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As an officer he had earned warm tributes of affection 

 from his Colonel and comrades : he devoted all his 

 energies to his military duties, and, what makes his 

 death doubly sad, is the knowledge that he had, a few 

 days before, received an important appointment on the 

 Staff. 



Bjththe Charltons were keen sportsmen, taking special 

 interest in wildfowling, for which they had exceptional 

 opportunities on the Northumberland coast. It may 

 truly be said of them that they would have shone in 

 whatever profession they chose ; they were patterns of 

 honour, integrity and gentlemanly character, as well as 

 being charming companions. The writer deeply deplores 

 their untimely death, a feeling that is shared by all who 

 knew them, and lovers of natural history will regret that 

 ornithology has lost two students of great promise. 



Their father is Mr. John Charlton, the well-known 

 artist, of Knightsbridge, S.W., and Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

 On their mother's side they were great-grandsons of the 

 late John Vaughan, one of the pioneers of the Cleveland 

 iron trade, and grandsons of the late Thomas Vaughan, 

 of Gunnergate Hall, Middlesbrough. T. H. Nelson. 



