West, Alun David Herbert, son of Charles Frederick Marling West LDS, dental surgeon, and Elizabeth Margaret, d. of David Davies of Lampeter, Cards.; b. 22 Oct. 1917; adm. Sept. 1931 (A); left Dec. 1934; Univ. of Wales, BSc (1st class hons Agriculture); an agricultural chemist Kingsley Sch. Vancouver BC; d. July 1954.

West, Michael Walter, brother of Alun David Herbert West (qv); b. 29 May 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (B), (A) Sept. 1934; left July 1937; St Mary's Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB 1942; Surgn Lieut. RNVR Jan. 1944; d. Jan. 1947.

West-Taylor, Launcelot Robert Herbert, son of Herbert Edward West-Taylor, of Kilburn, by Clare, daughter of George Belcher; b. Nov. 29, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1915.

Whelpton, Henry David, son of Frederick David Whelpton, schoolmaster, of Melbourne, Australia, and Doris Marion Louise, d. of Edmund William Carter of Australia; b. 2 July 1922; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1939; Lieut. (A) RNVR in WW2; Downing Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1953; a chartered sec.; asst. sec. Chartered Inst. of Bankers 1959, dep. sec. 1964-82; m. 1955 Kathleen Bertha, d. of Bernard Shirley, industrial designer, of Leamington, Warks; d. Oct. 1990.

Whipp, Peter Gordon, son of Jacob Charles Whipp, architect, of Ealing, and Eda Muriel Elizabeth, d. of John Richard West of Shepherds Bush; b. 3 July 1921; adm. Jan. 1936 (A); left July 1938; RAF 1941-6; a life assurance official, retd July 1981; m. 14 June 1950 Patricia Mary, d. of Thomas Francis Burton-Hall, mechanical engineer; d. 7 Nov. 2006

Whippey, Frederic Arthur, son of Arthur William Whippey, of Clevedon, Somerset, by Clara Susannah, daughter of Frederic Gabb, of Bristol; b. May 21, 1893; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left July 1910; a civil servant since Feb. 1913; served in Great War I; Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; D.F.C. Dec. 22, 1919; m. June 29, 1922, Fanny Hilda Daisy, daughter of George Parker, of Godalming, Surrey.

White, Alfred; b. Jan. 18, 1883; adm. Jan. 21, 1897 (A); left July 1897; served in Great War I; Capt. 4th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Nov. 30, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. Oct. 12, 1916.

White, Francis Sheldon, son of Charles Francis White CBE MD DPH, Chief MO to the PLA, and Edith Celia, d. of Richard James Reynolds of Heaton Mersey, Lancs; b. 4 June 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (A); left July 1936; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1936; joined Air Ministry 1940, p. a. to the librarian 1953-8; d. Jan. 1998.

White, Rupert Oswald, son of William Henry White, accountant, of Putney, and Millicent Gertrude, d. of George William Smith of Balham; b. 11 June 1900; adm. Sept. 1914 (A); left July 1917; Flight Cadet RFC 1917; a chartered accountant, ACA 1924, FCA 1931; practised in Lon­don; m. 5 Nov. 1931 Belinda Beatrice, d. of Horace Baker of Woodford Green, Essex; d. 28 Aug. 1990.

Whitelegge, Adrian Bruce, son of Christopher Horsley Whitelegge, solicitor to GWR, and Geraldine, d. of William Wallace Bruce of Kensington; b. 30 Nov. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1941; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA MA 1949; RAF 1943-6; adm. solicitor Nov. 1950, practised in London; McKenna and Co. 1948-85; retd.; m. 19 Oct. 1963 Day McAusland, singer, d. of Stuart Douglas McAusland; d. 18 Dec. 2011.