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Ward, Sir Melvill Willis, son of Col. Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, Bart., K.C.B., of Pimlico, by Florence Caroline, daughter of Henry Minchin Simons, of South Kensington; b. May 25, 1885; adm. April 23, 1896 (R); left Dec. 1896; Midshipman R.N. May 30, 1901; Sub-Lieut. July 30, 1904; resigned Oct. 19, 1906; re-employed during Great War I and promoted Cdr. 1918; retired 1919; re-employed in Great War II as Lieut.-Cdr.; Cdr. May 8, 1946; D.S.C.; succeeded his brother as 3rd Baronet July 21, 1930; m. 1st Dec. 30, 1907, Alice Sophia, daughter of William Cobbett; 2nd Sept. 14, 1944, Helena Glorney, daughter of Isaac Guggenheim, of New York; d. 1973.

Willett, Bernard Hastings, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. Dec. 29, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1899, matric. Michael­mas 1899; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907; played football (Assoc.) for Oxford 1901; asst. master at Charterhouse School 1904-45; served in France in Great War I; Lieut. R.G.A. (S.R.) July 1, 1917, employed R.E.; m. April 23, 1919, Muriel, youngest daughter of Ethelbert Hosking, M.R.C.S., of Turner's Hill, Sussex; d. March 14, 1949.

Wilson, David Ian, son of David Charles Wilson of Mortlake and Norah Fitzmaurice, d. of Rev. John Wilson of Liff, Dundee; b. 5 June 1905; adm. Jan. 1920 (R); left July 1923; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1923, BA 1926, MA 1931; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1929; practised in London; Civil Asst War Office 1941-5; Law Soc. Council 1959; m. 14 June 1941 Margaret Elaine, d. of Rev. Gervase Blois, Rector of Hanbury, Worcs.; d. 24 Oct. 1978.

Wilson, Edmond Oliver, son of Rev. Percy Edward Wilson, Vicar of St Oswald's Thornton Heath, Surrey; b. 28 Feb. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (R); left July 1930; 2nd Lieut. RASC Sept. 1939; p.o.w.; m.; d. 24 Mar. 1989.

Wingate, Michael Melvill Fenton, son of Col. Basil Fenton Wingate DSO RAMC, and Dorothy Rose, d. of Charles Henderson of Flax Bourton, Gloucs.; b. 7 Oct. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1926; an architect, ARIBA 1932; practised in London; RAFVR (A & SD) 1940-5 (flt Lieut.), despatches June 1943; m. 20 Sept. 1941 Doreen, d. of Rev. Basil Le Fleming, Vicar of Gt Thurlow, Suffolk; d. 5 Oct. 1955.

WOOD, JOHN, son of John Wood FRCS LSA, Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, surgeon; b. 28 Dec 1867; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (R); left May 1884; King’s Coll. Hospital; LRCP 1893; medical practitioner at Walmer, Kent; d. 3 Sep 1961.

Woodgate, John Thomicraft, son of Harold Vivian Woodgate, accountant, of Wandsworth, and Margaret Elizabeth, d. of William Thornicraft, architect, of Wandsworth; b. 5 May 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (R); left July 1934; adm. solicitor Oct. 1939; enlisted RA Apr. 1940, commissioned Essex Regt. Nov. 1940, transf. Parachute Regt. Dec. 1942 (Staff Capt. ), despatches (NW Europe) Mar. 1945; practised as solicitor in London; m. 22 June 1948 Patricia Margaret, d. of Capt. Arthur Patrick Murphy, mercantile marine, of Croydon, Surrey; d. 23 Jan. 2015.

Worthington, Arthur Little, son of Bond Valentine Thomas Worthington (qv); b. 11 Nov. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (R); left Mar. 1936; Harvard Univ.; Field Artillery US Army in WW2 (Lieut.); manager Côte D'Azur-Monaco region First Nat. City Bank of New York; Chevalier Ordre de la Couronne (Belgium); m. 17 May 1941 Burdeene, d. of Paul Hill Irvin of Forest Hills NY; d. 8 Aug. 1983.

Worthington, Lawrence Valentine, brother of Arthur Little Worthington (qv); b. 6 Mar. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left July 1938; Princeton Univ.; USNR 1943-6; Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., res. asst 1946-50, res. assoc. 1950-8, physical oceanographer 1958-63, sen. scientist 1963, chairman Dept of Physical Oceanography 1974; m. 1952 Ruth Scott, d. of R. C. Mc Guinness of Denver, Colorado; d. May 1986.

THORPE, ROBERT DOVETON, elder son of Major-Gen. Robert Thorpe, EICS Madras, afterwards of Choisi, Guernsey, and Anne Durell, dau. of Thomas De Sausmarez; b. 1 Apr 1838; adm. 7 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1853; left Aug 1856; Cadet, EICS Madras 1856; Ensign, 27th Native Infantry 20 Dec 1856; Lieut., 4 Aug 1858; Capt., 20 Dec 1868; served in Indian Mutiny; m. 18 Dec 1861 Catherine Jane Gordon, dau. of Col. George Gordon MacDonell, EICS Madras, 30th Madras Native Infantry; d. at Vizianagram, Madras 17 Sep 1873.