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Willett, Bernard Hastings, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. Dec. 29, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1899, matric. Michael­mas 1899; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907; played football (Assoc.) for Oxford 1901; asst. master at Charterhouse School 1904-45; served in France in Great War I; Lieut. R.G.A. (S.R.) July 1, 1917, employed R.E.; m. April 23, 1919, Muriel, youngest daughter of Ethelbert Hosking, M.R.C.S., of Turner's Hill, Sussex; d. March 14, 1949.

Willett, Alfred Stuart, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. March 25, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (R); left March 1893; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. (M.T.) April 15, 1918; m. Oct. 10, 1906, Cicely Hilda, daughter of Charles William Catt, of Duffield, Derbyshire; d. Jan. 21, 1935.

Wilks, Paul Edward, son of Edward John Wilks, of Sheffield, Yorks, by Eliza Ann Reckless; b. Nov. 29, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (R); left Dec. 1892; a farmer at Alford, Lincs; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. (Spec. Res.) Dec. 17, 1917; m. April 24, 1902, Edith Margaret, daughter of John Charles Clegg, of Sheffield.

Wilkes, Herbert Kenneth, brother of John Humphrey Harry Wilkes (qv); b. 7 Feb. 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left Dec. 1924; a chartered accountant, ACA 1930, FCA 1946; RA 1939-44 (Maj.), attached Indian Artillery; Southern Gas Board, retd 1969; Yachtmaster's Cert. 1969, MRIN 1973, MNI 1974; served HAC 1925-75; Freeman City of London and Worshipful Com­pany of Vintners; author of Practical Yacht Navigator 1973, Ocean Yacht Navigator 1975; m. 1st 17 Sept. 1931 Eileen Mary, d. of William Robert Murison MD, of Erith, Kent; 2nd 1967 Frances Doreen Churton, widow of Maj. E. A. Wimberlev OBE RE; d. 24 July 1979.

Wiggins, Guy William Mark, son of Herbert Wiggins, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, by Mabel Maud Kathleen, daughter of Mark Anthony Liddle, of Woodford Green, Essex; b. April 27, 1906; adm. May 2, 1917 (R); left July 1923; manager, national sales, Betrofina (Gt. Brit.) Ltd.; m. Nov. 11, 1939, Iris Gordon, daughter of Ernest Liddle, master mariner, of Kobe, Japan; d. 19 July 1982.

WICKHAM, HENRY LAMPLUGH, son of Henry Lewis Wickham (qv); b. 19 Feb 1838; adm. 30 May 1850 (Rigaud's); left Bartholomewtide 1854; Ensign, Rifle Brigade 11 May 1855; Lieut., 3 Mar 1857; Capt., 4 Aug 1865; ret. Sep 1872; served in Crimean War; of Wootton Hall, Warwicks.; JP Hampshire 1875, also Worcestershire; Roman Catholic convert 1859; m. 24 Feb 1873 Hon. Theresa Maria Josephine Arundell, widow of Sir Alfred Joseph Doughty-Tichborne, Bart., and dau. of Henry Arundell, 11th Baron Arundell of Wardour; d. 8 Feb 1929.

Whittow, Richard, brother of Anthony Whittow (q.v.); b. Oct. 8, 1881; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); left April 1899; temp. Lieut. R.G.A. Aug. 29, 1917; served in France 1917-9; mentioned in despatches; m. Dec. 19rn, Eirene Frances Stewart, daughter of Richard Walter Tweedie, of Bayswater; d. Dec. 29, 1953.

Whittard, Courtenay Lancelot, brother of Algernon Charles Evelyn Whittard (q.v.); b. Sept. 18, 1887; adm. May 4, 1899 (R); left July 1906; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1906; d. June 16, 1923.

Whitehead, Eric Alfred, younger son of Alfred North Whitehead, F.R.S., of Chelsea, by Evelyn, daughter of Capt. A. Wade, Seaforth Highlanders; b. Nov. 23, 1898; adm. April 30, 1914 (R); left April 1917; Ball. Coll. Oxon.; temp. 2nd Lieut. R.F.C. Nov. 4, 1917; went out to the western front Feb. 1918; killed in action over the Forêt de Cobain March 13, 1918.

WHISTON, PHILIP HENRY, youngest son of Rev. Robert Whiston, Head Master, Cathedral School, Rochester, Kent, and Ellen, dau. of Richard Wedd MRCS LSA, Ripple, Kent, medical practitioner; b. 16 Jan 1864; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (R); left May 1881; St. Thomas’s Hospital; LRCP MRCS 1887; DPH 1891; Army Surgeon 29 Jul 1890; Surgeon-Maj., 29 Jul 1902; ret. 28 Jan 1911; re-employed 1914; Brevet Col., 3 Jun 1919; served in expedition to Dongola 1896, Nile expedition 1897-8 and First World War; mentioned in despatches LG 3 Nov 1896, 30 Sep 1898, 17 Sep 1917; m. 4 Feb 1907 Florence Adelaide, widow of J. W. Flood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and dau. of Hon. John Bligh Sutton, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, farmer and member New South Wales Legislative Council.