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People & Organisations
First World War (1914-1918)

Whitehead, Eric Alfred, 1898-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-18053
  • Person
  • 1898-1918

Whitehead, Eric Alfred, younger son of Alfred North Whitehead, F.R.S., of Chelsea, by Evelyn, daughter of Capt. A. Wade, Seaforth Highlanders; b. Nov. 23, 1898; adm. April 30, 1914 (R); left April 1917; Ball. Coll. Oxon.; temp. 2nd Lieut. R.F.C. Nov. 4, 1917; went out to the western front Feb. 1918; killed in action over the Forêt de Cobain March 13, 1918.

Whinney, Edward, 1870-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-18002
  • Person
  • 1870-1916

Whinney, Edward, sixth son of Frederick Whinney, of London, by Emma Morley; b. Aug. 31, 1870; adm. Sept. 25, 1884 (H); left July 1887; a member of the London Stock Exchange; Capt. 2/7th Batt. (T.F.) Middlesex Regt. Oct. 23, 1914; Major Nov. 27, 1914; transferred to 12th (Serv.) Batt. Middlesex Regt.; served at Gibraltar and in Egypt; went out to the western front June 1916; m. Oct. 7, 1897, Maude Clementine Louise, elder daughter of John Cow, of Hampstead, killed in action at Thiepval Sept. 26, 1916.

Waterfield, Horace Clare, 1876-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-17721
  • Person
  • 1876-1918

Waterfield, Horace Clare, son of Sir Henry Waterfield (q.v.), by his first wife; b. April 1, 1876; adm. Sept. 26, 1889 (R); left April 1894; Brown Scholar, Royal Agricultural Coll. Cirencester 1894; Gold Medallist 1896; a land agent in England, and Canada where he had an apple ranch at Nakusp, British Columbia; Lieut. British Columbia Regt. Canadian In­fantry Oct. 25, 1916; went out to the western front May 1917; m. June 25, 1906, Margaret Elspeth, daughter of Col. Edward William Creswell, R.E.; d. at Etaples May 5, 1918, of wounds received in action April 26, 1918.

Walker, Charles Nigel Gordon, 1889-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-17497
  • Person
  • 1889-1915

Walker, Charles Nigel Gordon, son of Frederick Alexander Walker, of Gravesend, Kent; b. July 3, 1889; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (R); left Easter 1908; temp. Lieut. 10th (Service) Batt. the South Staffs Regt. Nov, 21, 1914; Adjt. Nov. 21, 1914, attached 8th Batt. Manchester Regt.; killed in action Aug. 7, 1915.

Viney, Cecil Henry, 1891-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-17413
  • Person
  • 1891-1915

Viney, Cecil Henry, only son of Cecil Thomas Viney, of Bromley, Kent, by Ada Maude, daugh­ter of G. H. Smith, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex; b. May 24, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left 1907; Royal Academy Painting Schools; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Northants Regt. Aug. 15, 1914; went out to the western front March 1915; killed in action at Fromelles May 9, 1915.

Vernham, Noel Marshall, 1896-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-17342
  • Person
  • 1896-1916

Vernham, Noel Marshall, only son of James Marshall Vernham, of Wimbledon, by Mary, daughter of Frederick Giles, of the Stock Exchange, London; b. Dec. 22, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left July 1914; enlisted in P.S. Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 4, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. East Surrey Regt. March 9, 1915, attached 1st Batt.; went out to the western front March 19, 1916; killed in action at Longueval July 28, 1916.

Tyson, Eric James, 1892-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-17224
  • Person
  • 1892-1918

Tyson, Eric James, only son of Joseph Tyson, of Balham, bursar at the school, by Annie, daughter of John Branson, of Rockingham, Northants; b. March 17, 1892; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left July 1910; a motor engineer; enlisted in A.S.C. (M.T.) Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. R.F.C. Aug. 5, 1915; Flight Commander and Capt. June 23, 1916; Major Nov. 21, 1916; in command of No. 5 Squadron in France; mentioned in despatches; M.C. Oct. 20, 1916; D.S.O. Sept. 26, 1917; m. Cora Florence Gladys, daughter of Philip C. Davies, of Trinity Road, Ealham; d. March 11, 1918, of wounds received in action near Arras, France.

Turner, Richard Radford, 1896-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-17166
  • Person
  • 1896-1917

Turner, Richard Radford, only son of the Rev. Richard Turner, Vicar of Barnstaple, Devon, by Lydia Lucy, daughter of Daniel Radford, of Tavistock, Devon; b. March 29, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1910; left (with Triplett) Dec. 1914; New Coll. Oxon. (scholar); Duke of Devonshire Prize 1914; 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Reserve) Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. Jan. 20, 1915; attached 12th (Service) Batt. Royal Sussex Regt.; wounded April 9 and April 27, 1916; went out again to the western front Dec. 1, 1916; killed in action near Vlamertinghe Feb. 3, 1917.

Tudsbery, Lancelot Tudsbery, 1898-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-17117
  • Person
  • 1898-1917

Tudsbery, Lancelot Tudsbery, brother of Marmaduke Tudsbery Tudsbery (q.v.); b. Feb. 14, 1898; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left July 1916; a student of the Inst.C.E. April 4, 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. (Spec. Res.) Jan. 13, 1917; went out to the western front March 30, 1917; killed in action near Ypres, Flanders, Aug. 22, 1917.

Tomlinson, Frederick Roger John, 1891-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-16938
  • Person
  • 1891-1914

Tomlinson, Frederick Roger John, younger son of Arthur Roger Tomlinson (q.v.); b. Oct. 22, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left July 1910; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1910; B.A. 1913; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. South Staffs Regt. Aug. 26, 1914; went out to the western front Oct. 1, 1914; killed in action at Krusik, near Ypres, Flanders, Oct. 26, 1914; unm.

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