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Whitworth, William Hervey Allen, son of the Rev. William Allen Whitworth, Vicar of All Saints, Margaret Street, London, by Sarah Louisa, daughter of Edward Elwes; b. Feb. 24, 1887; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Samwaies) July 1905, matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1908; bracketed 1st Senior Optime; asst. master Gresham's School, Holt, 1909-11; Head Mast Pr Govt. High School, Mercara, S. India, 1911-3; asst. master Lancing Coll. 1913; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Dorset Regt. Dec. 11, 1914; transferred to R.F.C. Jan. 1916; Flight-Commander Jan. 7, 1917; served in France until he was wounded near Albert March 3, 1917; Instructor R.A.F. Feb.- Aug. 1918; 250th Squadron Patrol Aug.- Nov. 1918; M.C. Jan. 10, 1917; Head Master of Framlingham College 1929-40; Skipper in Small Vessels Pool, Admiralty, 1939-45; author of Rocks and Tides (1936); m. Aug. 3, 1929, Vanessa Mary, daughter of Alexander van Homrigh, of West Worthing, Sussex; d. June 9, 1960.

Willoughby, Hugh Mason, son of Willoughby Mason Willoughby, M.D., of Gravesend, Kent, by Edith Croft, daughter of Thomas Palmer Daniel, of Beaminster, Dorset; b. May 22, 1902; adm. May 4, 1916 (A); left July 1919; Lond. Univ., matric. Jan. 1921; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1927; D.T.M. & H. (Eng.) 1928; D.P.H. (Eng.) 1933; Surgeon Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R. Nov. 26, 1924; Surgeon-Lieut. April 26, 1927; Surgeon Lieut.-Cdr. April 29, 1933; Deputy Medical Officer of Health, Port of London Health Authority; Naval Health Officer Eastn. Mediterranean 1939-41 and Westn. Approaches 1941-4; M.O. in charge of H.M. Hosp. Ship Oxfordshire 1944-6; N.H.O. Plymouth Command 1946-7; Capt. Dec. 31, 1950; hon. Physician to H.M. the Queen 1956; retired Dec. 31, 1956; V.R.D. Feb. 20, 1942; author of several medical papers and articles; m. Jan. 15, 1930, Kathleen Mary Isabella Gardiner, daughter of John Gardiner McEwen, of the Public Works Dept., Hong-Kong.

Willson, Thomas Olaf, son of the Rev. Thomas Benjamin Willson, Litt.D., Rector of West Woodhay, Berks, by Jane Florence, daughter of Peter Quinn, M.P., of Killabodagh, co. Armagh; b. July 29, 1880; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left July 1898; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1901; 2nd class hons. Mod. Hist.; M.A. 1905; asst. secretary, Berks Education Committee, 1905-19, Oxfordshire Education Committee 1919; Director of Educa­tion 1919-46; served in Great War I; H.A.C. 1914; T.F. Reserve 1915; F.O. Dept., Min. of Information 1915-9; C.B.E. June 3, 1918; Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne Feb. 1919; m. 1st June 25, 1919, Constance Horsburgh, daughter of Walter Basil Cowan, of Saratoga, Wyoming, U.S.A.; 2nd Nov. 2, 1948, Joan, younger daughter of A. J. Livesey, of Leyland, Lancs; d. 1973.

Wilmoth, Victor James, son of Leslie James Wilmoth of Wandsworth and Muriel Ida Beatrix, d. of Charles Wilham Homewood James, Sec. for Education Victoria, Australia; b. 28 Aug. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (A); left July 1925; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1925, BA 1928, MA 1965; Brit. Burmah Petroleum Co. 1928-35; asst Fire Force Commander Home Office 1941-6; a pub­lisher; m. 1st 9 Apr. 1936 Joan, d. of Edward John Morgans of Jordans, Bucks; 2nd 14 Oct. 1965 Dorothy Louise Glen, d. of Ernest P. Barrus of New York; d. 24 Feb. 1982.

Wilson, Richard Fleming, son of Thomas Wilson, of Bayswater, by Violet Gale, daughter of Richard Samuel Cook, of Dorking, Surrey; b. May 19, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (A); left Dec. 1919; City and Guilds Engineering Coll. Kensington; B.Sc.; an electrical engineer.

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. ·

Winchester, Alan George, son of George and Lois Winchester of Thornton Heath Surrey; b. 23 June 1921; adm. May 1935 (A); left Dec. 1938; RAFVR in WWZ (Flt Lieut.), recommissioned FO RAFVR Jan. 1949; an underwriting member of Llovd's; dir. F. E. Kempster & Co., insurance brokers; chairman Winchester Bowring Ltd; m. Eileen Sheila ; d. 2007.

Winslow, Ernest Henry, son of Henry Forbes Winslow, M.D., of London; b. March 1, 1873; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (A); left July 1889; m.; d. May 2, 1942.

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.

Wise, William Gordon, brother of Edward Selby Wise (q.v.); b. Jan. 30, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left July 1905; a clerk in the Bank of England, and afterwards in the London and River Plate Bank at Rio de Janeiro; Asst. Paymaster R.N.R. Jan. 1915; asst. to the Intel­ligence Officer, Malta; d. May 18, 1929.