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Wagstaff, Stanley Leonard, son of George Leonard Wagstaff OBE, chartered accountant, of Strawberry Hill, and Kathleen, d. of Douglas Barclay; b. 13 Apr. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left Dec. 1937; RNVR in WW2 (Lieut.); an insurance co. executive; m. 27 Apr. 1944 Elizabeth Jane. d. of George Lewis DL, of Dallington, Northants; d. 16 Apr. 1981.

Wainwright, David Bernard Pictor, son of Lieut. -Cdr. David Wainwright RN and Frances Mildred Alice Whitefield; b. 11 Apr. 1925; adm. Jan. 1939 (R); left Mar. 1939; Univ. of Durham, BA 1950, MA 1954; ord. deacon 1951, priest 1952 (Worcester); Curate St George’s Redditch, Worcs 1951-3, Aveley, Essex 1953-5; Curate-in-charge All Saints Belhus Park, Essex 1955-6; Vicar of St Mary Magdalen Harlow, Essex 1956-61; social responsibility adviser Diocese of Ripon 1962-9; Univ. of York, Dip. Social Admin. 1968; Vicar of Scouthead, Yorks 1969-72; asst. sec. Gen. Synod Board for SR 1974, dep. sec. 1977-9; SR officer Diocese of Oxford 1978-88; priest-in-charge Charlton-on-Otmoor with Oddington, Oxon 1979-85; Rural Dean Bicester and Islip 1982-5; retd. 1988; m. 31 Dec. 1952 Jean Mary, d. of Alan Currer Pollard, dispensing chemist; d. Jan. 2001.

Wakeford, Richard, brother of Victor David Wakeford (qv); b. 23 July 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left Apr. 1940; Roy. Hampshire Regt 1941-5 (temp. Lieut.-Col.), three times wounded, despatches (N. Africa) Sept. 1943; awarded the Victoria Cross July 1944 for leadership in an attack near Monte Cassino in May 1944; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1962; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1951; partner Layton & Co.; a Master of the Supreme Court (Chancery Divn) 1964; member Court of Assistants Haberdashers' Company, and a governor of Haber­dashers' Aske's Hatcham Schools; JP (Surrey); m. 31 Mar. 1951 Denise Elizabeth, d. of Sidney Thomas Corlson; d. 27 Aug. 1972.

Wakeford, Victor David, son of Victor David Collins Wakeford MD and Mary Ellen, d. of James Kite of Church Stretton, Shropshire; b. 31 May 1916; adm. May 1930 (R); left July 1934; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1937, MA 1941; ord. deacon 1946, priest 1947 (York); Curate Scar­borough 1946-51; chaplain Oakham Sch. 1951-4, Eshton Sch. Gargrave, Yorks, 1955-8, King's Sch. Gloucester 1958-72; retd.; d. 7 May 1994.

Walker, Charles Hay, son of Charles Hay Walker, of South Norwood, Surrey, by Fanny, daughter of T. A. Walker, of Mount Ballar, co. Monmouth; b. Nov. 22, 1896; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (R); left Easter 1913; served in Great War I; temp. Lieut. R. A. July 1, 1917; m. Aug. 18, 1922, Grace Hampden, daughter of. James Inskip, of Clifton, Bristol; d. at Conchillas, Uruguay, July 5, 1957.

Walker, Charles Nigel Gordon, son of Frederick Alexander Walker, of Gravesend, Kent; b. July 3, 1889; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (R); left Easter 1908; temp. Lieut. 10th (Service) Batt. the South Staffs Regt. Nov, 21, 1914; Adjt. Nov. 21, 1914, attached 8th Batt. Manchester Regt.; killed in action Aug. 7, 1915.

Walker, Herbert, son of John Duguid Walker, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, solicitor, by Rebecca, daughter of John Fulton, of Sunderland; b. Nov. 28, 1886; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (R); left July 1905; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1908; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1912; temp. Capt. R.A.M.C. Aug. 13, 1915; served with the British Red Cross Society, Greek Army in the Balkan War, and in France, East Africa, and Russia in Great War I; mentioned in despatches 1916 and 1917; M.C. April 17, 1917; Knight of the Order of the Redeemer 1914; Capt. R.A.M.C. Feb. 13, 1918; Major Aug. 13, 1926; Lieut. ­ Col. July 12, 1936; Col.; served in Great War IIin France and at the evacuation of Dunkirk 1940; O.B.E. July 11, 1940; m. July 10, 1922, Dorothy Louise, daughter of John Laughan Humphrys, of Monte Video; d. July 1, 1952.

Walker, John Douglas Hay, brother of Charles Hay Walker (q.v.); b. Oct. 3, 1900; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (R); left July 1918; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; M.A. 1926; d. 3 Nov. 1986.

Walker, Peter Sherod Duguid, son of Robert Fulton Walker (qv) and Phyllis Mary Walker; b. 20 May 1941; adm. Sept. 1954 (R); left July 1959; RAC Cirencester, MRAC 1964; a chartered surveyor, ARICS 1971, FRICS 1984; Min. of Agric. and Fish., Alnwick, Hexham and Leicester, 1968-75; sen. land man. Cumbria CC 1975, head of data and policy, Property Services Dept. 1986-; m. 14 Nov. 1975 Geraldine Margaret Maddison, chartered librarian, d. of Surgeon Capt. Basil Roxby Alderson RN; d. 21 Jan. 2009.

Walker, Robert Fulton, son of Norman Duguid Walker, solicitor, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Ada, d. of Joseph Russell of Walsall, Staffs; nephew of Herbert Walker (qv); b. 18 Oct. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (R); left July 1931; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1934, LLB 1935, MA 1955; adm. a solicitor July 1937; practised at Newcastle-on-Tyne; RNVR 1939-45 (Lieut.); LLM 1967; Governor Hostmen's Co. Newcastle; author of The Origins of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1976; m. 1st 12 July 1940 Phyllis Mary, d. of Sherod Henry Greenfield of Owersby Moor, Lincs; 2nd 4 Jan. 1983 Margaret Hilary, d. of Rev. George Hilary Crick, Anglican clergyman; d. Jan 2002.