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Field Marshal the Earl of Ypres who, as Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France during 1914 and 1915, underwent a prolonged and serious operation. His ailment was unspecified. A series of bulletins pronounced his condition satisfactory.

Prince George, youngest son of the King and Queen, was parted from his tonsils on an operating table in Buckingham Palace. His recovery was rapid.

The Countess of Oxford and Asquitii (Margot Asquith) suffered from shock--an automobile in which she was riding crashed.