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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, 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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

WICKHAM, HENRY LAMPLUGH, son of Henry Lewis Wickham (qv); b. 19 Feb 1838; adm. 30 May 1850 (Rigaud's); left Bartholomewtide 1854; Ensign, Rifle Brigade 11 May 1855; Lieut., 3 Mar 1857; Capt., 4 Aug 1865; ret. Sep 1872; served in Crimean War; of Wootton Hall, Warwicks.; JP Hampshire 1875, also Worcestershire; Roman Catholic convert 1859; m. 24 Feb 1873 Hon. Theresa Maria Josephine Arundell, widow of Sir Alfred Joseph Doughty-Tichborne, Bart., and dau. of Henry Arundell, 11th Baron Arundell of Wardour; d. 8 Feb 1929.

Whittow, Richard, brother of Anthony Whittow (q.v.); b. Oct. 8, 1881; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); left April 1899; temp. Lieut. R.G.A. Aug. 29, 1917; served in France 1917-9; mentioned in despatches; m. Dec. 19rn, Eirene Frances Stewart, daughter of Richard Walter Tweedie, of Bayswater; d. Dec. 29, 1953.

Whittard, Courtenay Lancelot, brother of Algernon Charles Evelyn Whittard (q.v.); b. Sept. 18, 1887; adm. May 4, 1899 (R); left July 1906; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1906; d. June 16, 1923.

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.