Walker, Charles Nigel Gordon, son of Frederick Alexander Walker, of Gravesend, Kent; b. July 3, 1889; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (R); left Easter 1908; temp. Lieut. 10th (Service) Batt. the South Staffs Regt. Nov, 21, 1914; Adjt. Nov. 21, 1914, attached 8th Batt. Manchester Regt.; killed in action Aug. 7, 1915.
Waterfield, Horace Clare, son of Sir Henry Waterfield (q.v.), by his first wife; b. April 1, 1876; adm. Sept. 26, 1889 (R); left April 1894; Brown Scholar, Royal Agricultural Coll. Cirencester 1894; Gold Medallist 1896; a land agent in England, and Canada where he had an apple ranch at Nakusp, British Columbia; Lieut. British Columbia Regt. Canadian Infantry Oct. 25, 1916; went out to the western front May 1917; m. June 25, 1906, Margaret Elspeth, daughter of Col. Edward William Creswell, R.E.; d. at Etaples May 5, 1918, of wounds received in action April 26, 1918.
Whinney, Edward, sixth son of Frederick Whinney, of London, by Emma Morley; b. Aug. 31, 1870; adm. Sept. 25, 1884 (H); left July 1887; a member of the London Stock Exchange; Capt. 2/7th Batt. (T.F.) Middlesex Regt. Oct. 23, 1914; Major Nov. 27, 1914; transferred to 12th (Serv.) Batt. Middlesex Regt.; served at Gibraltar and in Egypt; went out to the western front June 1916; m. Oct. 7, 1897, Maude Clementine Louise, elder daughter of John Cow, of Hampstead, killed in action at Thiepval Sept. 26, 1916.
Whitehead, Eric Alfred, younger son of Alfred North Whitehead, F.R.S., of Chelsea, by Evelyn, daughter of Capt. A. Wade, Seaforth Highlanders; b. Nov. 23, 1898; adm. April 30, 1914 (R); left April 1917; Ball. Coll. Oxon.; temp. 2nd Lieut. R.F.C. Nov. 4, 1917; went out to the western front Feb. 1918; killed in action over the Forêt de Cobain March 13, 1918.
Wilcox, Kenneth Theodore Dunbar, only son of the Rev. Alfred George Wilcox, Vicar of St. George's, Battersea, Surrey, temp. Chaplain to the Forces; b. Dec. 24, 1894; adm. May 4, 1905 (H); K.S. 1909; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1913, matric. Michael mas 1913; enlisted in P.S. Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 13, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 8th (Serv.) Batt. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt. Oct. 17, 1914; went out to the western front Oct. 8, 1915; killed in action at Château Lahnkof, near Ypres, Nov. 8, 1915.
Wilkins, Geoffrey, brother of Trevor Hamilton Wilkins (q.v.); b. Nov. 21, 1884; adm. Jan. 20, 1898 (H); left Dec. 1900; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles Sept. 2, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers May 22, 1915; m. Oct. 10, 1914, Letitia Gertrude, daughter of Daniel Hill, of Twickenham; d. Oct. 5, 1915, of wounds received in action Oct. 3, at Loos, in France.
Wilkinson, Gordon Frederick Noble, brother of Robert Pelham Wilkinson (q.v.); b. Sept. 20, 1892; adm. May 4, 1906 (H); lejt July 1909; enlisted in 10th Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. K.O.Y.L.I. June 13, 1916; killed in action at Fricourt July 2, 1916; unm.
WILLIAMS, JOHN HERBERT, son of Robert Griffith Williams QC, Denbigh, Denbighshire, barrister, and Jane, dau. of Thomas Evans, Denbigh [but adm. MT as eldest son of John Herbert Williams, barrister, deceased]; b. 6 Aug 1857; adm. 23 Sep 1869 (G); QS 1872; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1876 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 10 Oct 1876; LLB 1880; LLM 1911; adm. Middle Temple 8 Nov 1878, called to bar 29 Jun 1881; 1st Equity scholarship Jun 1880, student Oct 1880; North Wales circuit; Capt., on staff Judge Advocate Gen., 19 Oct 1917; went out to France 29 Oct 1917, but soon afterwards invalided home; joint author, The Law of Ejectment, 1911, and other works; m. 8 Sep 1885 Jessie Wilhelmina, younger dau. of William Hunter, Dhunellan, Innellan, Argyllshire; d. 18 Nov 1917.
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. ·
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.