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Corsellis, John, 1923-2018

  • GB-2014-WSA-19913
  • Person
  • 1923-2018

Corsellis, John, son of Douglas Henry Corsellis, barrister, and Helen Mary, sister of Philip Manley Bendall (qv); b. 14 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H), (KS) Sept. 1937; left July 1940; articled clerk Herbert & Gowers Oxf. 1941-9; humanitarian aid worker Friends Ambulance Unit 1942, UNRRA 1945-7; adm. solicitor Mar. 1949; gen. sec., Educational Interchange Council 1949-62; OM (1st class) Fed. Rep. of Germany 1963; registrar, Bell Sch. of Languages 1962-92, subsequently bursar and principal; sec., Bell Educ. Trust 1952-92; registrar Camb. Centre for Languages, Sawston Hall 1982-91; retd. 1991; co-author Slovenia 1945: Memories of death and survival after World War II 2005 and co-researcher The Unassuming Sky: The Life and Poetry of Timothy Corsellis 2012; initiated Timothy Corsellis Prize Competition in memory of elder brother, featuring the World War II War Poets; John Corsellis archive accessible at History Dept., Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich; m. 26 May 1966 Ursula Ann Constance Alder OBE MA SRN SCM JP, author, d. of Haswell Alder, mining engineer, of Burnbridge, Yorks.; d. 18 Nov. 2018.

Berger, John Stephen, 1876-1946

  • GB-2014-WSA-19283
  • Person
  • 1876-1946

Berger, John Stephen, son of Major-General Ernest Archibald Berger, of Baling, by Margaret C., daughter of Thomas Brereton, of Nenagh, co. Tipperary; b. March 4, 1876; adm. Sept. 1889 (H); left July 1892; a mining engineer in S. America, and in Mines Dept., Federated Malay States, 1908-31; m. April 12, 1909, Violet Frances, daughter of Basil Grey, of Ceylon; d. Dec. 15, 1946.

Young, Wilfrid Ernest, 1891-1979

  • GB-2014-WSA-18844
  • Person
  • 1891-1979

Young, Wilfrid Ernest, son of Ernest William Young, of Dorchester, Dorset; b. Dec. 28, 1891; adm. May 4, 1906 (H); left July 1910; enlisted Oct. 1914 in the Federated Malay States; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Dorset Regt. Jan. 23, 1915; and served with 1st Batt. from April 1915; transferred to R.F.C. Dec. 1915, serving with Nos. 11 and 6 Sqdns. in France as observer; Flight Commander Jan. 1, 1917 with Sqdns. 19 and 74; Sqdn. Cdr. with Sqdns. 1 and 216; wounded near Ypres July 22, 1917; D.F.C. July 2, 1918; m. Dec. 31, 1924; Ruth, daughter of J. Mahoney; d. 17 June 1979.

Young, Wallace Balfour, 1911-2002

  • GB-2014-WSA-18843
  • Person
  • 1911-2002

Young, Wallace Balfour, son of Edward Wallace Young, estate asent, of Surbiton, Surrey, and Evelyn Elizabeth, d. of George Cowan of Uddingston, Lanarkshire; b. 24 Oct. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (H); left July 1929; Coll. of Estate Management 1929-31; an estate agent 1931-9; ARICS 1936, AAI 1937; 2nd Lieut. RE (TA) Aug. 1939, transf. RA 1944 (Capt.); TARO 1946-61; TD; valuer Board of Inland Revenue 1947-76; m. 8 Mar. 1940 Helen Margaret, d. of Charles HerĀ­bert Lankester OBE, coffee grower, of Cartago, Costa Rica; d. May 2002.

Young, Horace Edward Wilkie, 1877-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-18833
  • Person
  • 1877-1914

Young, Horace Edward Wilkie, second son of Sidney Young, of Chelsea, by Caroline Hales, daughter of Edward Charles Hales Wilkie, of Thanet, Kent; b. June 7, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (H); left July 1896; Trin. Coll. Oxon., matric. Lent 1900; student interpreter in the Levant Jan. 15, 1900; acting Vice-Consul at Alexandria 1903; Vice-Consul at Mosul 1908, and at Philippopolis from 1912; m. Margaret, daughter of F. A. Anson, of Piraki, New Zealand; d. Feb. 20, 1914.

