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Wolstenholme, James Benjamin Wallace, elder son of James Wolstenholme, of Stanmore, Middlesex, by Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of T. B. Gossling, of Accrington, Lancs; b. March 25, 1895; adm. April 30, 1908 (A); left July 1909; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles April 1913; Lieut. Railway Transport Officer Sept. 27, 1915; transferred to R.F.C. Aug. 1917; killed accidentally while flying at Doncaster, Yorks, Aug. 20, 1918.

Wolferstan, John, son of Harold Littleton Wolferstan, solicitor, of Plymouth, and Fanny Bridgman of Tavistock; b. 16 Mar. 1906; adm. Apr. 1921 (A); left Dec. 1923; emigrated to Can­ada; Fellow Canadian Bankers' Assn 1934; RCAF 1939-45 (Sqdn Ldr); an accountant in Van­couver 1946-64; Anglican Theolog. Coll. Univ. of Brit. Columbia, ordained 1960, retd 197 4; m. 15 Nov. 1937 Louise Davidson, d. of William R. Brown, grain merchant, of Vancouver; d. 11 Apr. 1993.

Wise, William Gordon, brother of Edward Selby Wise (q.v.); b. Jan. 30, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left July 1905; a clerk in the Bank of England, and afterwards in the London and River Plate Bank at Rio de Janeiro; Asst. Paymaster R.N.R. Jan. 1915; asst. to the Intel­ligence Officer, Malta; d. May 18, 1929.

Wise, Edward Selby, eldest son of Edward Theodore Wise, of Westminster, by Aimée Vaughan, daughter of Prideaux Selby, of Croydon, Surrey; b. Oct. 6, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (A); left July 1902; H.M.S. Britannia; Naval Cadet May 15, 1904; Midshipman July 15, 1904; Sub-Lieut. Sept. 15, 1907; Lieut. Sept. 15, 1909; H.M.S. Severn; mentioned in despatches; killed in action on the sand dunes at Nieuport Oct. 20, 1914.

Winslow, Ernest Henry, son of Henry Forbes Winslow, M.D., of London; b. March 1, 1873; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (A); left July 1889; m.; d. May 2, 1942.

Winchester, Alan George, son of George and Lois Winchester of Thornton Heath Surrey; b. 23 June 1921; adm. May 1935 (A); left Dec. 1938; RAFVR in WWZ (Flt Lieut.), recommissioned FO RAFVR Jan. 1949; an underwriting member of Llovd's; dir. F. E. Kempster & Co., insurance brokers; chairman Winchester Bowring Ltd; m. Eileen Sheila ; d. 2007.

Wilson-Theobald, Ronald John McIver, only child of William Henry Wilson-Theobald, of Kensington, barrister-at-law, by Rosie, daughter of Isaac Lotinga, of Sunderland, co. Dur­ham; b. Sept. 20, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. attached 5th Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Sept. 12, 1917; went out to the western front Nov. 2, 1917; killed in action near St. Quentin, France, March 21, 1918. ·

Wilson, Richard Fleming, son of Thomas Wilson, of Bayswater, by Violet Gale, daughter of Richard Samuel Cook, of Dorking, Surrey; b. May 19, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (A); left Dec. 1919; City and Guilds Engineering Coll. Kensington; B.Sc.; an electrical engineer.

Wilmoth, Victor James, son of Leslie James Wilmoth of Wandsworth and Muriel Ida Beatrix, d. of Charles Wilham Homewood James, Sec. for Education Victoria, Australia; b. 28 Aug. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (A); left July 1925; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1925, BA 1928, MA 1965; Brit. Burmah Petroleum Co. 1928-35; asst Fire Force Commander Home Office 1941-6; a pub­lisher; m. 1st 9 Apr. 1936 Joan, d. of Edward John Morgans of Jordans, Bucks; 2nd 14 Oct. 1965 Dorothy Louise Glen, d. of Ernest P. Barrus of New York; d. 24 Feb. 1982.

Willson, Thomas Olaf, son of the Rev. Thomas Benjamin Willson, Litt.D., Rector of West Woodhay, Berks, by Jane Florence, daughter of Peter Quinn, M.P., of Killabodagh, co. Armagh; b. July 29, 1880; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left July 1898; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1901; 2nd class hons. Mod. Hist.; M.A. 1905; asst. secretary, Berks Education Committee, 1905-19, Oxfordshire Education Committee 1919; Director of Educa­tion 1919-46; served in Great War I; H.A.C. 1914; T.F. Reserve 1915; F.O. Dept., Min. of Information 1915-9; C.B.E. June 3, 1918; Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne Feb. 1919; m. 1st June 25, 1919, Constance Horsburgh, daughter of Walter Basil Cowan, of Saratoga, Wyoming, U.S.A.; 2nd Nov. 2, 1948, Joan, younger daughter of A. J. Livesey, of Leyland, Lancs; d. 1973.