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Waddington, Gilbert Fettes Son of Albert Waddington (1869-1937), and Louisa Montier Strange (1872-1952). Married ((03?).1938, Uxbridge district, Middlesex) Eileen Effie Warren ((03?).1913 - ), daughter of ... Warren, and ... Kimber; two daughters, three sons.	28.06.1910 Windsor, Berkshire - 05.01.1974 Liddington, Wiltshire	Ldg.Acm. ? [1376535] P/O (prob) 10.09.1941 [106072] (WS) F/O 10.09.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 10.09.1943 04.02.1947, seniority 20.12.1943 (reld 28.06.1955; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)	10.09.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Wagland, James Leslie William "Waggy" Married (04.1945) Molly Cleevely (died 1999); one son, one daughter.	04.11.1913 West Ham, Essex / Greater London - 02.04.2005 Bromley district, Kent	P/O (prob) 16.06.1940 [81937] P/O 16.06.1941 (WS) F/O 16.06.1941 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 16.06.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? DFC 22.08.1941 ? DFC 19.10.1943 * MID 24.09.1941 ? MID 01.01.1946 ? VK 09.10.1945 ? [date of Dutch Royal Decree: 03.07.1945] * This officer has undertaken a large number of sorties and his navigational ability throughout has been outstanding. On 2 occasions in September, Squadron Leader Wagland participated in sorties which demanded skill and determination of a high order. In addition to his good work in the air, Squadron Leader Wagland has rendered excellent service in the training of other members of aircraft crew.	summer 1939 volunteered for the RAFVR 16.06.1940 first commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch (Air Observers) 08.1940 - 1942? 78 Squadron RAF (Ditchford, Yorks.) 1942? - 11.1942 HQ RAF Bomber Command 11.1942 - 1945 navigation staff (soon to be: senior navigator) at RAF Tempsford, the home of the special duties squadrons flying clandestine operations for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) into Occupied Europe ? - 04.11.1958 Emergency List - RAFVR
Walker, Arnold Edgar "Blondie"	04.04.1917 Warley Edge, Halifax, West Yorkshire - 09.11.2008 Perth, Western Australia	Sgt. ? [1381205] P/O (prob) 01.12.1941 [115919] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 01.12.1943 (reld 1946) DFC 08.08.1944 * DFC 14.11.1944 ? * This officer has achieved much success in attacks on shipping, railway communications and mechanical transport. He has displayed the greatest determination throughout and his example in the face of the enemy has been most inspiring. One night in June, 1944, he attacked a small convoy and caused the destruction of a lighter. The following night, Flight Lieutenant Walker participated in a most successful attack on a small convoy consisting of 10 small craft, all of which were attacked with destructive effect. His keenness and devotion to duty have been outstanding.	Education: Heath Grammar School, but left early to join his father's building firm. 01.12.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 08.1942     94 Squadron RAF (1944)     6 Squadron RAF (DFC and Bar)
Walker, George William James Son of ... Walker, and ... Collins.	08.07.1914 Warwick district, Warwickshire - 02.1993 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire	Sgt. ? [852023] P/O (prob) 01.05.1945 [197282] P/O 04.11.1945 (WS) F/O 04.11.1945 F/O RAF 29.01.1948, seniority 04.05.1947 F/Lt. RAF 19.06.1952 Sq.Ldr. RAF (Supplementary List) 01.01.1963 (retd 08.07.1969) MBE 31.12.1960 New Year 61	01.05.1945 first commission RAFVR (General Duties Branch) served as a pathfinder 1946 - 1948 at RAF Binbrook 29.01.1948 transferred, RAF (Secretarial Branch) [short service commission] 01.1949 - (09.1950) sent to Aden 10.06.1952     permanent commission RAF (Secretarial Branch)
Walker, John Richard "Jack" Husband of Margaret E. Walker, of Southgate, Middlesex.	1911 ? - 06.06.1942 (MPK) [age 31] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 72]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1314777] P/O (prob) 31.01.1942 [118969]	31.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 06.06.1942 D Flight, 20 Operational Training Unit RAF (Lossiemouth) [Vickers Wellington Mk 1C DV713 (ZT-W) took off from Lossiemouth for a navigation exercise. Whilst over the sea, the crew encountered a severe electrical storm and while trying to get beneath the cloud base, had the misfortune to fly straight into the sea some 8 miles ESE of Peterhead on the Aberdeenshire coast. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.]
Wallace, Derek Reeve Lindsay Son of ... Wallace, and ... Reeve. Married; ... children (one son?).	15.01.1914 Edmonton distriect, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 01.2002 Chichester district, Sussex	Ldg.Acm. ? [1250554] P/O (prob) 12.07.1941 [101581] (WS) F/O 12.07.1942 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 12.07.1943 (Emgcy List) (reld 15.01.1959; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) (A) Sq.Ldr. ? MBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45 DFC 27.07.1943 ?	12.07.1941 first commission RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     614 Squadron RAF Architect.
Walton, Charles Leslie Son of George Walton, and Rebecca Shaw. Married ...; two sons, one daughter.	(12?).1912 Hampstead, London - 1976 Vancouver, Canada	Sgt. ? [1337102] P/O (prob) 05.01.1942 [117659] (WS) F/O 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 05.01.1944 (reld 25.08.1947; retaining rank of F/Lt.) 39|45 St - - Afr St - - ItSt - - Atl St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	training in Canada (trained at Mount Hope, near Hamilton Ontario, and in Brandon, Manitoba) 05.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served as an Observer, later Navigator in Egypt, Italy, Iraq
Ward, Joseph William Son of Joseph Ward, and Helena Maude Findlay (?).	(09?).1912 ? Guisborough, North Riding of Yorkshire ? - died between 1961 and 1996	Sgt. ? [1381295] P/O (prob) 01.04.1942 [120024] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (A) F/Lt. (1944) (WS) F/Lt. 01.04.1944 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1945) F/Lt. 16.11.1950 13.08.1951, seniority 31.07.1951 (retd 31.03.1961; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) DFC 06.06.1944 ? AFC 07.09.1945 ?	Education: Guisborough County Modern School 01.04.1942 - 01.06.1949 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944)     102 Squadron RAF (1945)     1663 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF 01.06.1949 - 16.11.1950 short service commission, RAF (Education Branch) 16.11.1950 - 13.08.1951 permanent commission, RAF (Education Branch) 13.08.1951 - 31.03.1961 transferred, RAF (Aircraft Control Branch)
Ware, David Rutherford	13.09.1922 - 20.09.2010	F/Sgt. ? [1120297] P/O (prob) 05.11.1943 [169023] (WS) F/O 05.05.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 05.11.1945 ... ... Sq.Ldr. 01.10.1954 (retd 15.02.1964) MBE ? ? DFC 22.05.1945 ? AFC ? ?	05.11.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1945)     635 Squadron RAF (DFC)       permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch)
Wareing, Maurice Vincent "Vince" / "Vic" Youngest of three sons of Charles Arthur Wareing, and Jane Ellen Hodson. Married (14.10.1939) Joyce Elizabeth Robertson; one daughter Teresa (deceased).	18.07.1916 Erdington, Aston district, Warwickshire - 31.01.1944 Blue Stack Mountains, Donnegal, Ireland (KIA) [age 27] [buried at Erdington (Ss. Thomas and Edmund of Canterbury) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Warwickshire, row AC, grave 14]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1214671] P/O (prob) 10.07.1942 [129072] (WS) F/O (prob) 10.01.1943	Education: St Philips Grammar School. Garage owner, Erdington. 1941     pilot training, Michigan, USA 10.07.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 31.01.1944 pilot, 228 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) (flying Sunderlands) [had done 138 hours on Sunderlands, 282 on all types, 62 hours on Instruments and 420+ hours on Link Trainers] Wareing is listed as first pilot on DW110 when it crashed though reports say he was not in the cockpit at the time. They were on anti-submarine patrol and could not return to base at Pembroke Dock and were re-directed to Castle Archdale, Ireland; they slammed into the mountain side in poor weather. Memorial website is www.freewebs.com/dw110 Those killed were F/Lt Charles Armstrong DFC S/No 42383, F/Lt Maurice Gillingham 104369, Sgt Cyril Greenwood 1129218, F/Sgt Frederick Green RCAF R/184005, Sgt John Parsons 1315937, Sgt Frederick Copp 614970. Survivors were F/O Joseph Trull 128117 (later to die on 11 December 1944 in another Sunderland which exploded), W/O John Richardson 523921, Sgt C S Hobbs 1644857, Sgt James Gilchrist 1338328, F/Sgt A Gowans 105592. The deeds of the crew are mentioned in John Quinns "Down in the Free State" which gives and account of the incident when Armstrong got his DFC also the history of the crash is recorded in the book "The World War II aeroplane crash in the Blue Stack Mountains" by Liam Briody. The Blue Stack Ramblers take regular guided tours to the site of the crash and the memorial stone, there is still the wreckage of fuselage and engines all over the site.