Young, Geoffrey Ernest, 1909-1994

  • GB-2014-WSA-18829
  • Person
  • 1909-1994

Young, Geoffrey Ernest, son of Sidney Michael Young of St John's Wood and Hilda Hardcastle, d. of James Buchanan; b. 11 May 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (H); left July 1926; St Cath. Coll. Camb., matnc. 1926, BA 1929, Dip. Forestry 1930, MA 1934; a chartered quantity surveyor, ARICS 1939; Young & Brown, High Holborn, 1930-61; FRICS 1962; surveyor to the Barbers' ComĀ­ pany 1936-62, Master of the Company 1956; m. 15 Nov. 1949 Olive Mary, d. of Bertram Nethercot, building contractor, of Worthing, Sussex; d. 4 Oct. 1994.

Young, Ernest Herbert Hanson, 1910-1964

  • GB-2014-WSA-18822
  • Person
  • 1910-1964

Young, Ernest Herbert Hanson, son of Herbert Henry Young of Streatham and Emily, d. of George Edward Steggall of Mile End; b. 15 May 1910; adm. May 1924 (H); left Jan. 1928; LPTB 1932-41; prod. officer Min. of Supply 1941-5; a missionary in Bechuanaland 1947-51; Africa Inland Mission Kenya 1951; ordained Apr. 1953; m. 1st 12 Dec. 1946 Constance Jennie, d. of Christopher Foster of Epsom, Surrey; 2nd 2 Apr. 1955 Margaret Renwick Hamilton, d. of James Hamilton Halliday of Toronto; d. 30 Sept. 1964.

Wylie, William Percy, 1898-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-18726
  • Person
  • 1898-?

Wylie, William Percy, son of the Rev. William Samuel Wylie, Presbyterian minister, of Ealing, by Elizabeth, daughter of James Goodman, of Clapham Park, London; b. April 18, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (H); left July 1915; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. Tank Corps Nov. 3, 1917; Peterhouse Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1925; ordained deacon 1929, priest 1930 (Chelmsford); Curate of Hornchurch, Essex, 1929-32; of Uckfield, Sussex, 1932-4; of St. Augustine, Bexhill, 1934-5; Curate-in-charge of St. Richard, Haywards Heath, 1935-9, and Vicar 1939-45; Vicar of St. Patrick, Hove, 1945-8; Lecturer for Committee for Moral Education, Dioceses of Gloucester, Worcester and Coventry from 1949; m. April 12, 1932, Ruth, daughter of Chesman Barker, M.B., of West Worthing, Sussex.

Wylde, Henry Shuttleworth, 1868-1923

  • GB-2014-WSA-18722
  • Person
  • 1868-1923

Wylde, Henry Shuttleworth, son of Henry Wylde, Mus. Doc., of South Kensington; b. Aug. 23, 1868; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (H); left Dec. 1885; emigrated to New Zealand; d. 1923.

Wyatt, Philip Humphrey, 1890-1946

  • GB-2014-WSA-18703
  • Person
  • 1890-1946

Wyatt, Philip Humphrey, son of Thomas Henry Wyatt, M.V.O., of Weston Patrick, Hants, by Julia Lucy Mervyn, daughter of the Rev. Thomas William Wrench, Rector of St. Michael's, Cornhill, London; b. Sept. 19, 1890; adm. April 26, 1901 (H); left Easter 1908; an architect; Assoc. M.R.I.B.A.; served in Egypt and Salonika in Great War I; acting Major A.S.C. Nov. 10, 1917; mentioned in despatches; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; m. March 31, 1915, Margaret Ann, daughter of William Salisbury-Sharpe, of Wimpole Street, London; d. Dec. 19, 1946.

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