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Woodhouse, Cyril Mansell, brother of Walter Mansell Woodhouse (q.v.); b. Jan. 7, 1878; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (H); left July 1894; an engineer in the Australian Admiralty; served with the Australian Force in France 1915-6, when he was gassed and invalided.

WOODHOUSE, CLAUDE HENRY CHALONER, son of Thomas James Woodhouse MD FRCS, High Street, Fulham, Middlesex, surgeon, and Florence, youngest dau. of Capt. Edward Hore Chawner, 4th Dragoon Guards; b. 19 Dec 1869; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (H); left Aug 1885; went to Univ. Coll. Sch.; London Univ.; BSc 1890; City and Guilds Institute, scholar; an electrical engineer; AMIEE; with Siemens Bros & Co, Woolwich; afterwards partner, Woodhouse and Baillie, Riviera (an Italian electrical company).

Woodhouse, Claude Gregory, brother of Walter Mansell Woodhouse (q.v.); b. Dec. 12, 1875; adm. Jan. 18, 1888 (H); left Dec. 1891; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1894; 2nd Lieut., unattached, Jan. 22, 1896; Indian Staff Corps April 3, 1897; Lieut. 26th Baluchistan Infantry April 22, 1898; Capt. Jan. 22, 1905; Major Jan. 22, 1914; Lieut.-Col. 28th Punjabis Jan. 2, 1921; retired 1921; served in China 1900, East Africa 1902-4, Great War I 1914-9, and Iraq 1920; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 18, 1921.

Wood-Hill, Cyril, youngest son of George Wood-Hill, of South Kensington, barrister-at-law; b. May 7, 1883; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (A); left July 1902; called to the bar at the Inner Temple June 12, 1907; S.E. Circuit; served in France Sept. 1915 - Jan. 1919; Capt. Northants Yeomanry (T.F.) and General Staff; asst. legal adviser, Ministry of Agriculture; C.B.E. Feb. 1, 1937; m. July 14, 1920, Olive Mary, youngest daughter of Charles H. Kinder, of West Brampton; d. Jan. 30, 1941.

Woodhams, Geoffrey Philip, son of Harry Philip Woodhams, stockbroker, and Margaret, d. of George Turner of Acton; b. 14 Nov. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left Dec. 1923; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1931; Roy. Signals 1938-45; a stockbroker; d. 4 May 1947.

WOODGATE, THOMAS; b. 24 Nov 1813; adm. 23 Sep 1822 (G); name up School 1826.

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.

Woodford-Ward, Peter Lovell, son of Alfred Ernest Woodford-Ward, architect, of Hampton­ on-Thames, and Kathleen Stanley of Cork, Eire; b. 13 May 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (A); left Dec. 1934; RA in WW2 (Lieut.), wounded Tunis; an inspector for Legal & General Insurance Soc.; m. 16 Sept. 1942 Margaret Audrey, d. of Charles William Arthur Teuten of Strawberry Hill; d. 22 June 1961.

WOODFORD, EMPEROR JOHN ALEXANDER, third son of Col. John Woodford, Lime Street Square, London, and his first wife Mary Emperor, Westminster; b.; adm. 26 Jan 1776; Cornet, 10th Dragoons 27 Dec 1778; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 3 Apr 1779; Lieut. and Capt., 24 Jun 1782; Capt., 17th Foot 20 Jul 1791; retd. 29 Jun 1793; Chief Inspector and Commissary-Gen. of Musters and Accounts to Foreign Corps 1 Aug 1794; one of the trustees named in the famous will of Peter Thellusson (d. 1798), his uncle by marriage, which led to the passing of the Act of 39 and 40 Geo. III 3, c. 98; d. in France 1816.

WOODFALL, JOHN WARD, brother of George Douglas Woodfall (qv); b. 7 Dec 1811; adm. 1 Oct 1819; KS (Capt. ) 1825; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1829, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1829, scholar 1830; BA 1835; MA 1839; MRCP 1840; FRCP 1854; Assistant Physician to Westminster Hospital; medical practitioner in Davies Street, Berkeley Square, London; JP Kent 1862; m. 29 Jan 1845 Jane, eldest dau. of Colin Douglas, Mains, Dumbartonshire; d. 22 Mar 1867.