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Walker-Brash, John Douglas Grenville, son of John Walker-Brash MRCS LRCP, med. practi­tioner, of Willesden, and Gloria Lilian, d. of Douglas Egan, barrister:at-law, of Australia; b. 31 July 1919; adm. Jan. 1933 (A); left July 1937; RMC Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. East Yorks Regt July 1939, Lieut. July 1940, Capt. Nov. 1940; Maj. 77 Chindit Bde Mar. 1944, wounded, despatches (Burma) July 1944; retd from Army 1952; HM Colonial Service 1952, transf. Diplomatic Service 1959; MBE 1968; retd 1970; m. 7 Mar. 1960 Margaret Adeline, d. of Aubrey Beazley, gen. man. (Middle East) Cable & Wireless, of Cyprus; d. 12 Mar. 1991.

Walker, Harold Charles, brother of Edward Clare Walker (q.v.); b. Nov. 5, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (A); left April 1900.

Walker, Edward Clare, son of Charles Edward Walker, of Ealing, by Clara, daughter of John Letcher, of Llanelly, co. Carmarthen; b. May 19, 1883; adm. Jan. 20, 1898 (A); left July 1900; R.M.A. Woolwich 1901; 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers July 31, 1902; Lieut. Jan. 25, 1905; Capt. July 31, 1913; Major July 31, 1917; served in India 1914-8; Lieut.-Col. Nov. 20, 1928; C.R.E. Lahore Dec. 3, 1929; Col. Nov. 20, 1932; Deputy Chief Engineer, Northern Command, India, Dec 13, 1932; temp. Brig. and Chief Engineer, Southern Command, 1935; retired 1939; m. 1st. July 4, 1913, Winifred Helen, daughter of Thomas W. T. Wheeler; m. 2nd July 14, 1931, Winifred Mary, daughter of Marshall Tilley, D.L., of Londonderry; d. 26 Aug. 1969.

Walker, Daniel Pickering, son of Frederick Pickering Walker of Hampstead and Miriam, d. of Francis Henry Crittall; b. 30 June 1914; adm. May 1928 (A); left Apr. 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA DPhil 1940; lecturer in French Univ. Coll. London; Reader in Renaissance Studies Warburg Inst. 1961, Prof. of the History of the Classical Tradition 1975-81; FBA 1974; author of Spiritual and Demonic Magic 1958, The Decline of Hell 1964, The Ancient Theology 1972; d. 10 Mar. 1985.

Wainwright, John Andrew Worthington, brother of Lewis Edgar William Worthington Wain­wright (qv); b. 11 Jan. 1918; adm. Jan. 1931 (A); left. July 1934; a chartered ship and insurance broker, FICS FlnstFF; chairman and man. dir. Wainwright Bros Ltd, London, Liverpool and Southampton, and associated cos; Freeman City of London; Liveryman Worshipful Company of Shipwrights; member Baltic Exchange; m. 1st 16 May 1939 Kathleen Marion, d. of Douglas Edward Gillibrand of Twyford, Hants; 2nd 8 Dec. 1948 Betty Margaret, d. of Edward W. Schluter; d. 31 Mar. 1993.

Wainwright, Edgar Worthington, son of John Andrew Worthington Wainwright (qv); b. 17 Mar. 1943; adm. Sept. 1956 (A); left July 1960; chartered shipbroker Wainwright Bros Ltd. and associated cos 1960-, dir. 1988-, chmn. and man. dir.; FICS 1972, FInstFF 1978; m. 14 June 1969 Jill Rosamond, d. of Anthony Wilmott Adams, solicitor, of Haywards Heath, Sussex; d. 22 Jan. 2006.

von Ribbentrop, Rudolf Joachim, son of Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador to United Kingdom, subsequently Foreign Minister, and Annelies, d. of Otto Henkell, champagne producer, of Wiesbaden, Germany; b. 11 May 1921; adm. Oct. 1936 (A); left July 1937; German Army tank unit in WWII, Knight’s Insignia Iron Cross (Byelgorod); partner, Henkell & Co, wine producers; dir. Bankhaus Hermann Lampe Kommanditgesellschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany; author, Joachim von Ribbentrop: Mein Vater, Erlebnisse und Erinnerungen 2008; m. 13 Aug. 1960 Ilse-Marie, d. of Baron Münchhausen of Vitzenburg, Thüringen, Germany; d. 20 May 2019.

Vogel, Anthony Leslie, son of John Julius Vogel, author, of Richmond, Surrey, and Isle Clare, d. of Hayno Knud Focken of Jever, North Friesland, Germany; b. 29 June 1942; adm. Sept. 1955 (A); left July 1960; RADA 1963; actor, films and TV; d. 27 July 2015.

Vanner, William Engelbert, son of John Vanner of Stoke Newington and Edith Sophia, d. of Harry Stanley of Stoke Newington; b. 24 June 1905; adm. Jan. 1920 (A); left Dec. 1921; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1928; practised in London and Pinner; m. 5 Oct. 1933 Violet, d. of Rowland Aston of Golders Green; d. 1940.

Van Praagh, John Arthur Wellesley, son of Arthur John Van Praagh and Hyacinthe Maud Wellesley, d. of W. H. Frizell; b. 11 Nov. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1942; RAF 1944-6 (Flt. Sgt. ); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1951, MA 1955; PR Rank Organisation until 1965; antiques and fine arts dealer 1965-88, retd.; m. 11 Sept. 1954 Barbara, d. of William Fish of St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex; d. 2007.