FROM A QUAKER FAMILY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4474, 15 February 1917, Page 3

FROM A QUAKER FAMILY.

LIEUTENANT CADBURY WINS D.S.O. The Birmingham Weekly Post, in referring to the D.S.O. being awarded to Flight-Lieutenant Egbert Cadbury in recognition of distinguished service on the occasion of the destruction of a Zeppelin airship, on the Norfolk Const, has the following:— ‘ ‘Flight-Lieutenant Egbert Cadbury is the youngest son of Mr.- and Mrs George Cadbury, of tlio Manor House, Nortlifield. The first public announcement of the young officer’s feat was made by Professor Sonnenscliein at the meeting held at the Council House for the. formation of ail * Anglo-Russian Society. Professor Sonnenscliein stated that, like tho Quaker in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” Lieutenant Cadbury was prepared in an emergency to say, “Friend, thee’s not wanted here.” In future Birmingham would be as proud of Egbert Cadbury as London was of Lieutenant Robinson \ V.C----“In a description of the fight, which Lieutenant Cadbury himself gives, he says the whole tiling seemed to be over very quickly. It wa.s only about threequarters of an hour from the time they flew up that the Zeppelin was destroyed. The crew were game to the very last, and continued to return the fire of the English airmen until the vessel collapsed. “Lieutenant Cadbury who is twentythree years of age, is a member of the Society of Friends, and was at Trinity College, Cambridge, where lie was studying for tlie law, when the war broke out. He. joined the crew of the Zarifa, a mine sweeper, as an A. 8., the Zarifa being a converted yacht, manned for the greater part bv Cambridge men. On account of the al>-’ normal sharpness of Jiis eyesight young Cadbury was selected to take up a position in tho bow of the boat to keep a look-out for mines. The strain on Iris eyes, however, resulted in temporary injury, and be had to givo up his duty. He subsequently recovered, and after having served i nearly a year at sea lie joined the Roy- j al Naval Air Service, and soon gained bis pilot’s certificate.

“One of Lieutenant Cadbury’s brothers, Mr. Lawrence Cadbury, is serving at the front with the Friends’ Ambulance Unit.”