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Walker, Robert Harold, brother of Charles Hay Walker (q.v.); b. Aug. 1, 1899; adm. April 26, 1912 (R); left Dec. 1917; Midshipman R.N. March 1, 1918; served in H.M.S. New, Zea­land and Queen Elizabeth; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; M.A. 1926; ordained deacon 1927, priest 1928 (London); Curate of Christ Church, Spitalfields, 1927, of St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge, 1930; Vicar of Christ Church, Brixton, 1932-6; of Chudleigh, Devon, 1936-43; of St. Peter, Tunbridge Wells, 1943-7; of Moulsford, Berks, 1947-53; of Virginia Water, Surrey, 1953-9; chaplain, Fernhill Manor School, New Milton since 1959; m. March 12, 1930, Elsie Barbara, daughter of Thomas Reynold Stokes, of Blechingley, Surrey.

Walker, William Frederic Delabere, son of William George Walker MICE AMIME, chartered engineer, of Beckenham, Kent, and Bertha Aline Gladys, d. of Maj. Frederic Rosengrave Har­vey of Bexhill-on-Sea; b. 15 Mar. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left Dec. 1931; Univ. of London; dir. W. G. Walker & Co. (Engineers) Ltd, of Westmmster and Edenbridge, Kent, 1940- 79; Mayor of the Lond. Borough of Bromley 1982-3; m. 4 May 1940 Dorothy Hilda, d. of Harold Palmer; d. 8 Aug. 2001.

Waller, Daniel Grierson Hardress, son of Lieut.-Col. Alfred Alexander Phillips Waller IA; b. 11 Jan. 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (R); left Dec. 1924.

Wallis, Elton George Whishaw, son of George Wallis, L.D.S., of London, by Lucy Jane, daughter of James Henry Whishaw, of Weybridge, Surrey; b. June 6, 1874; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (R); left Dec. 1890; Guy's Hospital; L.D.S., R.C.S. 1897; practised in London; m. Ethel Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Frederick Butcher, of Folkestone.

Wallis, Neville, son of Ferdinand Hammans Wallis LDS and Margaret Wallis; b. 21 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left July 1934; RIASC in WW2 (Lieut.); m. 20 Mar. 1945 Margaret Rose­mary, d. of C. Y. Woollard of Swaffham Prior, Cambs.; d. Feb. 1997.

Walmsley, Braid Alaric Ridgway Fraser, son of Geoffrey Lionel Walmsley, journalist, and Dorothea Margaret, man. ed. Encounter magazine, d. of George Fraser Beck of Carlisle, Cumberland; b. 1 May 1946; adm. Sept. 1959 (R); left Dec. 1963; d. 1 Feb. 1965.

WALWYN, JAMES HARFORD, son of Richard Henry Walwyn, Clifton, Somerset, and Laura Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Sanders, Exeter, Devon; b. 1 Feb 1838; adm. 7 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); Min. Can. 1852; Ensign, Royal Welch Fusiliers 25 Jul 1855; Lieut., 30 Mar 1858; Capt., 6 Feb 1863; Maj., 21 Jun 1880; Lieut. -Col., 10 Apr 1885; retd., with hon. rank Col., 8 Sep 1886; Mayor Monmouth 1898; JP Monmouthshire; m. 25 Apr 1872 Laura Frances, fourth dau. of Thomas Onesiphorus Tyndall, The Fort, Bristol; d. 24 Oct 1921.

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.

Warden, William McEndrick (also known as Ken), son of Archibald Adam Warden, M.D., of Paris, by Rachel, eldest daughter of John Gray MacKendrick, F. R. S., Emeritus Professor, Glasgow Univ.; b. Sept. 3, 1903; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (R); left July 1915; went to Malaya 1927; dir. Moine Compte & Co. Ltd, Union Building, Singapore; Lance-Corp. 12745 1 SSVF Armoured Car Section; POW Singapore to Thailand; Singapore Bridge Playing champion; taught French in ‘Changi University’; his wife and son, John, were evacuated to Calcutta on the Wosang; returned to Singapore 1946; married; d. in Greater London 1983.

Waterfield, Frederick, son of Sir Henry Waterfield (q.v.), by his first wife; b. Dec. 27, 1879; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (R); Q.S. Jan. 23, 1893; Captain of the School 1897; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1898, matric. Michaelmas 1898; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1900; 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1902; B.A. 1902; I.C.S. (Bengal) 1902; arrived in India Nov. 30, 1903; Asst. Com­missioner, Punjab; m. Oct. 27, 1905, Barbara, only child of John Pritt Gardner, of Rugeley, Staffs.; d. at Pau, France, July 1940.