COLONEL J. T. Benn, O.B.E., has been appointed District Organising Secretary for the Midlands in place of Wing Commander E. J. Brooks, D.F.C., who recently resigned. Colonel Benn was commissioned from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, to the Indian Army in January, 1936. He served as a regi- mental infantry officer until the partition of India in 1947, when he transferred to the Royal Artillery. He then served as regimental officer and on the staff until his retirement in 1961. He served in Burma and Java'in the Second World War and also saw active service in North- West Frontier operations beforethe war.

Lieut.-Commander M. Roden, R.N., has been appointed Northern District Inspector in place of Commander D. G.

Wicksteed, R.N.R., who is the new Deputy Chief Inspector. Lieut.- Commander Roden served in the last war first as a midshipman, R.N.R., and then transferred to the Royal Navy on a short service commission. After the war he served as first lieutenant and in command of motor torpedo boats. In 1955 he transferred to the Royal Malayan Navy, in which he was the senior sea-going officer..