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Wiggins, Guy William Mark, son of Herbert Wiggins, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, by Mabel Maud Kathleen, daughter of Mark Anthony Liddle, of Woodford Green, Essex; b. April 27, 1906; adm. May 2, 1917 (R); left July 1923; manager, national sales, Betrofina (Gt. Brit.) Ltd.; m. Nov. 11, 1939, Iris Gordon, daughter of Ernest Liddle, master mariner, of Kobe, Japan; d. 19 July 1982.

Wilkes, Herbert Kenneth, brother of John Humphrey Harry Wilkes (qv); b. 7 Feb. 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left Dec. 1924; a chartered accountant, ACA 1930, FCA 1946; RA 1939-44 (Maj.), attached Indian Artillery; Southern Gas Board, retd 1969; Yachtmaster's Cert. 1969, MRIN 1973, MNI 1974; served HAC 1925-75; Freeman City of London and Worshipful Com­pany of Vintners; author of Practical Yacht Navigator 1973, Ocean Yacht Navigator 1975; m. 1st 17 Sept. 1931 Eileen Mary, d. of William Robert Murison MD, of Erith, Kent; 2nd 1967 Frances Doreen Churton, widow of Maj. E. A. Wimberlev OBE RE; d. 24 July 1979.

Wilks, Paul Edward, son of Edward John Wilks, of Sheffield, Yorks, by Eliza Ann Reckless; b. Nov. 29, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (R); left Dec. 1892; a farmer at Alford, Lincs; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. (Spec. Res.) Dec. 17, 1917; m. April 24, 1902, Edith Margaret, daughter of John Charles Clegg, of Sheffield.

Willett, Alfred Stuart, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. March 25, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (R); left March 1893; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. (M.T.) April 15, 1918; m. Oct. 10, 1906, Cicely Hilda, daughter of Charles William Catt, of Duffield, Derbyshire; d. Jan. 21, 1935.

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.

Willett, John Abernethy, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. June 14, 1872; adm. April 1884 (R); left July 1890; Univ. Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 11, 1890; B.A. and M.B. 1894; M.A. and M.D. 1906; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1899; practised in London; Capt. R.A.M.C. (T.F.) April 1, 1916; served in Mesopotamia and France in Great War I; d. May 6, 1932.

Willett, Victor John Austen, eldest son of Edmund Austen Willett, of Whitwell, Isle of Wight, by Marion, daughter of Edward Covey, M.R.C.S., of Basingstoke, Hants; b. Jan. 19, 1873; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (R); left July 1891; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 15, 1891); B.A. 1894; a member of the Okanagan Mission, British Columbia; m. June 4, 1898, Marjory Lucy Mary, youngest daughter of Frederic Willett (q.v.); d. at Kelowna, Dec. 17, 1958.

Williams, Owen Henry Moulsdale, son of the Rev. Richard Hughes Williams, Rector of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, by Martha, daughter of the Rev. John Roberts, Rector of Llansadwrn, Anglesey; b. Aug. 11, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (R); Q.S. 1895; left July 1899; adm. a solicitor April 1907; Town Clerk of Beaumaris, Anglesey, 1912-4; served with the R.G.A. in France in Great War I; m. July 30, 1916, Jenny, daughter of Evan Jones, of Portmadoc, co. Carnarvon; d. April 6, 1942.

Williamson, Percival Bernard, son of Percy Williamson (qv); b. 13 Apr. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left July 1933; Law Society's Prize Studentship 1934; LLB (Lond.) 1937; adm. a solicitor May 1938; practised in London; RASC 1941-5 (Maj.); m. 29 Apr. 1950 Diana Rosemary, d. of Vice-Admiral Christopher Russell Payne CBE RN; d. 30 Oct. 1989.

Willis-Bond, Henry Dewi Hampton, younger son of John William Bund Willis-Bund, C.B.E., of Wick Episcopi, Worcs, barrister-at-law, by his first wife, Harriette Penelope, daughter of Richard Temple, of Kempsey, Worcs, and sister of Sir Richard Temple, Bart., KC.S.I.; b. Sept. 10, 1882; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); left March 20, 1897; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. 1906; L.R.C.P. 1906; served in France during Great War I; temp. Capt. R.A.M.C. Dec. 23, 1915; M.C. April 6, 1918; d. while on a voyage as surgeon of the P.&O. liner Mooltan Oct. 31, 1928.