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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.

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.

WOODCOCK, JOHN, son of Francis Woodcock, Harwood, Yorks.; b.; adm.; KS 1681; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1685, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1685, aged 18, scholar 1685, matr. 1685/6; migr. to Trinity Hall, Cambridge. [but note Francis Woodcocke or Woodcock, Great Horwood (sic), Bucks., gentleman, will proved PCC 28 Apr 1683]

Woodbridge, Lewis Arthur, brother of Algernon Rivers Woodbridge (q.v.); b. June 21, 1884; adm. May 4, 1899 (G); left Easter 1903; a civil engineer; employed by Trans-Andean Railway, Chile; M.I.C.E. 1932; m. Jan. 31, 1914, Juana Lucretia Selem, of Peru.

Woodbridge, Elliot Wilson, brother of Algernon Rivers Woodbridge (q.v.); b. April 8, 1872; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (G); left April 1890; London Univ., matric. 1890; M.B. 1899; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1898; practised at Alford, Lincs; m. June 22 1904, Jessy Margaret, daughter of George Frederick Robinson, of Amersham, Bucks; d. May 1952.

Woodbridge, Edgar Thomas, brother of Algernon Rivers Woodbridge (q.v.); b. June 6, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (G); left July 1892; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1898, practised at Ux­bridge, Middlesex; m. July 2, 1907, Marion Randoll, elder daughter of Philip Randoll Smith, of Uxbridge; d. Feb. 11, 1958.

Woodbridge, Austin Hale, brother of Algernon Rivers Woodbridge (q.v.); b. May 18, 1876; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left Dec. 1894; a member of the London Stock Exchange 1900; Capt. 8th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Feb. 17, 1912; Major April 26, 1915, special appt. Commands and Staff May 1, 1917; M.C. June 3, 1916; m. 1st April 27, 1905, Ethel Mary, third daughter of George H. Sanday, of Uxbridge, Middlesex; 2nd Jan. 1, 1918, Norah, youngest daughter of George Woodbridge, of Chichester, Sussex; d. of pneumonia in France Feb. 28, 1919.

Woodbridge, Algernon Rivers, fourth son of Thomas Hurry Riches Woodbridge, solicitor, of Uxbridge, Middlesex, by Elizabeth Frances, daughter of James Raymond Wortham, of Hillingdon, Middlesex; b. Aug. 3, 1870; adm. June 12, 1884 (G); left April 1888; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1894, practises at Uxbridge; m. Feb. 26, 1908, Agnes Margaret, eldest daughter ofJohn Morten Fountain, of Hillingdon; d. Jan. 16, 1951.

Woodall, Peter Derek, son of Charles Woodall of Croydon and Dorothy Weaver of Detroit, USA; b. 30 Jan. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (G); left Apr. 1930; dir. Wheatsheaf Mills Ltd Bermondsey; Roy. Signals 1940-6; m. 7 Dec. 1946 Sybil Patricia Durant, d. of John Aubrey Down of Edinburgh. Woodbridge, Julian Wilson, son of Elliot Wilson Woodbridge (qv); b. 19 Dec. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (G); left Apr. 1938; British India Steam Navigation Co. until 1943; m. 28 June 1947 Frances Mary Allenby; d. Jan. 2002.