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              GB-2014-WSA-18007 · Person · 1920-1944

              Whiskard, Richard Geoffrey, son of Sir Geoffrey Granville Whiskard KCB KCMG, UK High Commissioner to the Commonweath of Australia, and his first wife Cynthia Salome Caroline, d. of Edmund Whitelock Reeves; b. 31 Mar. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (H), KS May 1935; left July 1938; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938; Welsh Guards 1940-4 (Lieut.); killed in action (Normandy) 2 Aug. 1944.

              Richard Geoffrey Whiskard was born at Kensington, London on the 21st of March 1920 the elder son of Sir Geoffrey Granville Whiskard KCB, KCMG, MA, High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of Australia, and Lady Cynthia Salome Caroline (nee Reeves) Whiskard of 156, Sloane Street in London and of 13, Mill Street, Mildenhall in Suffolk. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1933 to July 1938 and was a King’s Scholar from May 1935. From the beginning of his time at Westminster he took an intense interest in the School and in the Abbey and was already a considerable authority on their history and antiquities. He matriculated for University College, Oxford in 1938 but left before graduating for military service.
              He attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards on the 2nd of November 1940. He was posted to the 2nd (Armoured Reconnaissance) Battalion of his Regiment on the 8th of September 1943.
              The 2nd (Armoured Reconnaissance) Battalion, Welsh Guards landed in Normandy in late June 1944 and fought in a number of engagements during the following few weeks.
              On the evening of the 1st of August 1944, the 2nd (Armoured Reconnaissance) Battalion, Welsh Guards moved to a position just to the north of the village of St Martin des Besaces. At first light the following morning Nos. 1 and 3 Squadrons moved through the village to La Tourneur and then to Catheolles where the two Squadrons split with No. 3 Squadron by-passing Courteil and Montchamp before reaching the village of La Marvindiere. No. 1 Squadron, which had been unable to leave the roads, lost two tanks early in the advance. In the evening all three of the reconnaissance Squadrons moved into the area of La Marvindiere where they were under heavy shelling, mortar and sniper fire throughout the night. They held these positions until the 5th of August when they were withdrawn at 5am. They had suffered casualties during this period of three officer and even other ranks killed with twenty other ranks wounded. Richard Whiskard was among the dead.
              His commanding officer described his death as: - “One of our major losses.”
              His father wrote the following after the death of his son: -
              “My son was killed, early in August in Normandy. A fellow officer sent me a sketch map of the spot where he was buried. I sent this to a niece of mine, who is a nursing sister with the British Army, and two months after his death, she was able to visit the place. She found that at the foot of the grave where he and the driver of his tank, who was killed by the same shell, were buried, a flowering shrub had been planted and was in full blossom. At the head of the grave, under each of the two crosses, was a vase of fresh flowers. This had been done by the French family who lived nearby. When they saw my niece, they came to the grave and brought her back with them to the farm house and gave her tea. They told her that they would always, as long as they themselves were there, tend the grave. I feel that this may, perhaps give comfort to some of your readers. Other French people, no doubt, have done, and will do, the same.”
              He is commemorated on the war memorial at Mildenhall and on the memorial at University College, Oxford.
              He is buried at St Charles de Percy War Cemetery Plot I, Row G, Grave 14.

              GB-2014-WSA-18009 · Person · 1839-1881

              WHITAKER, EDWARD WRIGHT, brother of John Ayton Whitaker (qv); b. 1 Jul 1839; adm. 10 Jun 1852 (G); QS 1854; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1858, matr. 27 May 1858, Westminster Student (one of the last three Westminster Students elected under the old system); BA 1863; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1866 (both Oxford); Curate, Croft, Yorks., 1865, Stanton-by-Bridge with Swarkeston, Derbs., 1866-8; Rector of Stanton-by-Bridge with Swarkeston, Derbs., from 1868; m. Cecilia E. ---; d. 22 Apr 1881.

              GB-2014-WSA-18011 · Person · 1870-1959

              Whitaker, Harold Thomas, second son of John and Harriette Whitaker, of Hampstead, by the daughter of Donald Nicoll, M.P., of Kilburn; b. April 19, 1870; adm. as Q.S. June 12, 1884; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon., July 1889, matric. Oct. 11, 1889; B.A. 1895; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn Nov. 17, 1896; entered Barclay's Bank as a local director at Oxford 1927; director in Paris 1923-34; m. Dec. 1902 Mary Adelina, daughter of George Baird, of St. Petersburg; d. June 5, 1959.

