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Wadsworth, G.M.B.
to
Williams, T.H.

Willis, J.C.T.
to
Wynn, R.

 

G.M.B. Wadsworth  to  R. Wynn
Wadsworth,
Guthrie Morgan Brian

G.M.B. Wadsworth
(01?).1900
Bromley, Greater
London, Kent

-
16.01.1942
drowned at sea
[age 42]
[Freetown (King
Tom) Cemetery,
6.E.6]
Lt.
28.09.1939 [106133]
WS/Capt.
28.09.1940
Education: Silcoates School, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield (1914-1917); studied medicine (MB)
28.09.1939


commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
Waghorn,
John Edward
J.E. Waghorn
09.06.1917
London
-
03.1999
Redhill, Surrey
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
14.05.1942 [233754]
WS/Lt.
14.11.1942
14.05.1942


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



served in India at some point
Wagstaff,
Joseph John
J.J. Wagstaff

Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Wagstaff.
Husband of Doreen L. Wagstaff, of Chew Stoke, Somerset; one daughter.

biography at Clifton Rugby Football Club website
1919 ?
-
12.04.1943
(DOW) [age 24]
[La Reunion War Cemetery, Algeria, 4.G.2]
2nd Lt.
05.05.1937 [71665]
WS/Lt.
05.05.1940
T/Capt.
16.09.1940-(04.1941)
T/Maj.
?
Education: Bristol Grammar School
Worked for Messrs Hudson-Smith and Briggs, accountants.



late Cadet Serjeant, Bristol Grammar School Contingent, Junior Division, Offier Training Corps

05.05.1937


commissioned, 66th (South Midland) Field Brigade Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
(01.1939)


76th Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (Bristol)
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
?
-
12.04.1943
349th Battery, 76th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA (died of wounds)
Wagstaff,
Mrs Marjorie Frances
M.F. Wagstaff
Daughter of late Charles Fry, Bedford.
Married 1st Lt.Cdr. Jeffrey Kerr
Laughton, RN (died 1925); one son deceased.
Married 2nd Maj.Gen. Cyril Mosley
Wagstaff, CB, CMG, CIE, DSO (1878-1934).
Married 3rd (1950) Maj.Gen. John Talbot Wentworth
Reeve, CB, CBE, DSO (1891-1983).
(03?).1900
district Bedford, Bedfordshire
-
1998
Surrey
C.Asst.
07.10.1938 [192092]
local C.Comd.
?
C.Comd.
15.09.1939, renamed:
2/Sub.
30.05.1941
T/Sen.Comdt.
16.03.1940-(04.1941)
T/Contr.
12.05.1942-(04.1946)
WS/C.Comd 12.11.1942
Hon. Contr.
?
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
01.01.1944
New Year 44
Territorial Decoration TD
13.07.1951
? (got initially the Efficiency Medal (Territorial), 20.01.1947, which was cancelled when this decoration was awarded)
1938


joined Auxiliary Territorial Service (County of London)



served with BEF, and in Middle East and BAOR
12.05.1942
-
(04.1944)
Deputy Director of ATS, Northern Command (UK)
Was i/c Public Welfare Section of Control Commission for Germany (BE); Principal in Board of Trade (Overseas) till 1950; Swedish Red Cross Medal in Silver, 1950; County Director, BRCS, 1953-1957; Dep. Pres. Suffolk BRCS, 1957, Hon. Vice-Pres., 1977. Badge of Honour (2nd Class) BRCS, 1970. JP (W Suffolk), 1954.
Wagstaff,
Oliver Philip
O.P. Wagstaff
23.09.1908
district Berkhamsted
-
died before 1985
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
30.08.1928 [40413]
Lt.
30.08.1931
Capt.
01.08.1938
A/Maj.
22.07.1940-21.10.1940
T/Maj.
22.10.1940-30.03.1942,
29.06.1942-16.02.1943
WS/Maj.
17.02.1943
Maj.
30.08.1945
A/Lt.Col.
17.11.1942-16.02.1943
T/Lt.Col.
17.02.1943-04.03.1944,
09.01.1947-03.08.1947,
26.10.1950-09.11.1950
local Lt.Col.
28.05.1949-15.08.1949,
01.07.1950-14.08.1950
Lt.Col.
10.11.1950 (supernumerary 10.11.1953) (retd 13.06.1957)

NW Frontier of India 1930-31 & 1936-37 Medals & Clasps

Education: Royal Military Academy; Staff College, Camberley (psc)
30.08.1928


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)
-
(06.1933)
25th Field Brigade, RA (Nowshera, India)
(01.1937)


