West, Michael Walter, 1920-1947
West, Michael Walter, brother of Alun David Herbert West (qv); b. 29 May 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (B), (A) Sept. 1934; left July 1937; St Mary's Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB 1942; Surgn Lieut. RNVR Jan. 1944; d. Jan. 1947.
Weenen, David Anthony, 1937-2011
Weenen, David Anthony, son of Alfred Louis Weenen and Ruth Christine, d. of James Whitehead of Edinburgh; b. 25 Jan. 1937; adm. Jan. 1951 (B); left Apr. 1952; founder and proprietor, Weenen General Contracting Ltd., Ontario, Canada, 1961-; resident Cabbagetown, Ontario, Canada; m.; d. 17 Dec. 2011.
Watts, John Peter Barry Condliffe, 1930-2003
Watts, Sir John Peter Barry Condliffe, son of Leonora Emily Condliffe, draper’s shop asst., of Portsmouth, Hants; stepson of Gerald Walter Watts, civil engineer, whose surname he adopted; b. 27 Aug. 1930; adm. from Sheikh Bagh Sch. Srinagar, Kashmir, India, Mar. 1944 (B); left July 1947; Phillips Academy, Andover, USA; RMA Sandhurst; commissioned Roy. Ulster Regt. 1951 (Roy. Irish Rangers 1968); served Hong Kong, Malaya (despatches), Cyprus, Oman, BAOR, Borneo and Saudi Arabia; commanded SAS unit which stormed Jebel Akbar, stronghold of Omani rebels, Jan. 1959; MC 1960; 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade 1967-9; CO, 22 SAS Regt. 1970-2; directing staff, Staff Coll. Camberley 1972-4; MOD 1974; commander, SAS Group 1975-8; Maj. -Gen. 1979; commander Sultan of Oman’s Land Forces 1979-84, chief of Defence Staff 1984-7; Lieut. -Gen. 1984; OBE 1972, CBE 1979, CB 1985; retd. Dec. 1987; KBE 1988; m. 1st, 11 Dec. 1954 (div. 1986) Mary Elizabeth Gertrude, d. of Thomas Flynn, postal clerk; 2nd, 13 Feb 1986 Diana Merran Watts, formerly Walker, d. of Lieut. -Col. Reginald Steward; d. 10 Dec. 2003.
Ward, Cuthbert John Stanhope, 1913-1982
Ward, Cuthbert John Stanhope, brother of Aidan. Crawley Pulleine Ward (qv); b. 2 July 1913: adm. May 1927 (B); left July 1931; Keble Coll. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1937, MA 1946; KOYLI 1940-5 (Capt.); asst master Stamford Sch., Lincs.; d. 14 June 1982.
Wall, John Richard Waddel, 1929-2006
Wall, John Richard Waddel, son of William Richard Wall OBE, Commissioner of Income Tax, Indian Civil Service, and Violet, d. of George Arthur Waddel; b. 9 Oct. 1929; adm. Sept. 1945 (B); left July 1948; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1957; a publisher 1953-66; administrator in further education 1966-84; d. 22 Apr. 2006.
Wainwright, Lewis Edgar William Worthington, 1911-1991
Wainwright, Lewis Edgar William Worthington, son of Edgar Worthington Wainwright, shipbroker, of Hampstead, and Alice Maude, d. of Reuben James La Mude; b. 6 Nov. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (B); left. July 1927; a chartered shipbroker, FICS; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Capt.), MI8 GHQ MEF; joined HM Foreign Service 1945; m. 20 May 1950 Helga Louise, d. of Harro E. Treplin of Hademarschen, Schleswig-Holstein; d. 1 July 1991.
Vernon, John Anthony Benedict, 1916-2011
Vernon, John Anthony Benedict, brother of Denis Sydney Foster Vernon (qv); b. 3 Aug. 1916; adm. May 1930 (B); left Apr. 1934; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA; lntell. Corps in WW2 (Maj.), seconded Political Warfare Executive; staff of British Inst. Rome, later of UN High Commissioner for Refugees Geneva; international staff NATO 1952, dep. Dir. of Information 1978; OBE 1982; m. 21 May 1949 Susanna Mary Josephine Catherine, d. of Maj.-Gen. Boleslaw Wienawa Dlugoszowski, Polish Ambassador to Rome; d. 15 Oct. 2011.
Ustinov, Peter Alexander, 1921-2004
Ustinov, Sir Peter Alexander, son of lona von Ustinov, journalist, and Nadia, d. of Louis Benois of St Petersburg; b. 16 Apr. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (B), (A) Sept. 1935; left July 1937; London Theatre Studio; Roy. Sussex Regt in WW2, seconded RAOC (Army Film Service); a playwright, author, film director, actor and entertainer; Benjamin Franklin Medal RSA 1958; FRSA FRSL; Rector Dundee Univ. 1968-73; Order of Yugoslav Flag (with Golden Laurels) 1974; hon. degrees at many universities; a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF; CBE 197 5; Kt June 1990; Chancellor Durham Univ. J 992; author of plays The Love of Four Colonels, Romanoff and Juliet, Photo Finish, and autobiography Dear Me 1977; m. 1st 8 Aug. 1940 Isolde Denham; 2nd 15 Feb. 1954 Suzanne, d. of Edmond Cloutier, Queen's Printerto the Canadian Govt; 3rd 17 June 1972 Hélène du Lau d' Allemans; d. 28 Mar. 2004.
Usher, Charles Glyn, 1925-2010
Usher, Charles Glyn, son of Gilbert Lewis Dumper of St Cross, Winchester, Hants, and Hilda Dorothea, d. of Col. Gerald Henry Farrell of Alverston Hall, Cheshire; b. 12 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B), (KS) 1939; left July 1943; assumed the name of Usher in lieu of Dumper 1943; RNVR in WW2; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1950; joined Lloyd’s 1950; dep. sec. Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1953; man. T&N Ltd. Bombay, India 1956; sen. admin. officer BSI 1966; m. 1967 Diana, d. of Nigel Oliver Willoughby Steward OBE, HM Foreign Service, of Beckley, Oxford; d. 16 Feb 2010.
Underwood, Stanley Gurney Browne, 1925-2014
Underwood, Stanley Gurney Browne, son of Frederick Sydney Gurney Underwood of East Molesey, Surrey, and Ethel, d. of William Skilton; b. 4 Nov. 1925; adm. May 1939 (B); left Dec: 1941; St Catharine’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1943, BA 1949, MA 1951; RN 1944-7; adm. solicitor Mar. 1954; practised in East Molesey; sec. The Southern Scrap Assn. 1957-86; liveryman Horners’ Company 1948, Broderers’ Company 1976; sec. Leander Club 1973-4; pres. Molesey Amateur Regatta 1987; m. 12 Sept. 1957 Pamela Phyllis May, d. of Archibald Hunt of East Molesey; d. 18 Oct. 2014.