Wyke-Smith, Edward Searle, 1916-2007
Wyke-Smith, Edward Searle, son of Edward A. Wyke-Smith of Carshalton, Surrey, mining engineer; b. 23 Jan. 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (R); left July 1933; RE 1939-45 (Lieut.), MC (Italy) Apr. 1945; m. 19 Sept. 1952 Sheila Mary, d. of W. H. Demel of Earlswood, Warks.; d. 2007.
Worthington, Lawrence Valentine, 1920-1986
Worthington, Lawrence Valentine, brother of Arthur Little Worthington (qv); b. 6 Mar. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left July 1938; Princeton Univ.; USNR 1943-6; Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., res. asst 1946-50, res. assoc. 1950-8, physical oceanographer 1958-63, sen. scientist 1963, chairman Dept of Physical Oceanography 1974; m. 1952 Ruth Scott, d. of R. C. Mc Guinness of Denver, Colorado; d. May 1986.
Worthington, Arthur Little, 1917-1983
Worthington, Arthur Little, son of Bond Valentine Thomas Worthington (qv); b. 11 Nov. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (R); left Mar. 1936; Harvard Univ.; Field Artillery US Army in WW2 (Lieut.); manager Côte D'Azur-Monaco region First Nat. City Bank of New York; Chevalier Ordre de la Couronne (Belgium); m. 17 May 1941 Burdeene, d. of Paul Hill Irvin of Forest Hills NY; d. 8 Aug. 1983.
Wormell, Rowland Guy de Lang, 1909-1971
Wormell, Rowland Guy de Lang, son of Rev. Rowland Wormell, Vicar of Christ Church Dartford, Kent, and Maud Isabel, d. of Capt. Clark, Harbour Master at Bombay; b. 27 Apr. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left July 1927; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1933, practised at Harlow, Essex; 2nd Lieut. REME Jan. 1942, transf. Judge Advocate General's Dept (Capt); d. 1971.
Woodgate, John Thomicraft, 1917-2015
Woodgate, John Thomicraft, son of Harold Vivian Woodgate, accountant, of Wandsworth, and Margaret Elizabeth, d. of William Thornicraft, architect, of Wandsworth; b. 5 May 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (R); left July 1934; adm. solicitor Oct. 1939; enlisted RA Apr. 1940, commissioned Essex Regt. Nov. 1940, transf. Parachute Regt. Dec. 1942 (Staff Capt. ), despatches (NW Europe) Mar. 1945; practised as solicitor in London; m. 22 June 1948 Patricia Margaret, d. of Capt. Arthur Patrick Murphy, mercantile marine, of Croydon, Surrey; d. 23 Jan. 2015.
WOOD, JOHN, son of John Wood FRCS LSA, Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, surgeon; b. 28 Dec 1867; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (R); left May 1884; King’s Coll. Hospital; LRCP 1893; medical practitioner at Walmer, Kent; d. 3 Sep 1961.
Wood, Edward Hamilton, son of Edward Thomas Rice Wood, of Hampstead, by Eleanor Maud Pooles; b. Dec. 26, 1893; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left Dec. 1911; 2nd Lieut. 14th Batt. Middlesex Regt. May 15, 1915; served in France and was wounded in 1916 and gassed in 1917; demob. as Lieut. Jan. 1919; adm. a solicitor June 1919; apptd. Lieut. 8th Hampshire Regt. Feb. 1927; Capt. 1928; Major 1941; served in World War II as Regimental Officer 1940-2; and as Staff Capt. 1942-5; T.D. 1951; m. 1st Sept. 23, 1920, Dorothy Alice, daughter of George Smith, of Sutton, Surrey; 2nd Aug. 27, 1958, Mildred Alice, daughter of Charles Rabey.
Wodehouse, Edmond Henry, 1837-1923
WODEHOUSE, EDMOND HENRY, seventh son of Rev. Thomas Wodehouse, Prebendary of Wells, and Anne, sister of Walker King (qv); grandson of Thomas Wodehouse (qv); b. 17 Feb 1837; adm. 17 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1851; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1855, matr. 7 Jun 1855, Westminster Student 1855-64; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1857, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1859; BA 1859; MA 1862; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1860, called to bar 26 Jan 1863; Inspector of Poor Law Schools 1863-71; Local Government Board Inspector 1871-86; Chief General Inspector and Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board 1886-91; a Commissioner of Inland Revenue 1891-1902; CB 1 Jan 1897; JP Buckinghamshire 1906; m. 26 May 1864 his cousin Louisa Clara, fourth dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Wodehouse, Vicar of Dulverton, Somerset; d. 27 Mar 1923.
Winter, Charles Gordon Grant, 1871-1937
Winter, Charles Gordon Grant, son of Charles Albert Winter, of London, solicitor, by Annie Jemima, daughter of William Gordon Cunningham Watson, of Edinburgh; b. Jan. 31, 1871; adm. April 1884 (R); left Dec. 1885; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Oct. 1889; B.A. 1892; M.A. 1924; St. Mary's Hospital, L.M.S., S.A. 1917; served in Great War I; temp. Capt. R.A.M.C. June 4, 1918; author of The Green Archway (1916), and other works; m. May 6, 1925, Emily Frances Skottowe, daughter of the Rev. Francis Hassard Burkitt, Rector of Stradbally, co. Waterford; d. March 18, 1937.
Wingate, Peter Charles Fenton, 1910-2006
Wingate, Peter Charles Fenton, brother of Michael Melvill Fenton Wingate (qv); b. 2 June 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1928; St Mary's Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1937; RAMC 1939-46 (Maj.), served India and Iraq; gen. med. practice Kensington 1946-78; m. 17 Nov. 1945 Pamela Josephine, d. of Joseph B. Waters, stockbroker, and widow of Sqdn Ldr J. G. Walker RAFVR; d. 31 Mar. 2006.