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These could be him: London Gazette Supplement 25 May 1917 has this for Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry - Osborne, Temp. Maj. (actg. Lt.-Col.) J. E. UK Incoming Passengers List has this: Name: Captain J E Osborne Birth Date: abt 1878 Age: 30 Port of Departure:Quebec, Canada Arrival Date:28 Aug 1908 Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England Ports of Voyage: Quebec Ship Name:Empress of Ireland Shipping Line: Canadian Pacific Steamship Line Official Number: 123972 Also Mrs Osborne - wife - 26 British Phone Books has: Name:Major J E Osborne Address:44 Connaught St W.2. Exchange:PADdngtn City/Town:Paddington Directory Title:London Surnames A - Z Sep Publication Year:1928 Directory County:London

John Edwards Osborne appears to have originally been awarded his Commission after passing the Competitive Examination of March 1906 while a Militia & Yeomanry Candidate in the 6th Battalion (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment [LG 27915 of 22 May 1906]. He was Commisioned into the Ox & Bucks LI. So it was that Temp Lt Osborne Ox & Bucks LI was promoted to Temp Capt on 22 Oct 1914 in the 6th Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. Temporary Major J E Osborne was promoted to Acting Lieutenant Colonel on 9 Nov 1916 while Commanding Officer of a battalion (presumably 6th Ox & Bucks LI) [LG 29936 of 9 Feb 1917] and reverted to Temp Major on 25 Apr 1917 on relinquishing that command [LG 30170 dated 6 Jul 1917]. On 18 Sep 1917 the London Gazette shows Temp Major J E Osborne attached (possibly to the Staff) from a Service Battalion as a Major with seniority from 19 Nov 1915. He was awarded a Mention in Despatches as a Temporary Major on 25 May 1917, [Awards Vol 30093 page 5158]. He survived the war and as a Temporary Major he relinquished his Commission on 18 Oct 1919, retaining the rank of Major.//

Major John Edwards Osborne, possibly originally from Somerset, later of The Old Manse, Rescobie, Forfar, Angus, Scotland? Had one son, Major Gerald Michael Osborne MC TD - he of Balmadies, Guthrie, Angus, Forfar, Scotland, (married June Mary Carnegie-Arbuthnott, b. 24 Jul 20, m. 2 Apr 41).

Died 24 Sep 1938 at Wald Sanitorium, Davos Platz, Switzerland. Now known as Wald Hotel. www.myswitzerland.com/en/waldhotel-davos.html Of 10 West Cliff Gardens, Folkestone. Widow Agnes Telford Osborne. She died 18 Sep 1956 in Hove. Probate granted to Annie McQuiston Fleming, a widow. Estate valued at £11927. 12s 10d.

He came from Bristol and was part of the family of the solicitor's firm Osborne Clarke. The Mrs Osborne who survived him was his second wife, whom he married after WWI. (Family information).

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Thanks. We'll add Warden Osborne's full name to the title.

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Members of various State National Guards received flight training at the Curtis Flying School in Newport News. Here are Lt. Bernard Cummings of Colorado, Lt. Arthur Joseph Coyle of New Hampshire, Lt Edgar Wirt Bagnell of Nebraska, Dr. Edward George Benson of New York , and Lt. Bee Rife Osborne of Kentucky. This photo and many, many more LOC/Bain photos, appear in Flyboys over Hampton Roads, a book about the Curtis Flying School. This one is on p. 72. The plane looks like a Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" - not surprising given its role and location.

Arthur J. Coyle (1987-1989), photo from an album of First Aero Corps photos he donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum:
Eventually, he was a captain and commander of the First Aero Squadron during WWI. At age 81, in 1979, he was profiled in an AP story from San Antonio, TX:
news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19780126&i...
his grave: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=531676

Thanks for providing the full names as well as some background information. We will update the record to include full names.

The officer to the left side of the frame is Lt. Barnard Cummings. His career is briefly described in an August 1984 National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form (5DV1486) for Pierce-Haley House (aka "Haley-Cummlngs House") located at 857 Grant St., Denver, Colorado. (The house would ultimately be placed on the National Register 3 October 1984). Given the information cited below, it is certain that his first name was spelled "Barnard". focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/84000583.pdf Barnard Cummings came to Colorado sometime in the first decade of the twentieth century. He had several careers - one of them, as a homesteader in northwestern Colorado. Cummings worked as a telegrapher for Western Union which led to his being chosen from Colorado by the fledgling air industry to be trained as a pilot. His license to fly was the 525th issued in the United States. When Work War I began he was sent to Mineola Field on Long Island as a first lieutenant in the Signal Corps. After the war, Cummings trained as an attorney and practiced law for a time in Craig. While in Craig he ran unsuccessfully for several state-wide political offices. Barnard Cummings lived at 857 Grant until his death in 1952. The family continued to occupy the house until January of 1984. It has now been converted to offices. Also, here is the site of Cummings' grave at Crown Hill Cemetary in Denver, CO: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46354757 Note, the grave is shared with his son, Lt. Barnard Cummings, Jr. (USMA 1949), who is still-Missing In Action (and presumed Killed In Action) from the Korean War. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46354783