              White, Blaze, ca. 1630-1699
              GB-2014-WSA-18019 · Person · ca. 1630-1699

              WHITE, BLAZE, “cler. fil. ” (i. e. son of a Church of England clergyman); b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1648, matr. 13 Mar 1650/1, Westminster Student; BA 26 Feb 1651/2; MA 1654; ordained; Rector of St. George’s, Canterbury, Kent 7 May 1661-6; Minor Canon of Canterbury (by 1662); Rector of Stonar, Isle of Thanet, from 15 Aug 1663; a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal 14 Mar 1663/4 – 10 Jul 1675 (still priest there 1691); Vicar Choral, Lichfield Cathedral; m. 1st, 6 May 1662 Susanna Wright, widow; m. 2nd, 27 Jun 1665 Anne, dau. of William Burges, Westminster; d. 24 Feb 1699, aged 69.

              GB-2014-WSA-18023 · Person · 1910-1970

              White, Ernest Frederick Anselm Farren, son of William Ernest Crabtree White LLD, solicitor, of Ealing, and Alice, d. of Frederick D'Olbert Bullock, Judge of the High Court Lahore; b. 24 Dec. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (KS); left July 1929; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1933; has assumed the additional Christian name of Anselm; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1937; 2nd Lieut. Rov. Signals (TA) July 1937, transf. Tower Hamlets Rifles July 1938 (Lieut.), reverted Roy. Signals Feb. 1942; d. 1970.

              White, Francis, 1803-1876
              GB-2014-WSA-18026 · Person · 1803-1876

              WHITE, FRANCIS, son of William Archibald Armstrong White (qv); b. 5 May 1803; adm. 17 Sep 1812; KS 1816; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1820, adm. pens. 18 May 1820, scholar 1821; BA 1824; MA 1827; Norrisian Prize 1826; ordained priest (Peterborough) 10 Jun 1827; Curate, Broughton, Northants 1836; d. 13 May 1876.

              GB-2014-WSA-18027 · Person · 1814-1867

              WHITE, GEORGE TOWRY, son of William Archibald Armstrong White (qv); b. 14 Mar 1814; adm. 16 Jan 1824; KS 1827; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1831, adm. pens. 26 May 1831, scholar 1832; 18th Wrangler 1835; BA 1835; MA 1838; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Feb 1835, called to bar 19 Nov 1838; m. 14 Aug 1848 Euphemia Anne, only dau. of Maj. Robert Williams Shirriff, Assistant Commissary-Gen., EICS Madras; d. 14 Dec 1867.

              White, Gilbert, 1650-1727
              GB-2014-WSA-18028 · Person · 1650-1727

              WHITE, GILBERT, third son of Sir Sampson White, Kt, draper, Mayor of Oxford, and Mary, dau. of Richard Soper, East Oakley, Hampshire; b. 15 Feb 1650; adm.; KS 1666; St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, matr. 10 Jul 1668; migrated to Magdalen Coll., demy 1668-72; BA 1672; MA 6 Feb 1674/5; Fellow, Magdalen Coll. 1672-81; ordained priest (Oxford) 26 May 1678; Rector of Brandeston, Norfolk 14 Jun 1680; Rector of Selborne, Hampshire, from 14 Mar 1680/1; m. Rebecca Luckin, Nore Hill, Newton Valence, Hampshire; d. 13 Feb 1727/8.

              White, John, 1682-?
              GB-2014-WSA-18032 · Person · 1682-?

              WHITE, JOHN, brother of Samuel White (qv); bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 16 Nov 1682; adm.; KS 1696; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1700, matr. 25 Jun 1700, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1700 – void 1721, Tutor 1705-21, Senior Censor 1712-9; BA 1704; admonished by Christ Church authorities for assault 10 Jan 1707; MA 1707; Proctor 1716; a friend of the Oxford antiquary Thomas Hearne, who mentions the excellence of his sermons; adm. Inner Temple 28 Nov 1700; ordained deacon 23 May 1708, priest 20 Dec 1713 (both Oxford); Rector of Upham, Hampshire 1720 (still 1736).

              White, John, ca. 1711-1778
              GB-2014-WSA-18033 · Person · ca. 1711-1778

              WHITE, JOHN, son of Timothy White, Conway, Caernarvonshire; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1723; Min. Can. 1726; KS 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1731, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1731, scholar 12 May 1732, matr. 1732; BA 1733/4; MA 1738; BD 1751; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1737, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1738; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 20 Sep 1735; Vicar of Chesterton, Cambs., 1752-7; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk, from 1756; Rector of South Runcton, Norfolk, from 1764; d. 1778. [will Rev. John White, Holme, Norfolk, proved PCC 3 Feb 1778]