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Young, Gavin Ferguson, brother of Fergus Ferguson Young (q.v.); b. May 8, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (R); left July 1917; Proby. Flight Officer R.N.A.S. Aug. 5, 1917; Flight Sub-Lieut. March 13, 1918; Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; went out to the western front April 18, 1918; killed while flying behind the enemy lines Sept. 2, 1918.

Woodbridge, Austin Hale, brother of Algernon Rivers Woodbridge (q.v.); b. May 18, 1876; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left Dec. 1894; a member of the London Stock Exchange 1900; Capt. 8th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Feb. 17, 1912; Major April 26, 1915, special appt. Commands and Staff May 1, 1917; M.C. June 3, 1916; m. 1st April 27, 1905, Ethel Mary, third daughter of George H. Sanday, of Uxbridge, Middlesex; 2nd Jan. 1, 1918, Norah, youngest daughter of George Woodbridge, of Chichester, Sussex; d. of pneumonia in France Feb. 28, 1919.

Wolstenholme, James Benjamin Wallace, elder son of James Wolstenholme, of Stanmore, Middlesex, by Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of T. B. Gossling, of Accrington, Lancs; b. March 25, 1895; adm. April 30, 1908 (A); left July 1909; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles April 1913; Lieut. Railway Transport Officer Sept. 27, 1915; transferred to R.F.C. Aug. 1917; killed accidentally while flying at Doncaster, Yorks, Aug. 20, 1918.

Wise, Edward Selby, eldest son of Edward Theodore Wise, of Westminster, by Aimée Vaughan, daughter of Prideaux Selby, of Croydon, Surrey; b. Oct. 6, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (A); left July 1902; H.M.S. Britannia; Naval Cadet May 15, 1904; Midshipman July 15, 1904; Sub-Lieut. Sept. 15, 1907; Lieut. Sept. 15, 1909; H.M.S. Severn; mentioned in despatches; killed in action on the sand dunes at Nieuport Oct. 20, 1914.

Wilson-Theobald, Ronald John McIver, only child of William Henry Wilson-Theobald, of Kensington, barrister-at-law, by Rosie, daughter of Isaac Lotinga, of Sunderland, co. Dur­ham; b. Sept. 20, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. attached 5th Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Sept. 12, 1917; went out to the western front Nov. 2, 1917; killed in action near St. Quentin, France, March 21, 1918. ·

WILLIAMS, JOHN HERBERT, son of Robert Griffith Williams QC, Denbigh, Denbighshire, barrister, and Jane, dau. of Thomas Evans, Denbigh [but adm. MT as eldest son of John Herbert Williams, barrister, deceased]; b. 6 Aug 1857; adm. 23 Sep 1869 (G); QS 1872; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1876 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 10 Oct 1876; LLB 1880; LLM 1911; adm. Middle Temple 8 Nov 1878, called to bar 29 Jun 1881; 1st Equity scholarship Jun 1880, student Oct 1880; North Wales circuit; Capt., on staff Judge Advocate Gen., 19 Oct 1917; went out to France 29 Oct 1917, but soon afterwards invalided home; joint author, The Law of Ejectment, 1911, and other works; m. 8 Sep 1885 Jessie Wilhelmina, younger dau. of William Hunter, Dhunellan, Innellan, Argyllshire; d. 18 Nov 1917.

Wilkinson, Gordon Frederick Noble, brother of Robert Pelham Wilkinson (q.v.); b. Sept. 20, 1892; adm. May 4, 1906 (H); lejt July 1909; enlisted in 10th Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. K.O.Y.L.I. June 13, 1916; killed in action at Fricourt July 2, 1916; unm.

Wilkins, Geoffrey, brother of Trevor Hamilton Wilkins (q.v.); b. Nov. 21, 1884; adm. Jan. 20, 1898 (H); left Dec. 1900; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles Sept. 2, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers May 22, 1915; m. Oct. 10, 1914, Letitia Gertrude, daughter of Daniel Hill, of Twickenham; d. Oct. 5, 1915, of wounds received in action Oct. 3, at Loos, in France.