Warming, Christian Stuart Son of Sophus and Fanny Heath Warming, of Reigate, Surrey.	1912 ? - 10.06.1944 North Sea (KIA) [age 32] [Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, 22.D.9]	Sgt. ? [1582915] P/O (prob) 25.05.1944 [179198]	25.04.1944 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 10.06.1944 navigator, 219 Squadron RAF (RAF Bradwell Bay) [crashed with his plane, a Mosquito NF.XVII [HK358] during a defensive patrol over the Channel]
Warner, Leslie George	? -	Cpl. ? [1259877] P/O (prob) 17.11.1944 [167330] (WS) F/O 17.05.1945	17.11.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Warner, Stanley Douglas Son of Stanley William Phelps Warner and Lucy Isabella Corson. Married ((09?).1935, Bilston district, Staffordshire) Winifred Wentworth Herbertson, of Tettenhall.	(09?).1911 Atcham district, Montgomeryshire / Shropshire - 25.10.1942 Newton Abbot district, Devon [age 31] [Tettenhall Regis (St Michael) Churchyard]	(A) P/O (prob) 31.01.1942 [117810] P/O (prob) 31.03.1942	31.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       151 Squadron RAF ? - 25.10.1942 No. 1 Depot RAF (Uxbridge) [the home in which he was convalescing was reportedly bombed]
Warren, Collyn Warwick Son of John Watkin Warren, a land agent & surveyor, and Irmgard Margherita Walburga Ziegler, of Wood Park, Northwood, Middlesex.	17.08.1922 Cologne, Germany - 31.07.1944 [age 23] [Oxford Crematorium, right hand column]	Acm. 22.07.1941 [1322569] Ldg.Acm. 31.12.1941 P/O (prob) 01.01.1943 [150005] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.07.1943	Worked for Lloyd's. 22.07.1941 - 31.12.1942  enlisted service, RAFVR 01.01.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 01.01.1943 - 15.11.1943  No. 1 British Flying Training School RAF (Terrell, Texas, USA) 16.11.1943 - 24.04.1944 7 Personnel Reception Centre RAF (54 Group RAF) (Harrogate, West Yorkshire) 25.04.1944 - 10.07.1944 20 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (23 Group RAF) (Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire) 11.07.1944 - 31.07.1944 12 Operational Training Unit RAF (92 Group RAF) (Edgehill) [taken off at 15.02 hrs from Edgehill for an initial dual training sortie in Wellington III [BK455]; at 15.18 hrs eyewitnesses saw the bomber stall at one hundred feet and upon hitting the ground, it rolled onto its back and began to burn fiercely]
Warren, Robert Douglas Son of George and Louise Warren, of Slough; husband of Aline Jeannette Warren, of Slough.	(12?).1920 Windsor district, Berkshire / Surrey - 15.05.1944 [age 23] [Slough (Stoke Road) Cemetery, Church of England plot, joint grave 2083]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1285527] P/O (prob) 23.08.1943 [147941] P/O 23.02.1944 (WS) F/O 23.02.1944	23.08.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 15.05.1944 pilot, 96 Squadron RAF
Warwick, James Brown "Jim"	10.10.1921 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 22] [Steenbergen en Kruisland Roman Catholic War Cemetery, the Netherlands]	Sgt. ? [1393272] P/O (prob) 04.08.1943 [156612] (WS) F/O 04.02.1944 (A) F/Lt. 05.02.1944 (A) Sq.Ldr. 25.08.1944 DFC 15.02.1944 ?	Education: Boys Model School. Joined the Civil Service and employed at the Air Ministry, 1938. 08.1941 enlisted RAF, then to Canada followed by Miama (Florida, USA) for navigator traning 04.08.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 29.04.1943 - 13.01.1944 49 Squadron RAF (Fiskerton) (two operational tours on Lancasters) 14.01.1944 - 04.02.1944 1465 Bombing and Gunnery Flight RAF 05.02.1944 - 24.08.1944 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit 25.08.1944 - ? Station Navigation Officer, 54 Base RAF (Coningsby) (screend off operational duties) 19.09.1944 - 19.09.1944 attached, 627 Squadron RAF [died in a crash coming back from a raid on Rheydt nr. Mönchengladbach acting as Master bomber flying a Mosquito KB267 [AZ-E] out of Woodhall Spa with W/Cdr. Guy P. Gibson]
Watkins, Charles Son (youngest of six, with one brother, four sisters) of Charles King Watkins, a vicar, and Margaret Underwood. Married 1st (divorced); one daughter. Married 2nd (1959); one daughter.	15.06.1908 Holbeach St John, Lincolnshire - 08.1997 Carmarthen district, Carmarthenshire	Sgt. ? [1869556] P/O (prob) 01.05.1944 [175989] P/O 01.11.1944 (WS) F/O 01.11.1944 (reld 23.12.1945; medical unfitness, retaining rank of F/O)	01.05.1944 first commission RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 06.07.1944 flight engineer, 149 Squadron RAF (Methwold) [taken off at 22.43 hrs from Methwold in a Stirling III [LJ477 OJ-M] on Operation Gondolier 16 (in support of SOE), setting course for France; on return, tried to land at Thorney Island airfield in Sussex, but crashed at 04.52 hrs while doing so; one crew member died, all others were injured; Watkins suffered burns of face and hands]  06.07.1944 - 28.07.1945 St Richards Hospital, Chichester, next day transferred to Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead 22.05.1945     transferred, Administrative and Special Duties Branch Engineer at Raleigh’s near Derby.
