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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.

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.

Whitelegge, Adrian Bruce, son of Christopher Horsley Whitelegge, solicitor to GWR, and Geraldine, d. of William Wallace Bruce of Kensington; b. 30 Nov. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1941; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA MA 1949; RAF 1943-6; adm. solicitor Nov. 1950, practised in London; McKenna and Co. 1948-85; retd.; m. 19 Oct. 1963 Day McAusland, singer, d. of Stuart Douglas McAusland; d. 18 Dec. 2011.

White, Rupert Oswald, son of William Henry White, accountant, of Putney, and Millicent Gertrude, d. of George William Smith of Balham; b. 11 June 1900; adm. Sept. 1914 (A); left July 1917; Flight Cadet RFC 1917; a chartered accountant, ACA 1924, FCA 1931; practised in Lon­don; m. 5 Nov. 1931 Belinda Beatrice, d. of Horace Baker of Woodford Green, Essex; d. 28 Aug. 1990.

White, Francis Sheldon, son of Charles Francis White CBE MD DPH, Chief MO to the PLA, and Edith Celia, d. of Richard James Reynolds of Heaton Mersey, Lancs; b. 4 June 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (A); left July 1936; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1936; joined Air Ministry 1940, p. a. to the librarian 1953-8; d. Jan. 1998.

White, Alfred; b. Jan. 18, 1883; adm. Jan. 21, 1897 (A); left July 1897; served in Great War I; Capt. 4th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Nov. 30, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. Oct. 12, 1916.

Whippey, Frederic Arthur, son of Arthur William Whippey, of Clevedon, Somerset, by Clara Susannah, daughter of Frederic Gabb, of Bristol; b. May 21, 1893; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left July 1910; a civil servant since Feb. 1913; served in Great War I; Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; D.F.C. Dec. 22, 1919; m. June 29, 1922, Fanny Hilda Daisy, daughter of George Parker, of Godalming, Surrey.

Whipp, Peter Gordon, son of Jacob Charles Whipp, architect, of Ealing, and Eda Muriel Elizabeth, d. of John Richard West of Shepherds Bush; b. 3 July 1921; adm. Jan. 1936 (A); left July 1938; RAF 1941-6; a life assurance official, retd July 1981; m. 14 June 1950 Patricia Mary, d. of Thomas Francis Burton-Hall, mechanical engineer; d. 7 Nov. 2006

Whelpton, Henry David, son of Frederick David Whelpton, schoolmaster, of Melbourne, Australia, and Doris Marion Louise, d. of Edmund William Carter of Australia; b. 2 July 1922; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1939; Lieut. (A) RNVR in WW2; Downing Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1953; a chartered sec.; asst. sec. Chartered Inst. of Bankers 1959, dep. sec. 1964-82; m. 1955 Kathleen Bertha, d. of Bernard Shirley, industrial designer, of Leamington, Warks; d. Oct. 1990.

West-Taylor, Launcelot Robert Herbert, son of Herbert Edward West-Taylor, of Kilburn, by Clare, daughter of George Belcher; b. Nov. 29, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1915.