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Watson, John Frederick Johnston, son of Johnston Watson, of Brondesbury, Middlesex, barrister-at-law; b. March 18, 1891; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (A); left. July 1909; 2nd Lieut. Gordon Highlanders 1910; Capt. 3rd Batt. Aug. 10, 1914; served in France 1914-18 and with the Military Mission to the Baltic States 1919; 2nd Lieut. General List Sept. 12, 1940; served in Intelligence to 1945; called to the bar at the Middle Temple April 28, 1920; served on a League of Nations Commission to Poland 1920-4; Secretariat, League of Nations 1924-35; asst. secretary British Commonwealth Ex-Service League since 1952; m. 1924, Ethel, daugh­ter of Thomas Oldroyd, of Allerton Close, Chapel Allerton, Yorks.; d. 1990.

Waterfield, William Hugh Herschel, son of William Francis Herschel Waterfield (qv); b. 25 Feb. 1916; adm. Sept. 1933 (A), (G) Jan. 1934; left July 1934; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1935; a journalist in S. Africa; m. 3 Aug. 1946 Gerda Pauline, d. of Charles Algar of Pinelands, Cape Town; d. 5 Sept. 1967.

Warwick, James Cochrane, son of Septimus Warwick FRIBA and Evelyn Cecil, d. of George Alexander Mooney, chemist, of Montreal; b. 11 Oct. 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (A); left July 1937; RE 1939-46; Univ. Coll. Lond., Dip. Arch. 1948; ARIBA MRAIC 1949; an architect with Canadian Nat. Railways Montreal 1948-82; m. 19 Dec. 1962 Hilda Maude McConkey, biochemist, d. of Howard Hudson McConkey, merchant, of Alberta; d. 29 May 2002.

Warren, Christopher Prioleau, son of Edward Prioleau Warren, F.R.I.B.A., of Cholsey, Berks, by Margaret Cecil Wynter, daughter of Frederick Parker Morrell, of Oxford; b. Sept. 3, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left July 1914; temp. 2nd Lieut. Sept. 16, 1914; 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade Sept. 3, 1915; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1917; temp. Major Dec. 1, 1917; Capt. June 22, 1921; served in France 1915-8, and was wounded at Guillemont Sept. 4, 1916, gassed Aug. 14, 1917, wounded again March 3, 1918; mentioned in despatches L.G. Dec. 21, 1917; M.C. June 3, 1918; served in the Iraq Operations 1919-20; p.s.c.; Brigade Major, Shanghai Force, 1933; Major Jan. 1, 1935; Lieut.-Col. May 11, 1944; Inspector of Infantry, Iraq Army, 1939; M.B.E. July 11, 1940; Order of Al Rafidian, 4th class, 1941; d. Aug. 25, 1960.

Warren, Algernon Peter, brother of Christopher Prioleau Warren (q.v.); b. Jan. 21, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1915; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1915; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1924; Beit Prize for Colonial History, Oxon., 1921; served in France in Great War I; Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; an architect; L.R.I.B.A. 1933; F.A.M.S. 1955; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Nov. 7, 1939; Capt. June 1941; m. Sept. 4, 1935, Mabel Doris, daughter of Sir W illiam Norton, of Southwell, Notts.; d. 7 Oct. 1979.

Ward, Mierzystan George Witold; b. 3 May 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (A); left July 1933; an architec­tural student.

Ward, Alexander Sydney, son of H. G. Ward of Cheam, Surrey; b. 10 Mar. 1919; adm. Jan. 1933 (A); left July 1937; RASC in WW2; St Cath. Soc. Oxf., matric. 1943; d. July 2003.

Walton, Leslie Robert, son of Robert Alpress Walton, of Hampstead, Middlesex, by Florence Amy, daughter of George Goodwin Kilburne, of Hampstead; b. March 11, 1885; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (A); left July 1903; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles Sept. 3, 1914; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. May 25, 1915; Lieut. Feb. 1, 1916; served in France and Salonika; demob. as Capt. May 1919; m. July 17, 1919, Amy Melita, daughter of William Charles James Prescott, of Uruguay; d. Oct. 1, 1962.

Walton, Edward, son of George Walton LRIBA, architect; b. 5 Apr. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1936; d. 1991.

Walters, Rupert Cavendish Skyring, only son of William Charles Flamstead Walters, Professor of Classical Literature, King's Coll. London, by Ethel Mary Aileen, youngest daughter of Major-Gen. Charles Francis Skyring, R.E., Governor of Mauritius; b. July 21, 1889; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (A); left July 1907; King's Coll. London; B.Sc. 1917; M.I.C.E. 1930; sometime resident engineer under Sir John Hunter; asst. and partner to Herbert Lapworth, D.Sc., later a partner in H. Lapworth Partners, consulting engineers; president of Inst. Water Engineers, 1950; president British section of the Société des Ingénieurs Civil de France; author of The Nation's Water Supply (1936); Dam Geology (1962); m. May 12, 1932, Sylvia Doreen Barham, daughter of Wilmer H. Beal; d. 19 Feb. 1980.