Watford, Ernest Francis Brooke, son of William Daniel Watford, of Chelsea; b. Oct. 21, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (H); K.S. (non-resident) 1913; left April 1916.
WATKIN-WILLIAMS, ROBERT THESIGER, eldest son of Sir Charles James Watkin-Williams, Kt, Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division, High Court of Justice, and his second wife Charlotte, sister of Sir Herbert William Lush-Wilson (qv); b. 7 Jan 1867; adm. 26 Jan 1882 (H); left May 1884; adm. solicitor Nov 1889; Master in Chancery Division, Supreme Court; JP Devon 1917; m. 22 May 1897 Mary, third dau. of George Thornton Skilbeck, St. Issy, Cornwall.
Whittow, Anthony, son of William Summers Whittow, of Porton, Wilts, by Louisa Fowles; b. March 28, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); migrated up Rigaud's, Jan. 1895; left July 1896; a merchant at Colombo, Ceylon; m. June 4, 1910, Lillias Baird, third daughter of Richard Walter Tweedie, of Linden Gardens, Bayswater, London; d. Sept. 8, 1940.
Webbe, Maurice Edward, son of Septimus Webbe, of London, by Jessie Ward, daughter of J. W. Bloomfield, of Harling, Norfolk; b. Aug. 13, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left Easter 1913; a professional instructor of lawn tennis; m. Oct. 8, 1931, Margaret, daughter of Lieut. Col. George Ordc Bigge, R.E. of Stone-in-Oxney, Kent; d. 1962.
Wells, Reginald Iredale, son of Arthur William Wells, of Harlesden, Middlesex, by Eliza Maria, daughter of Michel Weyler, of London; b. Sept. 20, 1890; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (H); left July 1909; Lond. Univ.; B.Sc. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. South Staffs Regt. (S.R.) Aug. 23, 1915; served with 8th Batt. in Flanders and France 1917-8; attached to Wireless Experimental Establishment, R.A.F., from 1918 until demob. as Capt. 1920; Assoc. M.Inst.E.E. 1918; Assoc. Inst. of Physics 1920; in the Radio-Telegraphy Section of the Air Ministry, Development and Research Establishment, since 1920; M.I.E.E. 1939; served in the Royal Aircraft Establishment 1922-38, in the Directorate of Communications Development, Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1938-40, H.Q. No. 80 Wing R.A.F. 1940-5, on British Air Commission, Washington, 1945-7 and in H.Q. No. go Group R.A.F. since 1948; a Principal Scientific Officer; Air Ministry 1941; I.S.O. 1956; retired 1957; d. 24 July 1984.
West, Gordon Estcourt, brother of Richard Goy West (q.v.); b. Nov. 7, 1899; adm. April 28, 1910 (H); left Dec. 1917; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Grenadier Guards June 26, 1918.
Weston, John Ruahine, son of Capt. Thomas Shailer Weston, Mercantile Marine, of Kensington, by Edith Mary McPherson, daughter of Alister Mackintosh Clark, of Canterbury, New Zealand; b. March 5, 1899; adm. May 2, 1913 (H); left Easter 1915; 2nd Lieut. Unattached List Sept. 12, 1917; Indian Army Dec. 9, 1917; Lieut. Sept. 12, 1918; attached 119th Mahratta L.I. 1919 and 1 10th Mahratta L.I. 1922; retired Dec. 22, 1922; a tobacconist at Bromley, Kent; re-employed 1939 as Capt. R.A.S.C.; Major June 1942; served in Great War I on North West Frontier and in Great War II with Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 1941-5; m. Jan. 29, 1934; Sybil Zerphora, daughter of Sydney James Walters. of Ardfillan Road, Liverpool; d. Oct. 17, 1947, of tuberculosis contracted on active service.
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.
Whitlamsmith, Gerard Kime, son of Harry Holland Whitlamsmith, of Brockley, Kent, by Edith Mary, daughter of Albert Allwright, of Lewisham, Kent; b. July 17, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (H); elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. Aug. 1922, matric. Michaelmas 1922; B.A. 1925; an administrative officer, Tanganyika Territory, 1926; asst. District Officer 1928; secretary, Lands and Mines Dept., 1936; District Officer 1938; Chief Secretary 1945; m. Feb. 27, 1929, Dora, eldest daughter of James Hatley.
Whitman, Herbert Edward S., son of Sidney Whitman, of Kensington, by Frances Charlotte, eldest daughter of Capt. Edmund Francis Anstey, 20th Regt.; b. Feb. 15, 1892; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (H); left Dec. 1907.