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Wilkins, Francis Alfred Pressland, 1871-1900

  • GB-2014-WSA-18139
  • Person
  • 1871-1900

Wilkins, Francis Alfred Pressland, only son of Alfred Wilkins, of Earl's Court Square, London; b. April 9, 1871; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (G); left July 1888; 2nd Lieut. Suffolk Regt. May 18, 1892; Lieut. June 19, 1895; Adjt. Jan. 10, 1899; killed in action at Rensburg, South Africa, Jan. 6, 1900.

Wilkinson, David Langley, 1919-1997

  • GB-2014-WSA-18146
  • Person
  • 1919-1997

Wilkinson, David Langley, son of Harold Mayfield Wilkinson, asst master Durham Sch., and Annie Gwendoline, d. of Henry Douglas Johns MD, of Hornsea, Yorks; b. 26 Apr. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (G); left July 1937; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1937, BA 1941; commissioned 1/15 Punjab Regt IA July 1941 (Capt.), MC (Burma) June 1943; later Bde Maj. 106 Ind. Inf. Bde and HQ Mhow Sub-Area; d. 15 Apr. 1997.

Wilkinson, Edward Martin Henry, 1921-1995

  • GB-2014-WSA-18147
  • Person
  • 1921-1995

Wilkinson, Edward Martin Henry, brother of David Langley Wilkinson (qv); b. 12 May 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G), KS May 1935; left July 1939; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1939, BA 1942; RNVR 1942-5 (Lieut.); Dip. Ed. (Lond.) 1947; asst master King's Sch. Gloucester 1947-9, Rich­mond GS, Yorks, 1949; sen. classics master Richmond Comp. Sch. 1971; d. 17 Oct. 1995.

Wilkinson, Oliver Marlow, 1915-1999

  • GB-2014-WSA-18154
  • Person
  • 1915-1999

Wilkinson, Oliver Marlow, son of Louis Umfraville Wilkinson, author and lecturer, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and Frances Josepha Gregg, poet, d. of Oliver Howard Gregg of Fort Leav­enworth, Kansas, USA; b. 28 Jan. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (G); left Dec. 1930; dir. Red Triangle The­atre, London, 1936-8; drama adviser Lond. YMCA 1938-9; RN in WW2; drama dir. Iona Community 1945-51; co-dir. Oxford Playhouse 1951-2; drama adviser TocH 1952-6, drama organiser Oxfordshire County 1956-61; sen. lecturer Oxf. Poly. 1962-80; author (as Oliver Marlow) of Ishmael (Sybil Thorndike Trophy winner) 1937, How Can We Save Father (Royal Court) 1954; ed. letters of his godfather John Cowper Powys; m. 18 Mar. 1939 Margaret Lily, d. of Henry Shenton, civil servant, of Hampstead; d. Sept. 1999.

Willcocks, Robert Waller, 1887-1970

  • GB-2014-WSA-18168
  • Person
  • 1887-1970

Willcocks, Robert Waller, brother of Roger Escombe Willcocks (q.v.); b. July 26, 1887; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left July 1905; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1905); B.A. 1908; M.B. and B.C. 1914; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1912; practises at Chelmsford, Essex; Capt. R.A.M.C. Dec. 1, 1915; served in Gallipoli and France; mentioned in despatches; m. July 26, 1927, Irene Hope, daughter of G.R.H. Stringer, of Colchester, Essex; d. 1 May 1970.

Willcocks, Roger Escombe, 1885-1944

  • GB-2014-WSA-18169
  • Person
  • 1885-1944

Willcocks, Roger Escombe, son of George Waller Willcocks, C.B., M.Inst.C.E., of Streatham, by Mary, eldest daughter of Rowland Escombe; b. Sept. 25, 1885; adm. May 4, 1899 (G); left Dec. 1902; called to the bar at the Middle Temple June 23, 1909; Western Circuit; Legal Dept. Ministry of Labour; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. on the outbreak of Great War I; a clerk in the solicitors' dept., Ministry of Labour; d. Jan. 15, 1944; unm.

Willett, Frederic Wilfrid Bagnall, 1878-1951

  • GB-2014-WSA-18181
  • Person
  • 1878-1951

Willett, Frederic Wilfrid Bagnall, son of Frederic Willett (q.v.); b. March 3, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left April 1894; 2nd Lieut. Sussex Regt. May 15, 1897; Lieut. Feb. 22, 1899; Capt. June 1, 1905; Major Sept. 1, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Nov. 14, 1921; retired Jan. 10, 1922; served in South Africa 1900-2, and in Great War I 1914-9; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, 1917, and May 22, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1916; m. July 23, 1904, Kathleen Maud, eldest daughter of Matthew George Megaw, of Warninglid, Sussex; d. 1951.

Williams, Anthony Hayhurst, 1925-1972

  • GB-2014-WSA-18199
  • Person
  • 1925-1972

Williams, Anthony Hayhurst, son of Leonard John Williams, asst. gen. man. Nat. Prov. Bank, and Doris, d. of Edward Faulkner-Mayall, mill owner, of Oldham, Lancs; b. 28 July 1925; adm. Jan. 1938 (G); left Apr. 1943; RAC 1944-7, 17/21 Lancers (Lieut. ); branch man. Wiggins Teape & Alex. Price (Pakistan) Ltd., Karachi, Pakistan, 1951; m. 11 Sept. 1954 Pamela Margaret Helen, d. of Cyril James Bollins, civil engineer, of Crowborough, Sussex; d. 11 July 1972.

Williams, Geoffrey John Hayhurst, 1928-2010

  • GB-2014-WSA-18217
  • Person
  • 1928-2010

Williams, Geoffrey John Hayhurst, brother of Anthony Hayhurst Williams (qv); b. 11 Feb. 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (G); left July 1946; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1948, BA 1950; sales man. Tube Investments Plc 1952-80, British Steel Plc 1980-90; consult. Ricuss Ltd. 1990-4; m. 20 Sept. 1952 June Margaret, d. of Charles Stephen Mundy OBE, of Purley, Surrey; d. 18 Apr. 2010.

Williams, George Arthur, 1851-1871

  • GB-2014-WSA-18218
  • Person
  • 1851-1871

WILLIAMS, GEORGE ARTHUR, brother of Edward William Colt (qv); b. 29 Dec 1851; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Whitsun 1865; readm. 21 Jun 1867, BB; left 1868; d. 25 May 1871.

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