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Walker-Brash, John Douglas Grenville, son of John Walker-Brash MRCS LRCP, med. practi­tioner, of Willesden, and Gloria Lilian, d. of Douglas Egan, barrister:at-law, of Australia; b. 31 July 1919; adm. Jan. 1933 (A); left July 1937; RMC Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. East Yorks Regt July 1939, Lieut. July 1940, Capt. Nov. 1940; Maj. 77 Chindit Bde Mar. 1944, wounded, despatches (Burma) July 1944; retd from Army 1952; HM Colonial Service 1952, transf. Diplomatic Service 1959; MBE 1968; retd 1970; m. 7 Mar. 1960 Margaret Adeline, d. of Aubrey Beazley, gen. man. (Middle East) Cable & Wireless, of Cyprus; d. 12 Mar. 1991.

Wall, Philip Errington, son of Henry Augustus Wall of Mitcham, Surrey, and Alice Margery, d. of Augustus Henry Murray Driver of Lapworth, Warks.; b. 15 Feb. 1908; adm. Apr. 1921 (A); left Dec. 1923; City & Guilds Inst., ACGI 1929; C. A. Parsons & Co. and Ransomes & Marles Bearing Co. 1931-9; AMIMechE 1940; tech. asst Min. of Aircraft Production 1939, tech. officer 1940-3; resident tech. officer de Havilland Engine Co. 1944; asst engineer Canadian Internat. Paper Co. Hawkesbury, Ontario, 1947; retd 1971; m. 10 July 1937 Lilian Margaret, d. of Sydney Richard Blackburn of Newcastle-on-Tyne; d. 15 June 1973.

Wallis, Douglas MacGregor, son of Alfred George Wallis, of Streatham, Surrey; b. Sept. 13, 1884; adm. Jan. 20, 1898 (A); left Dec. 1900; enlisted in 28th Batt. London Regt. Aug. 1914; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. K.R.R.C. Nov. 24, 1916; wounded Feb. 6, 1917; on the staff of the Union Discount Co.; d. Kenya Sept. 14, 1948.

Wallis, Eric Spencer, brother of Douglas MacGregor Wallis (q.v.); b. May 2, 1887; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left Dec. 1903; enlisted as Trooper in the West Kent Yeomanry Dec. 9, 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. Oct. 1, 1917; manager of the Bayswater branch of the National Bank; m. Oct. 20, 1910, Amy Patricia, daughter of John Proudfoot, of Durban, S. Africa; d. 4 Jan. 1980.

Wallis, Harold Whishaw, brother of Elton George Whishaw Wallis (q.v.); b. Sept. 14, 1878; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (A); left Dec. 1894; Guy's Hospital; L.D.S., R.C.S. 1903; d. March 21, 1930.

Wallis, Malcolm David Burgon, son of Norman Frederick Wallis, bank officer, of Thames Ditton, Surrey, and Agnes McCrindle, d. of David Burgon of Girvan, Ayrshire; b. 21 Dec. 1938; adm. Sept. 1952 (A); left July 1956; Shuttleworth Agric. Coll. 1958-60; a farm man.; m. 8 Apr. 1961 Jennifer Margaret, d. of J. J. A. Hayman of Holford, Somerset; d. 17 Dec. 1967.

Walmsley, Cyril Godfrey, son of Martyn Walmsley of Kingston, Surrey, and Alice Maud, d. of Thomas Godfrey of Kingston; b. 29 Feb. 1904; adm. Jan. 1918 (A); left Aug. 1922; BDS 1927; a dental surgeon practising in Kingston; Army Dental Corps 1939-41 (Capt.); d. 18 Mar. 1989.

Walmsley, Guy, brother of Cyril Godfrey Walmsley (qv); b. 2 Oct. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (A); left July 1924; RA 1940-5 (Maj.); a chartered accountant, ACA 1946, FCA 1960; practised at Wrexham; retd 1970; m. 25 June 1946 Doris, d. of Charles Austin of Woking, Surrey; d. July 1990.

Walter, William Grey, son of Karl Walter and Margaret, d. of William Routh Hardy of New York; b. 19 Feb. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left July 1928; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1928 (open schol.), BA 1931 (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Trip. Pt 2), MA 1935; Michael Foster res. student in Physiology Univ. of Cambridge 1932-4; Rockefeller Fellow Maudsley Hosp. 1935; dir. Physio­logical dept Burden Neurological Inst. Bristol 1939; ScD 1946, FIBiol; Prof. and MD (honoris causa) Univ. of Aix-Marseille 1948; Oliver-Sharpey prize RCP 1974; author of The Living Brain 1953; m. 1st 23 Feb. 1934 Katharine Monica, d. of Samuel Kirkham Ratcliffe of Prince's Risborough, Bucks; 2nd 19 Feb. 1947 Vivian Joan, d. of John Christopher Dovey of Bitton, Bristol; 3rd 20 June 1960 Lorraine Josephine, d. of Albert Donn of Eastbourne; d. 6 May 1977.

Walters, Anthony, brother of Richard Walters (qv); b. 11 Feb. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (A); left Apr. 1933; RAFVR 1942-5 (Flt Lieut. A & SD), DFM Nov. 1942; a chartered secretary, ACIS 1954; m. 24 Aug. 1944 Elizabeth Marjorie, d. of Col. C. H. Hart DSO MC, of Haxby, Yorks.; d. 18 Jan. 2000.