Watson, James Son of James and Rebecca Watson, of West Linton, Peebleshire.	1921 ? - 16.04.1945 (KIA) [age 24] [Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland, collective grave 5.B.1-5]	F/Sgt. ? [1021021] P/O (prob) 31.01.1944 [174282] (WS) F/O 01.1945?	31.01.1944 first commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch [emergency commission] ? - 16.04.1945 air gunner, 617 Squadron RAF [his Lancaster I [NG228 KC-V] took off at 1349 hrs from Woodhill Spa for an operation against Swinemünde, armed with 12 x 1,000 lb bombs to attack the pcoket battleship Lützow; it was hit by Flak and the port wing came off before spinning into a wooded region of the target area]
Waugh, James	? -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1558375] P/O (prob) (emgcy) 11.09.1943 [155041] F/O 19.05.1947 F/Lt. 01.03.1951, seniority 16.12.1949 (reld 19.05.1952)	11.09.1943 first commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch
Weatherley, Stanley Robert Edward Son of Stanley George Weatherley, and Gertrude Maude Leech, of Whetstone.	(12?).1915 St Pancras district, London - 06.12.1940 (KIA) [age 25] [Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium, Middlesex, sec. F.7, grave 507865]	Sgt. ? [740374] P/O (prob) 24.08.1940, seniority 18.08.1940 [84003]	24.08.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 06.12.1940 pilot, 53 Squadron RAF (Thorney Island) [His Blenheim Mk. IV [V5420] overshot the landing in heavy rain and hit some trees at 15:30 hrs while doing an air test. Weatherley and two Sergeants were killed.]
Webber, John Charles	? -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1315750] P/O (prob) 29.10.1943 [154082] P/O 28.04.1944 (WS) F/O 28.04.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 29.10.1945	29.10.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944) - 24.09.1944 61 Squadron RAF [Lancaster LM718 (QR-K) was airborne 1917 hrs 23.09.1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund-Eems Canal at Ladbergen, just to the N of Münster; the aircraft crashed onto farmland near Deurne (Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands), some 9 km ESE of Helmond, after being abandoned by the crew; F/O Webber was captured] 24.09.1944 - 1945 POW in German captivity (Camp Luft 1, PoW No. 5987)
Webster, George William Son of George W. and Catherine Webster, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.	1921 ? - 16.08.1943 (MPK) [age 22] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 130]	F/Sgt. ? [759129] P/O (prob) 23.11.1942 [136712] (WS) F/O 23.05.1943	23.11.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 16.08.1943 wireless operator/air gunner, 58 Squadron RAF [Halifax II HR746 (M for Mother) took off from Holmsley South at 13:30 hrs for an anti-submarine patrol over the Bay of Biscay and was shot down by Hptm Hans Morr of 15/KG40 100 km west north west Cap Ortegal at 19:30 hrs.]
Webster, Sedgwick Whiteley Of American descent, living in London (self-declared British subject to join the RAFVR). Unmarried (at the time).	28.10.1904 South Africa - 03.1980 Litchfield, Connecticut, USA	(A) P/O (prob) 09.03.1940 [77955] P/O (prob) 22.04.1940 P/O 09.03.1941 (WS) F/O 22.04.1941 F/Lt. 22.04.1942 (resigned commission 20.12.1945)	09.03.1940 first commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch [emergency commission] 03.1940 - 11.05.1940 204 Squadron Training Unit 12.05.1940 - 06.06.1940 Air Gunner, 9 Squadron RAF (Honington, UK) [his aircraft, a Wellington IA (P9232 WS-M), was hit by Flak on an operation to Duisburg after crossing the Dutch coast; the plane crashed near Simonshaven (near Geervliet, province Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands) and he was taken POW on his seventh mission] 06.06.1940 06.07.1940 06.11.1940 07.06.1941 20.04.1942 27.01.1945 29.04.1945 - - - - - - 29.04.1945 06.11.1940 07.06.1941 20.04.1942 27.01.1945 07.02.1945 POW in German captivity [POW No. 2253] Dulag Luft  Stalag 12A, Limberg, Germany Stalag 2C, Greifswald, Germany Stalag Luft 3 (South Compound), Sagan, Germany Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Germany liberated by General Patton Worked for Dorland's ad agency after the war (probably in New York) and was very likely with them in London before it.
Weight, Christopher Joseph	? - 04.01.1945 [Runnymede Memorial, panel 268]	F/Sgt. ? [927267] P/O (prob) 19.07.1944 [184374]	19.07.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 04.01.1945 103 Squadron RAF [Lancaster III ND861 (PM-H) took off for training at 14:24 hrs from Elsham Wolds. The weather deteriorated during the course of the sortie and as the crew tried to regain their base, they encountered a blizzard and crashed at 14:40 hrs into the River Humber near the fishing and commercial port of Hull. All six crew member were missing, presumed killed.]
Welch, Patrick Palles Lorne Elphinstone Son (with two sisters) of Brig.Gen. Malcolm Hammond Edward Welch, CB, CMG (1872-1946), and Irene Frances Elphinstone.	12.08.1916 Sturminster district, Dorset - 15.05.1998 Farnham, SW of London	Sgt. ? [741651] P/O (prob) 23.11.1940, seniority 20.11.1940 [88429] P/O 23.11.1941, seniority 20.11.1940 (WS) F/O 23.11.1941, seniority 20.11.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 23.11.1942, seniority 20.11.1942 F/O 03.01.1949 (reld 03.01.1954)	Education: Stowe School 23.11.1940 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]   shot down on his fourth raid, captured 05.1942 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (Stalag Luft III [escape attempt 06.1943], then Colditz) 03.01.1949     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) (Reconstituted Section) Returned to Farnborough to work on rocket motors before becoming chief instructor of the Surrey Gliding Club at Redhill, a test pilot for new aircraft for the British Gliding Association and a British team pilot in four world championships.
Wellington, William Percy Married (12.1939) Eunice ...	29.01.1911 Wellington, New Zealand - 16.07.2010 Dunedin, New Zealand	P/O (prob) 02.07.1941 [108873] (WS) F/O 02.07.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 29.01.1956; retaining rank of F/O)	Education: Otago Boys High School (1925-1928); Otago University (Bachelor of Commerce, 1936). 02.07.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Accountant Branch) [emergency commission] 02.1942     captured at the fall of Singapore 02.1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity (various camps in Indonesia) Businessman. Served on the College Board of Governors, Selwyn College, NZ, from 1947 to 1978. Fellow of the College.
