement of the German offensive was in command of a platoon of the 21st Battalion in the front line trenches. The enemy launched a surprise attack in considerable strength, and the brunt of it fell on Capt. Black's platoon. The men fought wonderfully under their commander, who cheered them on as they withstood the pressure of the enemy. A terrific hand to hand struggle for the mastery of the piece of trench took place, but the valor of the Canadian platoon finally proved too much for the Germans and they retreated beaten. The gallant offcier however was wounded badly, and the casualties among the men were great. Over half a dozen men of the survivors were recommended for decorations, so brilliant was their conduct in the fight, and Captain Black himself was invested with the Military Cross. He is now home in Canada on special duty. Capt. Black shortly after the outbreak of hostilities joined the 21st Battalion. With that unit he trained in Canada throughout the first winter of the war and went overseas in early 1915. The battalion reached France in September, 1915, and went to the front lines in Flanders, where they held trenches for many months. After the St. Eloi battle Captain Black received temporary rank, which was confirmed later at the Somme. Wounded First Time. There it was that he received his first wound. It was shortly before the attack on Courcellette, in which his battalion acquitted itself so nobly, that Captain Black was hit in the arm seriously enough to put him in hospital in England for some months. In 1917 he was given command of a company in the 3rd Canadian Command Depto, then at Hastings, and in the late fall of that year he returned to duty in France. He had only been there a short time, however, when the action occurred which earned him the Military Cross and a second wound. Captain Black was in the Post Office Department before he went overseas. He has two pretty little children, who are staying with their mother at Wakefield. Mrs. Black was overseas nearly a year during the Captain's service in England. [end clipping] [start clipping] CAPTAIN ARTHUR BLACK GETS MILITARY CROSS --- LONDON, May 16. - Capt. Arthur William Black, belonging to Ottawa and now in a London hospital, last night was gazetted for the Military Cross "for leading an attack against the enemy using flammenwerfer, although wounded, completely restoring the situation. Lieut. John Walter Cobb, of Kingston, recieves the Military Cross for driving enemy off after they had gained a foothold in our front line. His coolness and disregard of danger made a splendid example for other ranks. Lieut. Arthur Fairclough, Toronto, now attached to the Royal Air Force, has been awarded the Military Cross for destroying four enemy machines and driving down two others. Lieut. K.W. Junor, Toronto, now with the Royal Air Force and posted missing, receives the cross for destroying two machines driving down two others. Lieut. Frank Rump, Moose Jaw, entered a dugout alone. He killed one man, took another prisoner, and superintended the blowing up of five dugouts. Lieut. Leo. Goodwin of Halifax, showed coolness in leading twenty men in a working party to repel a raid, inspiring all ranks with utmost confidence. Lieut. Edward Smythe, of Kingston, completely disorganized two enemy raids. --- Capt. Arthur Black is well known locally. He left here in 1915 in command of a platoon of Ottawa men with the 21st Battalion. He received his captaincy on the field and has been reported on the casualty list several times. He was one of the Capital's most prominent athletes. [end clipping] [start clipping] PTE. KINGDON JONES FALLS IN FRANCE --- Young C.S. Had Been Singled Out For Commission. --- Word has been recieved in the Captial of the death in action, on September 29, of Pte. C.E. Kingdon JOnes, a nephew of Mrs. R. Reed, Osborne Road, and a cousin of Col. E.R. McNeill. 1 photograph PTE. KINGDON JONES. The deceased soldier, who was the only son of C.D. Jones, of St.John, N.B., was graduate of the University of New Brunswick, and at the time of enlisting was employed in the Timber and Grazing Branch of the Department of the Interior. A prominent member of the Britannia Boating Club, he had many friends in the Capital. At the time of his death, the late Pte. Jones was in line for a commission for which he had been singled out, and had taken part of his examinations. --- [end clipping]
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