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WATKIN-WILLIAMS, PENROSE LANYON, brother of Robert Thesiger Watkin-Williams (qv); b. 29 Dec 1867; adm. 26 Jan 1882 (H); left Dec 1883; Middlesex Hospital; MRCS and LRCP 1894; FRCS (Edinburgh ) 1910; medical practitioner at Padstow, Cornwall; served in 1914-8 War; temp. Capt., RAMC 17 May 1916; Maj., 21 Jul 1919; wounded at battle of the Somme Jul 1916; mentioned in despatches; DSO 19 Aug 1916; m. 6 Aug 1896 Ellen Margaret, second dau. of George Thornton Skilbeck, St. Issy, Cornwall [drug merchant ?]; d. 5 Aug 1947.

Watford, Ernest Francis Brooke, son of William Daniel Watford, of Chelsea; b. Oct. 21, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (H); K.S. (non-resident) 1913; left April 1916.

Waterfield, Alan Bernard, son of Charles Alan Waterfield, clerk in Bank of England, of Blackheath and Blanche, d. of George James Newbury of Broxbourne, Herts; grandson of Edward Waterfield (qv); b. 4 Sept. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (H); left Dec. 1923; Univ. of Lond., BA; a chartered accountant, ACA 1930, FCA 1960; Univ. accountant, Univ. of London; m. 1st 14 Jan. 1936 Grace Marjorie, d. of George Richardson of Mauritius; 2nd 21 May 1949 Brenda Blanche, d. of Matthew Henry Judges of Edgware, Middx; d. 18 Nov. 1983.

Warwick, Francis Alister, son of Harry Sidney Warwick, of Norwood, Surrey, by Sarah, daughter of William Bennett, of Bolsover, co. Derby; b. Dec. 21, 1902; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (H); left Easter 1920; an author and playwright; Queen's Westminster Regt. K.R.R.G. 1939; Royal West African Frontier Force 1941; 2nd Lieut. Intelligence Corps Aug. 21, 1942; Capt. 1943; mentioned in despatches (Mediterranean) L.G. May 23, 1946; d. 1975.

WARNER, HARRY ERNEST, son of Powell Warner, Albion Road, Hampstead, Middlesex, solicitor, and Anne F. --- (1881 Census); b. 10 May 1866; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (H); left Aug 1883; adm. solicitor May 1892; practised in London; d. 14 Mar 1929.

Warburton, Hewitt Bailey, son of. Joseph Roberts Warburton, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, by Frances Alice, daughter of James Bailey, of Bath, Somerset; b. Jan. 14, 1904; adm. May 2, 1917 (H); left Aug. 1922; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1922; B.A. 1926; managing director of Radio Rentals, Melbourne, Australia; m. June 1942, Nance Margaret Michael, of Melbourne; d. 18 July 1998.

Walther, William Wernher, son of F. W. Walther of Hampstead, and Anna Dorothea, d. of Theodor Holzapfel of Lippe, Germany; b. 10 June 1906; adm. Jan. 1921 (H); left July 1923; Univ. Coll. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1931, MB BS 1934; Dir. of Pathology Queen Mary's Hosp. 1935; FRCPath 1964; hon. consult. pathologist Whipps Cross Hosp. Leytonstone; m. 1st 12 Jan. 1935 Winifred Amelia, d. of Henry James Skeen; 2nd 1 Dec. 1936 Luba, d. of Arkady Stolisky of Kaunas, Lithuania; d. 21 Mar. 1989.

Walpole, Robert Henry, second son of the Rt. Rev. George Henry Somerset Walpole, D.D., Bishop of Edinburgh, by Mildred Helen, daughter of Charles Foster Barham, M.D., of Truro, Cornwall; b. Jan. 18, 1892; adm. from Durham School Jan. 14, 1904 (H); left July 1911; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1914; Professor of English, St. Paul's Coll., Calcutta, Aug. 1914-Oct. 1916; enlisted in Nov. 1916; Lieut. Rifle Brigade May 30, 1917; served in France, where he was wounded at Cambrai Dec. 1, 1917, and at Lens May 14, 1918; at Salonika Nov. 1918 - Feb. 1919; demob. April 1919; an asst. master at preparatory schools in England 1919-26; at King Edward VI School, Stratford-on­ Avon, 1927-49; retired July 1949; d. May 6, 1963.

Walker-Brash, Robert Munro Thorburn, brother of John Douglas Grenville Walker-Brash (qv); b. 15 Nov. 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (H), KS Sept. 1935; left July 1939; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1939, BA 1942, MA 1946; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., BM 1944; FRCS 1950; consult. surgeon Orpington & Sevenoaks Group 1960, retd 1984; m. 14 June 1946 Eva Frances Jacqueline Waite SRN, d. of Horace Stokes Waite, civil engineer, of Plaxtol, Kent.; d. June 2007

Walker, Ronald John Eades, son of Thomas Henry Walker, master printer, and Ethel, d. of Francis John Adelbert Wood of Hallow Park, Worcs., and granddaughter of John Ryle Wood (qv); b. 12 Feb. 1919; adm. Jan. 1933 (H); left Apr. 1936; Oxf. & Bucks LI in WW2; d. July 1997.