Wells, Cyril Ernest	? - ?	Sgt. ? [1168886] P/O (prob) 08.08.1941 [103580] (A) F/O (1942) (WS) F/O 08.08.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 08.08.1943 F/Lt. 01.10.1952 Sq.Ldr. 10.01.1957 (retd 01.08.1963; own request) DFC 04.08.1942 ?	Education: BSc. 08.08.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1942)     12 Squadron RAF (DFC) 10.10.1949     short service commission, RAF (Education Branch) 01.10.1952     permanent commission, RAF (Education Branch)
Wells, Patrick Hardy Vesey "Pat" / "Cockeye" Son of Eric Francis Vesey Wells (1885-1933), and Marjorie Louise Gregory (died 1958). Married (late 1940s, Kenya) Jessie Theresa Coster; one son, one daughter.	16.03.1917 Johannesburg, South Africa - 03.04.2002 Constantia, South Africa	P/O 15.02.1938 [72098] F/O 11.04.1940 (WS) F/Lt. 02.06.1941 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1943 Sq.Ldr. ? (reld 06.07.1950; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) DSO 23.05.1944 ? MID 08.06.1944 ?	Education: Bedford School; studied Mining Enigneering, London Univeristy 15.02.1938 first commission RAFVR - General Duties Branch late 1939 training, RAF Cranwell 1939 - 1940 No 5 Operational Training Unit (Aston Down) 06.1940 pilot, 249 Squadron RAF (Church Fenton) (wounded 07.09.1940) pilot, 73 Squadron RAF (1944)     pilot, 255 Squadron RAF Aircraft salesman, Southern Africa.
Welsh, Ernest Son of Ernest R. Welsh, and Jessie Jarvis. Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	(06?).1912 Streatham, Wandsworth district, London -	(A) P/O (prob) 09.11.1939 [75818] P/O (prob) 22.01.1940 P/O 09.11.1940 (WS) F/O 22.01.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.03.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 15.11.1943	09.11.1939     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]
West, Reginald Son of William West, and Blanche Holdsworth, of Worsley.	(03?).1921 Bucklow district, Lancashire - 23.06.1944 [age 23] [Worsley (St Mark) Churchyard, Lancashire, grave 1021]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1065737] P/O (prob) ? [151264] (WS) F/O (prob) 19.08.1943	19.02.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 23.06.1944 navigator/wireless operator, 236 Squadron RAF
West, Robert Alexander Son of Robert T. West, and Florence Grace W. Bates (1883-), of Bolton, Lancashire.	1921 ? - 27.01.1944 [age 23] [Hanover War Cemetery, Germany, collective grave 4.A.1-10]	Sgt. ? [1149751] P/O (prob) 08.05.1942 [124663] (WS) F/O (prob) 08.11.1942	08.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 27.01.1944 pilot, 61 Squadron RAF (Skellingthorpe) [Lancaster DV400 QR-Y was airborne 1740 hrs for a bombing operation over Berlin. Aircraft was lost and all crew were killed.]
Weston, Frederick Thomas "Taffy" Son (with two brothers) of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas John Weston. Married (24.10.1942, Llansantffraid Church, Bridgend district, Glamorgan) Dilys Maud Pearse (22.12.1909 - 16.07.1996), of Bryncethin; one son.	09.11.1908 Ebbw Vale, Bedwellty district, Monmouthshire - 31.08.1943 (killed on active service) [age 34] [St Bride's Minor (or Llansantffraid) (St Bridget) Churchyard, Glamorganshire]	F/Sgt. (1943) [1397411] Sgt. ? P/O (prob) 29.06.1943 [155995]	Education: Ebbw Vale Grammar School; Cardiff Univeristy (BA (Hons); Education); Sorbonne University, France. Assistant Master, Wallingford-on-Thames Grammar School. Master, Queen's College of Guyana, 1935-1941. Arrived back in UK 06.10.1941. 06.06.1942     qualified as air observer/navigator, No. 6 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (Staverton) 12.01.1943     qualified as radio navigator, 5 Operational Training Wing 29.06.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 01.1943 - 31.08.1943 navigator/wireless operator, "A" Flight, 157 Squadron RAF (Castle Camps, from 17.03.1943 Bradwell Bay, from 05.1943 Hunsdon, Hertfordshire) [his plane came down at a farm near Hunsdon airfield, killing both him and his pilot *] * Mr Eric Jones wrote: "On 31 August 1943, P/O Weston and his pilot, P/O Bernard Walter Jobling, received orders to test their Mosquito following major repairs to the aircraft’s troublesome engines. They took off that day from Hunsdon airfield and on their way to the test area, flew over Barnie Jobling’s service quarters where his wife could be seen in the garden. The pilot playfully waggled the aircraft’s wings in greeting to her before opening wide the aircraft’s throttles and climbing rapidly to test fully the effectiveness of the repairs. Suddenly and without any warning both engines stopped and the Mosquito turned over and plunged helplessly downwards completely out of control. It crashed into the fields of the nearby Olives Farm. Survival from such an impact was impossible and in that field to the north of the great city of London that they had been protecting, this special and talented man, Frederick Weston, was killed alongside his friend Barney Jobling."
Weston, George Byatt Son of Frank Weston, an Anglican Missionary, and Dorothy Byatt. Married (divorced) ...; ... children (one son?).	07.09.1919 Kobe, Japan - 1996 Hereford, Herefordshire	P/O (prob) 09.08.1940 [83907] (WS) F/O 09.08.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.07.1943 F/Lt. RAF 01.07.1946, seniority 01.09.1945 Sq.Ldr. RAF 01.01.1953 W/Cdr. RAF 01.07.1960 (retd 06.04.1968)	Education: Selwyn College, Cambridge (Mechanical Sciences Tripos, Class II, 06.1940; MA). 09.08.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 02.03.1941     transferred, RAFVR (Technical Branch)       probably stationed in Egypt, returing to the UK late 1943 and may have been based at RAF Andover 01.07.1946     permanent commission, RAF (Technical [later: Engineering] Branch) 1959     Cooke Air Force Base 15.08.1966     Department of Air Member for Supply and Organization CEng, AFRAeS. Technical officer with the British Standards Institution.
Wheeler, John Parkin Son of Thomas J. Wheeler, and Ethel Parkin.	15.06.1924 Warwick district, Warwickshire - 1997 still alive	Ldg.Acm. ? [1583493] P/O (prob) 12.11.1943 [154229] P/O 12.05.1944 (WS) F/O 12.05.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 12.11.1945 (reld 07.12.1953) F/O RAF 07.12.1953 F/Lt. RAF 27.12.1956 (retd 30.07.1968)	12.11.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944) - 24.09.1944 61 Squadron RAF [Lancaster LM718 (QR-K) was airborne 1917 hrs 23.09.1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund-Eems Canal at Ladbergen, just to the N of Münster; the aircraft crashed onto farmland near Deurne (Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands), some 9 km ESE of Helmond, after being abandoned by the crew; F/O Wheeler was captured] 24.09.1944 - 1945 POW in German captivity (Camp Luft 1) 21.06.1949 - 08.10.1952 commissioned, RAFVR (Training Branch) 07.12.1953     short service commission, RAF (Fighter Control Branch) 01.12.1955     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties (Ground) Branch) 01.10.1967     transferred, RAF (Engineer (Photography) Branch (Supplementary List))
Wheeler, Lionel Herbert	28.09.1914 -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1261879] P/O (prob) 29.06.1941 [102114] P/O 29.06.1942 (WS) F/O 29.06.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 29.06.1943	29.06.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] flew new pilots over the Atlantic to pick up American planes in Canada and guide them back to England
Whiffen, George Kenneth Son of Mr  & Mrs Charles Whiffen. Married ((09?).1939, Southampton district, Hampshire) Doreen Mary Fry, of Southampton.	(09?).1916 Farnham district, Hampshire / Surrey / Sussex - 05.07.1944 (MPK) [age 28] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 204]	Sgt. ? [742141] P/O (prob) 06.07.1940 [81668] (WS) F/O (prob) 06.07.1941 (WS) F/Lt. 06.07.1942	06.07.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 05.07.1944 pilot, 105 Squadron RAF [his Mosquito IX ML913 GB-E had taken off 23.39 hrs (5 July) from Bourn for an operation against Scholven-Buer; his aircraft, navigated by F/O D.K. Williams, was lost without a trace]
White, Charles Derek Bovet	13.11.1913 Hornsey, London - 01.1996 Lewes district, East Sussex	Sgt. ? [785033] P/O (prob) 17.10.1942 [135139] (WS) F/O (prob) 17.04.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 17.04.1944? (reld 02.04.1947; retaining rank of F/Lt.) DFC 14.09.1945 ?	17.10.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 487 (RNZAF) Squadron (flying Mosquitos) After the war he served in Malaya and ended up as Commanding Officer of the Royal Malayan Air Force until 1961 flying Harvards.