22nd Mountain Brigade, RA (Razmak, India)
(01.1939)


21st Mountain Regiment, RA (Peshawar, India)
1939
-
1945
war service:
(03.1941)


CO 7/66 Battery, 4th Field Regiment RA (5th Indian Division) (Keren, Eritrea)
04.08.1947
-
31.10.1947
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Operations), HQ Malaya Command
01.11.1947
-
31.12.1947
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Operations), HQ Malaya District
01.20.1948
-
19.11.1948
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Central Malaya Sub-District
13.06.1957
-
29.02.1964
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Walford-White,
William
see: White,
William Walford
 
Walker,
Gerald Majella
G.M. Walker
15.10.1920
-
1985 still alive
Cadet
? [7948151]
2nd Lt.
02.04.1944 [315335]
WS/Lt.
04.08.1944 (Unemployed List 12.01.1947-31.12.1950)
A/Capt.
28.12.1945-27.03.1946
T/Capt.
28.03.1946-11.01.1947
...
...
Lt.Col.
25.05.1956 (retd 04.10.1971)
Education: BA



served in the ranks for 2 years, 56 days
02.04.1944


commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 31.12.1950]



Reconnaissance Corps, RAC
(05.1944)
 
 
Wireless Telegraphy School, Middle East Training Centre
01.01.1951
-
27.01.1953
short service commission
28.01.1953
-
04.10.1971
permanent commission, Royal Army Educational Corps
Walker,
Graeme Murray
G.M. Walker
G.M. Walker
G.M. Walker
G.M. Walker
10.10.1923
Hall Green, Birmingham
-
Cadet
? [14406224]
2nd Lt.
16.04.1944 [315277]
WS/Lt.
16.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
16.04.1944


commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1944?)
-
(1945?)
Royal Scots Greys
Motorsport commentator.
Walker,
Jack Thomas
"Johnnie"
J.T. Walker
Married Jean (nëe ...); one son.
18.09.1920
-
02.1990
Crawley, West Sussex
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
30.08.1941 [203372]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
A/Capt.
16.03.1944-15.06.1944
T/Capt.
16.06.1944-17.09.1947
Lt.
28.04.1945, seniority 18.03.1945
Capt.
18.09.1947
Maj.
18.09.1954 (retd 03.12.1960)
Lt.Col. TA
31.12.1964



served in the ranks for 1 year, 363 days
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
30.08.1941


commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission to 27.04.1945]
28.04.1945


permanent commission
12.1960?
-
01.04.1967
Territorial Army
Walker,
James Douglas
J.D. Walker (Photo courtesy of Mrs Heather Taylor) J.D. Walker (Photo courtesy of Mrs Heather Taylor)
J.D. Walker (Photo courtesy of Mrs Heather Taylor)
Originating from Inverness.
21.03.1923
-
10.2004
West Surrey
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
19.09.1943 [293553]
WS/Lt.
19.03.1944
A/Capt.
13.07.1946-12.10.1946
T/Capt.
13.10.1946-20.03.1950
Lt.
08.11.1947, seniority 21.09.1945
Capt.
21.03.1950
T/Maj.
28.01.1957-20.03.1957
Maj.
21.03.1957
T/Lt.Col.
22.02.1965-28.06.1965
Lt.Col.
29.06.1965
Col.
30.06.1969
Brig.
31.12.1971, seniority 30.06.1971 (retd 18.04.1974)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
late 1960s
?
Polar Medal PM
?
?
Education: Staff College, Camberley (psc)
1942
-
19.09.1943
served in the ranks for 353 days
19.09.1943


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 07.11.1947]
08.11.1947


permanent commission
18.05.1948
-
20.10.1948
Technical Staff Officer, 3rd grade (TSO3), War Office
18.12.1950
-
03.03.1952
Staff Officer, 3rd grade (SO3), HQ Southern Command
11.10.1954
-
10.10.1955
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), 12 SME
21.04.1959
-
13.06.1961
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Northern Army Group
31.10.1963
-
27.01.1965
Brigade Major, Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME)
1972
-
1974
Commander, Engineer Support Group
 
Wallace,
William John Colin
W.J.C. Wallace (Photo courtsey of Mr Ian Wallace) (Photo courtsey of Mr Ian Wallace)
Son of Robert Newlands Wallace and Elizabeth Agnes Gamble, of Grey Timbers, Bovy Tracey, Devon.
Married Amy Victoria Runo (14.01.1916-05.03.1991), of Massachusetts, USA; one son, two daughters.
24.11.1911
Ravenglass
-
22.08.1968
United Kingdom
(died of a stomach tumour)
[ashes spread in the rose garden of the Torquay Cemetery]

Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
19.12.1942 [256512]
WS/Lt.
19.06.1943 (reld 23.03.1946)
T/Capt.
29.11.1944
Hon. Capt.
23.03.1946
Education: Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
1940
-
1946
served World War II:
1940?


enlisted
19.12.1942


commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]



57th Training Regiment, RAC ?
Emigrated to the United States in 1946, settling as a real estate developer in Seattle.
Waller,
Anthony Durrant
A.D. Waller
Son of Col. Noel Huxley Waller, MC, TD,  and Helen Ethel Waller.
Husband of Florence Mabel Waller of Clifton, Bristol.
(03?).1906
Hampstead, Greater London
-
29.05.1940
(KIA) [age 34]
[Ledringhem Churchyard, France, D.1]
2nd Lt.
20.05.1925 [32421]
Lt.
20.05.1927
Capt.
01.07.1931
Maj. *
?

* Acting or Temporary ?

Education: Cambridge University



Officer Cadet, Cambridge University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
20.05.1925


commissioned, 5th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment - Territorial Army (Gloucester)
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
24.08.1939
-
29.05.1940
Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 5th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (UK & France)
Wallington,
Frank Hume
F.H. Wallington
15.04.1915
-
05.1998
Redbridge, Essex
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
15.10.1939 [101388]
WS/Lt.
15.04.1941
T/Capt.
31.08.1942-15.04.1944
WS/Capt.
16.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Maj.
1944?
Italy Star It St
?
?
Afr St
?
?
39|45 St
?
?
15.10.1939


commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission]
Walmsley,
Derek John
D.J. Walmsley
Son of Dorothy F. Walmsley, and stepson of Mr. F.W.B. Abrams.
1924 ?
-
13.02.1945
(KIA) [age 21]
[Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma, 27.G.13]
Cadet
? [6923703]
2nd Lt.
28.04.1944 [315740]
Lt.
?
28.04.1944


commissioned, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [emergency commission]
?
-
13.02.1945
attached, 10th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
Walter,
Richard John
R.J. Walter
?
-
2nd Lt.
29.07.1944 [326142]
WS/Lt.
29.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Capt. TA
01.09.1949
29.07.1944


commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission]
01.09.1949
-
19.06.1950
served Territorial Army - Royal Artillery
19.06.1950
-
?
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Walters,
Cyril
C. Walters
Son of William and Annie Mary Walters.
Husband of Beryl Maud Walters, of Rugby, Warwickshire.
1916 ?
-
31.10.1944
(KIA) [age 28]
[Geel War Cemetery, Belgium, IV.D.18]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
02.07.1943 [284542]
WS/Lt.
02.01.1944
02.07.1943


commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission]



6th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment
?
-
31.10.1944
attached, 2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (NW Europe)
Ward,
Charles Herbert John

C.H.J. Ward
(12?).1907
Lambeth, Greater London
-
2nd Lt.
19.06.1929
Lt.
19.12.1931
Capt.
01.03.1935
Maj.
01.05.1937 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col.
03.12.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.
< 04.1946
Territorial Decoration TD
?
?



late Officer Cadet, Cambridge University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
19.06.1929


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
?
-
(03.1931)
420th (Bedfordshire) Battery, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Luton)
(06.1933)
-
(01.1939)
Officer Commanding, 417th (Bedfordshire) Battery, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Bedford)
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
(1939)
-
(1940)
Officer Commanding, "D" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
Ward,
Dennis
D. Ward
01.02.1924
Rotherham, Yorkshire
-
05.04.2008
Cadet
? [6108180]
2nd Lt.
11.11.1944 [334633]
WS/Lt.
11.05.1945
11.11.1944


commissioned, York and Lancaster Regiment [emergency commission]
12.12.1945


transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
Linguist and artist.
Ward,
Harold Matthias Arthur
H.M.A. Ward
(06?).1884
district Tendring, Essex
-
2nd Lt.
? [22750]
T/Maj.
15.07.1916
Maj.
12.05.1917 [dated 15.07.1916], seniority 01.06.1916
Bt. Lt.Col.
09.01.1926
Lt.Col.
01.10.1932 (reld 09.04.1949)
Bt. Col.
01.10.1936
Distinguished Service Order DSO
>17, <21
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
>32, <37
?
Territorial Decoration TD
<21
?
(01.1937)


Suffolk Heavy Brigade RA (Territorial Army)



Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939


mobilized



?
?
-
09.04.1949
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Co-opted member Suffolk Territorial Army Association (1944)
Ward-Jackson,
Peter Wilson
P.W. Ward-Jackson
?
-
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
25.02.1940 [121380]
WS/Lt.
25.08.1941
T/Capt.
22.03.1942-(04.1944),
04.01.1944-(04.1946)  (reld 1946?)
Mention in Despatches MID
15.12.1942
Middle East 41/42



served in the ranks in the Suffolk Regiment
?
-
25.02.1940
Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
25.02.1940


commissioned, The Worcestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
1941/42


served with the 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment (Middle East)
Warden,
Geoffrey Percival

G.P. Warden

28.03.1906
Tamworth
-
03.2000
Lichfield, Staffordshire
2nd Lt.
04.02.1926 [34942]
Lt.
04.20.1929
local Capt.
27.06.1930-30.04.1935
Capt.
30.07.1936
local Maj.
01.05.1935-26.06.1936
A/Maj.
01.02.1941-30.04.1941
T/Maj.
01.05.1941-10.02.1942,
04.07.1942-03.02.1943
Maj.
04.02.1943
Lt.Col.
01.01.1951 (Emp. List (1)) (supernumerary 01.01.1954) (retd 06.05.1956; age limit)

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

04.02.1926


commissioned, The Loyal Regiment
27.06.1930
-
26.06.1936
employed with the Trans-Jordan Field Force
25.09.1936


transferred, 3rd Dragoon Guards
01.08.1937
-
31.01.1941
Adjutant, ...
(02.1949)


Second-in-Command, 3rd Dragoon Guards
06.05.1956
-
07.02.1962
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Wardlaw,
John Irvine Hugh

J.I.H. Wardlaw
Son of John Brown Wardlaw and Selina Wilson Wardlaw, of Westminster, London.
1919 ?
-
09.08.1944
(KIA) [age 25]
[Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France, V.E.11]
2nd Lt.
03.08.1940 [140963]
WS/Lt.
03.02.1942
T/Capt.
11.12.1943-09.08.1944
03.08.1940


commissioned, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(06.1944)


Squadron Officer, "C" Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
Warner,
Charles Whitlow
"Carl"

C.W. Warner
From Birkenhead.

10.04.1910
Liverpool, Lancashire
-
01.09.2002
Liverpool, Lancashire
Lt.
19.07.1940 [139125]
WS/Capt.
19.07.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
27.10.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.
< 04.1946
Military Cross MC
14.10.1943
Middle East
Education: MB
19.07.1940


commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
10.1942
-
02.1943
Officer Commanding, forward dressing station of the 15th Light Field Ambulance (North Africa)
?
-
29.12.1943
Medcial Officer & Instructor, Middle East Training Centre
General practitioner, Woolton, Liverpool, 1936-1984.
Watkin,
Robert Owen
R.O. Watkin (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian Watkin)
R.O. Watkin (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian Watkin)
Married (10.1939); one daughter, one son.
30.03.1910
Llanfyllin district, Denbighshire / Montgomeryshire / Powys
-
12.06.1986
Pembrokeshire
2nd Lt.
02.09.1939 [96868]
WS/Lt.
02.03.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
23.01.1942-(04.1944)
A/Maj. ?
1945 ?
Hon. Capt.
< 04.1946



joined Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
02.09.1939


commissioned, Royal Welch Fusiliers



probably mainly involved in training at various locations in the UK
spring 1943
-
(05.1945?)
served in India
?
-
30.04.1960
Territoral Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Watkins,
Bernard Kelly
B.K. Watkins
(12?.)1906
St. Austell, Cornwall
-
07.1964 still alive
2nd Lt.
? [34451]
Lt.
15.02.1929 (reld 08.10.1930)
Lt.
13.08.1939
T/Capt.
28.05.1940
WS/Capt.
07.04.1941
T/Maj.
07.04.1941 (demobilized < 04.1946)
Capt.
01.01.1949 (reld 21.02.1962)
Hon. Maj.
< 04.1946 & 21.02.1962



late Cadet, King's College (Taunton) Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

15.02.1926


commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
15.02.1926
-
08.10.1930
51st (Cornwall & Warwick) Medium Brigade, RA (Territorial Army)
13.08.1939
-
13.08.1942
Royal Artillery [temporary short service commission]
13.08.1942
-
21.02.1962
Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Regimental List (Royal Artillery) [age limit]
Watkins,
Sidney Maurice Kynoch
S.M.K. Watkins
1915 ?
-
03.2008 still alive in Scotland at age 93
Lt.