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Wakeford, Victor David, son of Victor David Collins Wakeford MD and Mary Ellen, d. of James Kite of Church Stretton, Shropshire; b. 31 May 1916; adm. May 1930 (R); left July 1934; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1937, MA 1941; ord. deacon 1946, priest 1947 (York); Curate Scar­borough 1946-51; chaplain Oakham Sch. 1951-4, Eshton Sch. Gargrave, Yorks, 1955-8, King's Sch. Gloucester 1958-72; retd.; d. 7 May 1994.

Wakeford, Richard, brother of Victor David Wakeford (qv); b. 23 July 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left Apr. 1940; Roy. Hampshire Regt 1941-5 (temp. Lieut.-Col.), three times wounded, despatches (N. Africa) Sept. 1943; awarded the Victoria Cross July 1944 for leadership in an attack near Monte Cassino in May 1944; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1962; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1951; partner Layton & Co.; a Master of the Supreme Court (Chancery Divn) 1964; member Court of Assistants Haberdashers' Company, and a governor of Haber­dashers' Aske's Hatcham Schools; JP (Surrey); m. 31 Mar. 1951 Denise Elizabeth, d. of Sidney Thomas Corlson; d. 27 Aug. 1972.

Wainwright, David Bernard Pictor, son of Lieut. -Cdr. David Wainwright RN and Frances Mildred Alice Whitefield; b. 11 Apr. 1925; adm. Jan. 1939 (R); left Mar. 1939; Univ. of Durham, BA 1950, MA 1954; ord. deacon 1951, priest 1952 (Worcester); Curate St George’s Redditch, Worcs 1951-3, Aveley, Essex 1953-5; Curate-in-charge All Saints Belhus Park, Essex 1955-6; Vicar of St Mary Magdalen Harlow, Essex 1956-61; social responsibility adviser Diocese of Ripon 1962-9; Univ. of York, Dip. Social Admin. 1968; Vicar of Scouthead, Yorks 1969-72; asst. sec. Gen. Synod Board for SR 1974, dep. sec. 1977-9; SR officer Diocese of Oxford 1978-88; priest-in-charge Charlton-on-Otmoor with Oddington, Oxon 1979-85; Rural Dean Bicester and Islip 1982-5; retd. 1988; m. 31 Dec. 1952 Jean Mary, d. of Alan Currer Pollard, dispensing chemist; d. Jan. 2001.

Wagstaff, Stanley Leonard, son of George Leonard Wagstaff OBE, chartered accountant, of Strawberry Hill, and Kathleen, d. of Douglas Barclay; b. 13 Apr. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left Dec. 1937; RNVR in WW2 (Lieut.); an insurance co. executive; m. 27 Apr. 1944 Elizabeth Jane. d. of George Lewis DL, of Dallington, Northants; d. 16 Apr. 1981.

Waechter, John D'Arcy, son of Sir Harry Waechter Bt CMG, and Evelyn Mary Josephine, d. of John D'Arcy of Corbetstown, Co. Westmeath; b. 16 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left. July 1932; RAFVR 1940-5 (Flt Lieut.); Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA PhD 1949; FSA 1950; Fellow Brit. Inst. of Archaeology Ankara 1949; res. Fellow Harvard Univ. 1955-6; lecturer Inst. of Archaeology Univ. of London 1956, sen. lecturer 1972; Rivers medal Roy. Anthropological Inst. 1972, Stopes medal Geologists' Assn 1976; author of Man Before History 1976; m. 2 Dec. 1952 Carol, d. of Ven. Edgar Francis Hall, Archdeacon of Totnes, Devon; d. 5 Mar. 1978.

Wade, Richard Thomas Christopher, son of Richard Ramsden Wade DM, of Hampstead; b. 24 Oct. 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (R); left July 1939; PO RAF Regt Dec. 1941, FO Nov. 1942, temp. Flt Lieut. Sept. 1942; d. 27 Aug. 1944 after a road accident on active service.

Richard Thomas Christopher Wade was born in North London on the 24th of October 1921 the younger son of Richard Ramsden Wade, a commercial clerk, and Constance Irene (nee Lord) Wade of Lavender Cottage, Grayshott near Hindhead in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1935 to July 1939. He enlisted as Aircraftman 2nd Class 1154480 in the Royal Air Force Regiment in December 1941 and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 20th of March 1942, with seniority from the 24th of December 1941. He was promoted to Flying officer on the 1st of October 1942.
He was killed in a road accident in Italy.
His brother, Officer Cadet Patrick Armigel Wade, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 29th of July 1940.
He is buried at Biguglia War Cemetery Plot 2, Row C, Grave 1.

Waddington, James Hilary Sheffield, son of Quintin Waddington, asst Curator Guildhall Museum, and Maude Mary, d. of William Henry Hewitt of Copdock, Suffolk; b. 21 Sept. 1903; adm. Apr. 1918 (R); left Apr. 1921; AA Sch. of Architecture, RIBA 1928; architect to Egyptian explorations Tel El-Amara 1930-3; Inspector of Antiquities Palestine 1932-6; asst superin­tendent British Archaeological Survey of India 1937, superintendent 1946-55; camouflage expert Civil Defence Dept. India 1942-3, MBE 1947; FSA 1947; British Sch. representative on Iraqi expedition to Nimrod and Balawat 1956; extramural lecturer Univ. of Bristol 1955-63; Lay Reader diocese of Gloucester 1960, Diocesan Synod 1971; m. 1st 30 July 1932 Ruth Eliza­beth Florence, d. of Evelyn Richard Hugh Pollard, Inspector-Gen. of RN Hospitals and Fleets; 2nd 2 Sept. 1983 Olive Mary Quarry, d. of Henry Douglas Dunn, artist, of Ealing; d. 25 July 1989.

VINCENT, EDWARD ODELL, son of Joseph Vincent, Oxford, proprietor and printer Oxford University Herald; b. 14 Apr 1835; adm. 5 Oct 1845 (Rigaud's); QS 1849; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1853, adm. 7 May 1853, scholar 1854; BA 1857; MA 1860; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1862 (both Oxford); Curate, Ducklington, Oxfordshire 1860-2, Northam, Devon 1864-8; Principal, Brixton Hill College, Surrey 1870-86; m. Frances E. M. A. --- (by 1881); d. 17 Feb 1927.

Vickers, Thomas Bernard, son of William Henry Playfair Vickers, M.D., of Graiguena­managh, co. Kilkenny; b. Nov. 6, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left July 1910; 2nd Lieut. R.E. April 1, 1917; Indian Army; attached Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners Sept. 19, 1917; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1919; served in East Africa in Great War I, and on the Indian Frontier; killed in action on the Shapur river, in Waziristan, July 16, 1921.

Vickers, Kirsop Bainbridge James, son of Charles Kirsop Vickers, of Wolsingham, co. Durham, by Mary, daughter of William Kirsop, of Frosterley, co. Durham; b. Aug. 1, 1869; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (R); left April 1888; London Univ.; M.B. 1896; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1893; practises at Wellington, Salop; served in Great War I; Capt. R.A.M.C. May 27, 1916; m. Madeleine Louise, daughter of William de Gunon, of Dublin; d. 6 May 1930.