White, Kenneth Douglas "Ken"	? -	F/Sgt. ? [1391664] P/O (prob) 25.02.1944 [173835] P/O 26.08.1944, seniority 25.02.1944 (WS) F/O 26.08.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 26.02.1946 ? DFM ? ? ?	25.02.1944 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Whiteley, Leslie Howard	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 28.11.1941 [112815] P/O (prob) 28.01.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (emgcy; retd 10.02.1954, retaining rank of F/Lt.)	28.11.1941     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 08.04.1942     transferred, RAFVR (Equipment Branch)
Whiting, Jack Maxwell "Max" Born as Jack Maxwell W. Leslie as son of Norman Leslie, a motor company's traveller from Adelaide (Southern Australia), and Kathleen Davidson. Adopted (27.11.1913) by Harry Scott Whiting and Mary Louisa Lewis. Married (24.08.1935, Pembury, Kent) Muriel Albino (22.03.1908 - 20.11.1993), of Great Bounds, Kent; one son. Muriel Whiting remarried (25.09.1951, Caxton Hall) Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory, GCB, GCVO, CMG.	06.12.1912 Eastbourne, Sussex - 22.05.1944 (KIA) [age 31] [Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, collective grave , A.12.18-24]	Aircraftman 2nd cl. 23.06.1942 [1686793] Aircraftman 1st cl. 03.12.1942 (T) Sgt. 31.12.1943 P/O (prob) 09.01.1944 [171177]	23.06.1942 - 06.07.1942 3 Reception Centre RAF (23.06.1942 Aircraft Hand/Flight Mechanic (Engines)) 07.07.1942 - 19.08.1942 9 Reception Centre RAF 20.08.1942 - 05.01.1943 4 School of Technical Training RAF (23.12.1942 Flight Mechanic Engines 2nd class) 06.01.1943 - 18.05.1943 1 School of Technical Training RAF (01.05.1943 Fitter 2nd class Engines/Under Training) 19.05.1943 - 15.06.1943 105 (Technical) Operational Training Unit RAF [23.05.1943-04.06.1943 Moreton in Marsh] 16.06.1943 - 30.07.1943 4 School of Technical Training RAF [from 03.07.1943 M/S Avroe] (16.06.1943 Fitter 2nd class Engines/Under Training/Flight Engineer; 26.07.1943 Flight Engineer) 31.07.1943 - 23.09.1943 Flight Engineer, 1161 Conversion Unit RAF 24.09.1943 - 14.11.1943 Flight Engineer, 9 Squadron RAF 09.01.1944     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 15.11.1943 - 22.05.1944 Flight Engineer, 630 Squadron RAF [Lancaster I LL950 LE-Y had taken off at 22.18 hrs 21.05.1944 from East Kirby for a 'Gardening Forget-Me-Not' operation against Kiel Bay. Shot up  by a German fighter of 10.NJG3 (Uffz. Heinz Koppe), causing the aircraft to explode in mid-air. The plane crashed at 02:00 hours just south of the railroad line west of the small village of Vesterlund.]
Whitmill, Henry "Harry" Son of Henry Whitmill, and Annie Gardiner. Married ((03?).1944, Wellington district, Shropshire) Joyce Fryer. Joyce Whitmill remarried (1947) Louis Allen.	06.11.1919 Brentford district, Middlesex - 10.04.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Villeneuve St. Georges Old Communal Cemetery, Val de Marne, France, grave 98]	Wt. Offr. ? [929435] P/O (prob) 12.06.1943 [149354] (WS) F/O (prob) 12.12.1943	14.10.1940     first training flight 17.08.1941     pilot, 257 (Burma) Squadron RAF (flying Hurricanes, Spitfires, Typhoons) 21.09.1942     pilot, 535T Squadron RAF (flying Hurricanes) 12.06.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 06.11.1942 - 10.04.1944 pilot, 515 Squadron RAF (flying Defiants & Mosquitos) [Mosquito NS948 [3P-?] was airborne 22:55 hrs 09.04.1944 from Little Snoring in support of the Main Force on the Lille operation. Cause of loss not established. Crashed near Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne) where F/O H. Whitmill and F/O D.L. Biggs were buried, later being reinterred.]
