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Watson, John Frederick Johnston, son of Johnston Watson, of Brondesbury, Middlesex, barrister-at-law; b. March 18, 1891; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (A); left. July 1909; 2nd Lieut. Gordon Highlanders 1910; Capt. 3rd Batt. Aug. 10, 1914; served in France 1914-18 and with the Military Mission to the Baltic States 1919; 2nd Lieut. General List Sept. 12, 1940; served in Intelligence to 1945; called to the bar at the Middle Temple April 28, 1920; served on a League of Nations Commission to Poland 1920-4; Secretariat, League of Nations 1924-35; asst. secretary British Commonwealth Ex-Service League since 1952; m. 1924, Ethel, daugh­ter of Thomas Oldroyd, of Allerton Close, Chapel Allerton, Yorks.; d. 1990.

Watson, Thomas Woodewis, son of John Thomas Watson, of London, solicitor; b. Nov. 28, 1884; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (A); left July 1902; chemical and general merchant, firm, Thomas W. Watson and Co., Eldon Street, London; enlisted in the R.N.A.S. April 1917, transferred to the R.N. Experimental Section at Stratford, Essex; demob. Jan. 1919.

WEBBER, ETIENNE AUGUSTE, son of Ven. Richard L. Webber, Archdeacon of Demerara; b. 7 Nov 1868; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (A); left Apr 1885; m. 7 Sep 1929 Mary Eirene Agnes, widow of William McLaughlin Jones, Bermuda, and elder dau. of Ven. Samuel Edward Branch, Archdeacon of Antigua; d. 13 Feb 1943.

Weekes, Harold Ernest, son of John Ernest Weekes, of Kensington, by Angelina, daughter of Sidney Pope, of Melbourne, Australia; b. Sept. 27, 1881; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (A); left Dec. 1896; in C.I.V. Jan. 20, 1900; 2nd Lieut. West Indian Regt. Aug. 18, 1900; Lieut. June 19, 1901; Indian Army May 22, 1904; Capt. 10th Gurkha Rifles Aug. 18, 1909; Major Sept. 1, 1915; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Dec. 29, 1923; Lieut.-Col. 5th Gurkha Rifles April 11, 1924; Brevet Col. Jan. 1, 1927; served in South Africa 1900 and in Egypt, Gallipoli, France, and India in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 21, 1916, and June 11, 1920; O.B.E. Sept. 12, 1919; m. 1st Dec. 17, 1904, Helen Dorothy, second daughter of Andrew McGeoch, of Glasgow; 2nd Madeleine, daughter of W. A. T. Pettigrew; d. May 6, 1941; bequeathed £2,000 to the school to found a Harold and Madeleine Weekes' Scholarship or Exhibition.

Weil, Harold Theodore George Walter, son of Percy Harold Weil, of Kew, Surrey, by Margaret Eleanor, daughter of George Wedd, of Kneesworth, Cambs; b. Aug. 17, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (A); left Dec. 1918; on the London Stock Exchange.

Weingreen, Peter Emanuel, son of Emanuel Weingreen of Hampstead and Dorothy, d. of Fred­erick William Goodsell of Rye, Sussex; b. 22 Sept. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1937; US Army in WW2; a film director; m. 11 Dec. 1953 Ruth Rosenfeld Lipton, d. of Samuel Rosenfeld of Miami Beach, Florida; d. 1976.

Weizmann, Benjamin Isaiah, son of Chaim Weizmann DSc LLD, first President of Israel, and Dr Vera Chatzman; b. 2 May 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (A); left Apr. 1924; Christ's Coll. Camb., BA 1929; living in Israel 1952, later in Jersey; m.; d. 31 Dec. 1980.

Wells, Charles Graham, brother of John Bayford Wells (q.v.); b. Jan. 8, 1886; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (A); left March 1902; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Oct. 1, 1914; temp. Lieut. Dec. 8, 1915; served in France from May 1915 until he was wounded at Ypres Nov. 5, 1915; Adjt. Spec. Brigade Depot July 1916 - Nov. 1918; acting Capt. Aug. 1917; demob. Dec. 1919; an inspecting engineer.

Wells, John Hayford, elder son of Charles Augustus Este Wells, of Albury, Surrey, by Anne Susannah Macdonald, daughter of John Graham Macdonald Burt, M.D., of Edinburgh; b. April 12, 1881; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (A); Q.S. 1895; left April 1898; 2nd Lieut. North Lancs Regt. May 20, 1899; Lieut. Jan. 4, 1901; Capt. May 5, 1906; Brevet Major April 1, 1915; Major Sept. 1, 1915; temp. Brig.-Gen. Dec. 1, 1917; Brevet Col. June 3, 1919; Col. Aug. 31, 1920; half-pay Feb. 20, 1923; Col., The Loyal Regt., 1931-45; secretary of the Midland Divi­sion of the Woodard Schools; served in South African War 1899-1902, and in France, Belgium, Gallipoli, and Egypt in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L.G. Aug. 20, 1901, July 29, 1902, Jan. 28 and July 13, 1916, and July 6, 1918; D.S.O. Aug. 22, 1902; C.M.G. June 3, 1918; Legion of Honour and Order of the White Eagle with Swords; C.B.E. for services with the Home Guard 1941; m. April 6, 1916; Arabella, eldest daughter of William Walter Wright, of Albury; d. April 6, 1952.

West, Alun David Herbert, son of Charles Frederick Marling West LDS, dental surgeon, and Elizabeth Margaret, d. of David Davies of Lampeter, Cards.; b. 22 Oct. 1917; adm. Sept. 1931 (A); left Dec. 1934; Univ. of Wales, BSc (1st class hons Agriculture); an agricultural chemist Kingsley Sch. Vancouver BC; d. July 1954.