Wilberforce, Noel Alfred Gratian Son of Tennyson Wilberforce, and Mabel Woods. Married ((06?).1935, Wandsworth district, London) Enid Gwyneth Williams, of Welbourn, Lincolnshire.	1913 ? - 10.10.1942 (MPK) [age 29] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 72]	Sgt. ? [951000] P/O (prob) 18.04.1942 [120707]	18.04.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 10.10.1942 502 Squadron RAF (St Eval, Cornwall) (Coastal Command)
Wild, Brian Denzil	? -	(A) P/O (prob) 30.08.1941 [105635] P/O (prob) 30.10.1941 (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (emgcy) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (T) F/Lt. ? MID 01.01.1943 ?	30.08.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Wild, Gilbert Married ...; ... children (one son?).	? -	F/Sgt. ? [656105] P/O (prob) 29.01.1943 [141086] (WS) F/O (prob) 29.07.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 29.01.1945 (reld 20.05.1952; retaining rank of F/Lt.) F/O ? F/Lt. 26.02.1957 (reld 20.05.1966; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.) EM 04.07.1947 -	29.01.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 1944? - 08.1944 68 Squadron RAF (Castle Camps, nr Cambridge) 08.1944 - ? 501 Squadron RAF (Manston) [Tempest V [EJ603] shot down on 23.09.1944, F/Lt. Wild bailed out. ] 20.05.1952     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (General Duties Branch) 04.08.1954     transferred to Secretarial Branch
Wilkinson, George Leslie William Son of Dudley George Wilkinson (1879-), and Muriel Octavia Dearle (1886-). Married ((06?).1939, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Barbara K. Read; ... children (one son?).	12.05.1914 Kingston district, Surrey - 25.06.1988 Norfolk	Ldg.Acm. 1941? Sgt. 1942? Wt.Offr. 1943 [906787] P/O (prob) 03.05.1943 [147966] (WS) F/O (prob) 03.11.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 03.05.1945 (reld 1945) (Emgcy List; reld 12.05.1959; retaining rank of F/Lt.)	(1941) - (1942) 70 Squadron RAF (Heliopolis, Egypt) 03.05.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Wilkinson, Jeffrey Stephen	(09?).1918 ? Christchurch district, Hampshire ? - 08.2007 Fairfield, Buxton ?	P/O (prob) 01.05.1939 [31299] P/O 23.01.1940 (T) F/O 01.05.1940 (T) F/Lt. 01.06.1941 (reld 24.10.1942) P/O 24.10.1942 (WS) F/O 24.04.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 24.10.1944 F/O 20.02.1947 F/Lt. 06.09.1950 (reld 06.09.1957) DFC 15.09.1944 ?	Education: BSc 01.05.1939 first commission RAFVR (Equipment Branch) 24.10.1942 relinquished rank of F/Lt. at own request and transferred to General Duties Branch in rank of P/O 23.01.1943 - 20.02.1947 transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) (and clled up for air force service) (1944)     53 Squadron RAF 20.02.1947 - 06.09.1950 commissioned, Reconstituted RAFVR (General Duties Branch) 06.09.1950 commissioned, RAF (Education Branch) [short service commission] 06.09.1953 - 06.09.1957 transferred, Reserve of Air Force Officers (and called up for air force service till 06.03.1954)
Williams, Douglas Knight Son of Thomas Latimer Williams and Margaret Rose Williams, of Crynant, Glamorgan.	1922 ? - 05.07.1944 (KIA) [age 22] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 210]	Sgt. ? [1315946] P/O (prob) 14.08.1943 [155999] P/O 14.02.1944 (WS) F/O  14.02.1944 DFC 10.12.1943 ?	14.08.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     navigator, 76 Squadron RAF ? - 05.07.1944 navigator, 105 Squadron RAF [his Mosquito IX ML913 GB-E had taken off 23.39 hrs (5 July) from Bourn for an operation against Scholven-Buer; his aircraft, flown by F/Lt. G.K. Whiffen, was lost without a trace] Published: (ed. Mary M. Hill) The making of a Pathfinder : World War II letters from a Navigator F/O Douglas Knight Williams, DFC (1992)
Williams, Frederick Son of Frederick and Mary Williams. Husband of Evelyn Annie Williams, of Ranskill, Nottinghamshire.	1922 ? - 05.08.1943 [age 21] [Malta Memorial, panel 6, column 2]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1213873] P/O (prob) 30.01.1943 [137634] (WS) F/O 30.07.1943	30.01.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 05.08.1943 150 Squadron RAF
Williams, John Stewart Maxwell Son of Gp.Capt. Francis George Maxwell Williams, RAF, and ... Wallace. Married (22.08.1956, Kenya) Edith Gilchrist Marie ...	(03?).1924 St Marylebone district, London - 15.06.1962 Nakuru, Kenya (car crash)	Ldg.Acm. ? [1802951] P/O (prob) 01.10.1943 [150616] (WS) F/O 01.04.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 01.10.1945 F/O 06.11.1947 (reld 06.11.1952) MID 14.02.1947 ?	Education: Oxford University. 04.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 06.11.1947     commissioned, RAFVR (Re-constituted section) (General Duties Branch) Worked for Shell Company.
Willis, Gordon Ernest Youngest son of Ernest Willis, and Ethel Maud M. Jeeves, of Ealing. Married (1952) Diana Le Poer Trench, only daughter of Gp.Capt. C.F. Le Poer Trench, and Mrs S. Le Poer Trench, of Farnaby, Sevenoaks, Kent.	27.01.1921 Brentford district, Middlesex -	Sgt. ? [928756] P/O (prob) 18.12.1940 [64880] (WS) F/O 05.03.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 05.03.1943 (A) Sq.Ldr. (1945) F/Lt. RAF 07.01.1947 Sq.Ldr. RAF 01.01.1949 W/Cdr. RAF 01.01.1957 (retd 21.02.1968) DFC 22.05.1945 * AFC 09.06.1949 ? * This officer has proved himself to be an efficient and resourceful captain of aircraft. He has participated in a large number of sorties, including many attacks on enemy shipping during which he has achieved notable successes. This officer has at all times displayed the highest standard of devotion to duty and his record is one of persistent and determined endeavour.	Clerk. 06.1940     joined RAFVR 18.12.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1943)     489 Squadron RAF 05.1945 - 06.1945 Commanding Officer, 524 Squadron RAF 07.01.1947     permanent commission, RAF (General Duties Branch) 12.1956?     Commanding Officer, 224 Squadron RAF (Air HQ, Gibraltar)
Willis, Sidney Charles Son of Sidney Charles Willis, and Ethel M. Willis. Husband of Nancy Eleanor Willis, of Henleaze, Gloucestershire.	15.02.1913 - 03.03.1945 [age 32] [Bari War Cemetery, Italy, IX.A.1]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1586770] P/O (prob) 04.12.1943 [162011] (WS) F/O 04.06.1944 MID 01.01.1946 ?	Education: King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon. 04.12.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
Willson Jr, Robert Early Son of Robert Early Willson and Dolcie Powell Willson, of San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.	1919 ? - 26.09.1941 [age 22] [Killay (St Hilary of Poictiers) Churchyard, Glamorganshire, grave 142]	P/O (prob) ? [100536]	?     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 26.09.1941 pilot, 79 Squadron RAF Literature: Dolcie Suggs Ehlinger & Karen Guelfo Ehlinger, Letters from my son : a Texas boy's journey to the RAF (2011).
Wilson, Sir Arnold Talbot Son of the late Rev. Canon James Maurice Wilson, DD, MA, and Georgina Mary Wilson. Married (1922) Rose, widow of Lieut Robin C. Carver, RAF, and daughter of late C.H. Ashton of Ellesmere; one son, one daughter. Residence: Saffron Walden, Essex.	18.07.1884 Barton Regis district, Gloucestershire - 31.05.1940 (KIA) [age 56] [Eringhem Churchyard, France, row 1, grave 2]	Army: Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.08.1903 Lt. 19.11.1905 Capt. 19.08.1912 Maj. 03.06.1918 (retd 19.08.1921) Bt. Lt.Col. 03.06.1918 RAF(VR): (A) P/O (prob) 04.11.1939 [75684] P/O (prob) 11.12.1939 KCIE 30.12.1919 valuable services rendered in Mesopotamia in connection with the War CSI 03.06.1919 HM's birthday 19 CMG 14.06.1912 ? CIE 25.08.1917 ? DSO 17.04.1916 ?	Education: Clifton College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (King's medal and Sword of Honour) 19.08.1903 commissioned, Unattached List 18.12.1904 transferred to the Indian Army 1904 32nd Sikh Pioneers 1909 - 1913 seconded to the Indian Political Department, on duty in Persia (British Consul at Mohammerah, 1909-1911 (MacGregor Memorial Medal, 1912); special duty, Luristan and Fars, 1911-1912; 2nd Assistant, Bushire, 1912-1913; special duty Luristan, 1913) 20.11.1913 - 1914 Deputy British Commissioner, Turco­Persian Frontier Commission (British Commissioner, July 1914) 1915 Deputy Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force "D" 1916 Deputy Civil Commissioner 03.1918 - 10.1920 Acting Civil Commissioner and Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Baghdad) 1921 - 1939 civil occupations (with Anglo­Persian Oil Co. Ltd, 1921-1932; Chairman Industrial Health Research Board, 1926-1933; Chairman International Exhibition of Persian Art, 1930; Chairman B. of T. Advisory Committee on Cinema Films, 1934-1938; Chairman, Home Office Committee on Structural Precautions against Air Attack, 1936-1938; Member Departmental Committee on Cinema Films Act, 1937; Richard Burton Memorial Medallist, 1937. Editor XIX Century and After, 1934-1938) 1933 - 1940 MP (Nat. C.) Hitchin (Herts) Division 04.11.1939 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties (Air Gunner)) ? - 31.05.1940 37 Squadron RAF (Feltwell, UK) [his aircraft, a Wellington IC (L7791 LF-), crashed on an operation against Nieuwpoort] Knight of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem, 02.12.1919; Justice of the Peace (JP); late Indian Political Department. Published: The Persian Gulf, 1928; A Bibliography of Persia, 1930; Loyalties: Mesopotamia, 1914-1917, 1930; Mesopotamia, 1917-1920; A Clash of Loyalties, 1931; Persia (Modern World Series), 1932; The Suez Canal, 1933, 2nd ed. 1939; Walks and Talks, 1934; Walks and Talks Abroad, 1935, 3rd ed. 1939; Industrial Assurance, 1937; Burial Reform and Funeral Costs, 1938; Thoughts and Talks, 1938; Workmen's Compensation, 1938; More Thoughts and Talks, 1939; Gallantry: its recognition in Military and Civil Life, 1939; South­West Persia, a Political Officer's Diary, 1907-1914, 1940
Wilson, Charles Thomas Son of Charles Thomas Wilson and Alice Maude Wilson, of Kingsbury, Middlesex. Husband of Kathleen Wilson (died 1939), of Osgodby, Lincolnshire; one daughter.	(06?).1911 Kingsbury, Middlesex - 29.01.1944 [age 33] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 204]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1331591] P/O (prob) 25.09.1942 [130614] (WS) F/O (prob) 25.03.1943 (A) F/Lt. ? DFC 11.02.1944 ? [posthumously]	25.09.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 29.01.1944 pilot, 97 Squadron RAF [flew at "Black Thursday" (16/17.12.1943) in Lancaster JB312] [flew 29.01.1944 an operation against Berlin, taking off from RAF Bourn at 0035 hrs in Lancaster III JB353 OF-L; the aircraft was lost without trace]
Wilson, Frederick John Son of Frederick John and Florence Emily Wilson; husband of Eileen Elsie Wilson, of Sevenoaks, Kent.	(09?).1902 Milton, Kent - 01.02.1942 [age 40] [Saint Andrew Churchyard Cranwell, Lincolnshire, 3.B.4]	T/Warrant Offr. ? [247538] P/O (prob) 06.01.1942 [47867] AFM ? ?	pilot
Wiltshire, John Evan	? -	Ldg.Acm. ? [1544817] P/O (prob) 10.07.1943 [146892] P/O 10.01.1944 (WS) F/O 10.01.1944 (WS) F/Lt. 10.07.1945 F/O 05.02.1947 (reld 03.02.1949)	10.07.1943     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944)     pilot, 80 Squadron RAF [25.09.1944 was hit by flak in his Tempest V [EJ650] and abandoned his aircraft over Steenbergen, crashing at Battenoord; Wiltshire was captured] 05.02.1947 - 03.02.1949 commissioned, reconstituted RAFVR
Winning, Theodore Norman Gerald Son (with three brothers and one sister) of Theodore Norman Winning, KC (1884-1946), barrister-at-law, and Florence Marshall Bonner (?-1955). Brother of Sq.Ldr. Deryck Selkirk Winning, RAF. His brother Sgt. William Burton Cecil "Borton" Winning, RAFVR (born 04.11.19??) , was missing, presumed killed 06.01.1941. Married ((03?).1937, Sutton Coldfield district, Warwickshire) Joan Habberfield-Short, of Tanner's Green, Worcestershire.	27.05.1913 Paddington district, London - 17.02.1945 [age 31] [Elmdon (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Solihull, east boundary]	Wt.Offr. ? [741065] P/O (prob) 19.02.1942 [116985] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 19.02.1944	Gained civil aviator's certificate (04.07.1932). 19.02.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 17.02.1945 pilot, 51 Squadron RAF [Halifax III MZ765 (MH-E) had taken off at 11:59 hrs from Snaith for an operation against Wesel. Outboard, the starboard inner engine caught fire and the Halifax crashed 13:25 hrs at Manning's Heath, 2 miles SE of Horsham, Sussex. F/Lt. Winning succeeded in getting out of the aircraft but slipped through his harness and fell to his death. Two of the seven men crew did not survive the crash.]
Winter, George Arthur Son of William Henry and Irene Rebecca Winter. Married ((09?).1937, East Ham district, London) Queenie Elizabeth Staples, of Oakdale, Poole, Dorsetshire.	1912 - 02.02.1945 [age 33] [Brussels Town Cemetery, Belgium, X.27.53]	Wt.Offr. ? [1313260] P/O (prob) 25.01.1945 [191807]	25.01.1945     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 02.02.1945 navigator/bomb aimer, 98 Squadron RAF [Mitchell FW224 took off at 18:45 hrs detailed to attack an important target in Holland. The aircraft slid out of the formation emitting grey smoke, and the pilot called for homings between 1000 and 1004 hours and was given a course of 205 degrees. It failed to maintain height on one engine and struck the ground. It crashed 2 miles south of Malines Belgium, and all the crew (4 men) were killed.]
Wisher, Reginald Ralph Married ((09?).1922, Kingston district, Surrey) Edna Marie A. Baynham.	(12?).1898 Kingston district, Surrey -	Lt. 19.01.1921, seniority 27.09.1919 (reld 19.07.1921) (reinstated ?) (reld 18.11.1922) (A) P/O (prob) 17.05.1938 [72228] F/O 17.11.1939 (T) F/Lt. 01.12.1940 (T) Sq.Ldr. 01.12.1941 (WS) Sq.Ldr. 17.12.1943 (reld 07.10.1947; retaining rank of W/Cdr.) (T) W/Cdr. 01.07.1944 AEA ? ?	? - 13.11.1919 commissioned, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [temporary commission] 19.01.1921 - 18.11.1922 6th (DF) Battalion The Warwickshire Regiment - Territorial Force 17.05.1938 commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) ? - ? ?
Wodehouse, Frank George Son of Harry Joseph Wodehouse, and Ethel May Hudson, of Norwich, Norfolk.	(12?).1922 Norwich district, Norfolk - 08.08.1943 (KIA) [age 20] [Vandenesse-en-Auxois Churchyard, France] [commemorated at Thorpe Green War Memorial]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1332753] P/O (prob) 28.08.1942 [129565] (WS) F/O (prob) 28.02.1943	28.02.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 08.08.1943 pilot, 106 Squadron RAF [Lancaster DV196 ZN-K was airborne 21:04 hrs 07.08.1943 from Syerston for an operation against Milano. Homebound, shot down by a night-fighter crashing at Vandenesse-en-Auxois (Côte d'Or), 34 km SW of Dijon, France. Two of the crew of seven were killed.]
Wolstenholme, Kenneth	17.07.1920 Worsley, Lancashire - 25.03.2002 Torquay, Devon	F/Lt. ? [748669] P/O (prob) 01.05.1942 [121908] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.11.1942 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 01.05.1944 (reld 15.12.1948) F/O 15.12.1948 (reld 15.12.1953) DFC 30.06.1944 ? DFC 23.03.1945 ?	Worked in local newspapers until he joined the RAF. 01.05.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1944) - (1945) 105 Squadron RAF (DFC and Bar) 15.12.1948     commissioned, reconstituted RAFVR BBC football commentator. Entered sports broadcasting in Manchester and commentated on his first televised match in 1948. Well known for his famous quip during the 1966 World Cup Final – ‘…they think it’s all over… well it is now’’. He was a loyal Wanderers supporter.
Wood, David Thompson	? - 20.01.1944 (MPK) [Runnymede Memorial, panel 210]	Ldg.Acm. ? [1386454] P/O (prob) 21.08.1942 [129415] (WS) F/O 21.02.1943	21.08.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 20.01.1944 navigator, 415 Squadron RAF [Sq.Ldr. E.W. Cowan and his navigator, F/O D.T. Wood, were reported missing in their Albacore X9280, presumed killed while flying from RAF Bircham Newton near Kings Lynn, Norfolk on an anti-shipping patrol off the French coast in the Calais area, where other crews had experienced intense flak. His aircraft carried six 250 pound bombs and his last known position was 00.01 North 40 degrees East. The Circumstantial Report for loss states that he was airborne at 20:17 hours. Following an attack on what was reported to be a destroyer (but was likely something less), he advised Swingate he was breaking off. His radar contact disappeared from screen at 22:00 hours and no further contact was made.]
Wood, Dudley William Oliver Son of ... Wood, and ... Baker. Husband of Eileen Florence Wood, of Newbury Park, Essex.	(06?).1921 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 04.09.1944 (KIA) [age 23] [Runnymede Memorial, panel 210]	Sgt. ? [1332674] P/O (prob) 24.02.1943 [143222] (WS) F/O (prob) 24.08.1943	24.02.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 04.09.1944 515 Squadron RAF (Little Snoring) [taken off at 13.20 hrs for a Ranger patrol (bomber support), his Mosquito VI MM420 (3P-) crashed at 16.00 hrs some 200 metres SW of Lindenberg and 16 km S of Demmin]
Wood, Erroll Eveleigh	18.01.1920 Doncaster, Yorkshire -	Ldg.Acm. ? [814235] P/O (prob) 11.06.1943 [152481] (WS) F/O (prob) 11.12.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 11.06.1945 (reld 16.04.1948; retaining rank of F/Lt.) F/O 16.04.1948 (reld 19.11.1951)	11.06.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 16.04.1948     appointed to Reconstituted RAFVR 19.11.1951     appointed to Royal Australian Air Force General Reserve
Wood, Ronald Charles Son of Alfred Wood, and Alice Mary Walton, of Woking, Surrey.	(12?).1917 Dunmow district, Essex - 03.06.1943 [age 25] [Brookwood Military Cemetery, 23.C.12]	Sgt. ? [960373] P/O (prob) 07.03.1942 [122251] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942	07.03.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] ? - 03.06.1943 flying instructor, 20 (P) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (Kidlington) [Died in a mid-air collision between Oxford II, V3821 and Oxford I, X6871]
Woodcock, Wallace George Son of Harry Woodcock, and Maud A. Ainge. Married (02.06.1945, St Giles Parish Church, Sheldon) Phyllis M.F. Eades (born 1918); one son, two daughters.	13.03.1917 Small Heath, Birmingham, Aston district, Warwickshire - 22.05.1994 University Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA	F/Sgt. ? [1181290] P/O (prob) 01.04.1943 [147362] (WS) F/O (prob) 12.10.1943 (WS) F/Lt. 12.04.1945 (reld 11.05.1949)	01.04.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]       served 235 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) (mainly flying reconnaissance De Havilland Mosquito Mk IVs) (12.1944)     pilot, 248 Squadron RAF (flying Mosquitoes) Emigrated to the Philadelphia area (USA), in 1950. He was a linotype printer, retiring from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Woodington, Jack Derek Married ((09?).1937, Kensington district, London) Annie F. MacDonald.	(03?).1909 Fulham district, London - 18.11.1973 London SW7	Ldg.Acm. ? [1082459] (A) P/O (prob) 17.06.1942, seniority 06.02.1942 [123160] P/O (prob) 03.09.1942, seniority 11.04.1942 (WS) F/O (prob) 03.03.1943 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/Lt.) (A) F/Lt. (1945) MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	17.06.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]       probably served in Burma Business consultant.
Woodley, Alfred Cuthbert "James" / "Jim"	(12?).1909 West Ham district, London -	Sgt. ? [746896] P/O (prob) 01.01.1941, seniority 11.12.1940 [60318] (WS) F/O 01.01.1942, seniority 11.12.1941 (A) F/Lt. ? (WS) F/Lt. 01.01.1943, seniority 11.12.1942 (reld 21.10.1945) DFC 18.09.1942 148 Squadron RAF * * Before joining this squadron this officer completed 27 operations, including attacks on such highly defended targets as Berlin, Mannheim, Hamburg and other important places in Germany and German-occupied territory, and on the Channel ports. In the Middle East he has acted as rear gunner on many occasions against targets in Cyrenaica and Crete, and from Malta against Comisq. No duty has ever been too arduous. For the past few months he has been employed as squadron leader. By his zeal, skill and personality he has established a high standard of air gunnery in the squadron. He still insists on flying with new crews as rear gunner on their first operational mission.	01.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] (1942)     148 Squadron RAF (DFC)
Woods, Eric Norman Son of William H. Woods, and of Kate Dora Woods, of Harborne, Birmingham.	08.05.1910 Buenos Aires, Argentina - 16.12.1943 (MIA) [age 33] [Malta Memorial, panel 6, column 1]	Ldg.Acm. ? [925682] P/O (prob) 18.01.1941, seniority 14.01.1941 [60119] P/O 18.01.1942 (WS) F/O  18.01.1942, seniority 14.01.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 25.11.1942 (A) Sq.Ldr. ? (A) W/Cdr. ? DFC 14.07.1942 ? DFC 03.11.1942 ?	for details see "biography" buttons on the left
Wright, John William	? -	P/O (prob) 16.08.1940 [83924] (WS) F/O 16.08.1941 (T) F/Lt. 01.09.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 16.08.1944 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)	16.08.1940     commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for administrative duties) [emergency commission]
Wylie, Neil Alvah Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Sir Francis James Wylie, MA, LL.D. (1865-1952), and Lady Wylie (Kathleen Kelly) (1882?-1969), of Boar's Hill, Oxford. Married (1952?) Frances Anne Willson, daughter of M.F.C. Willson (1884-1944), and Frances Kate Willson (1898?-1958), of Victoria, B.C.; three sons, one daughter.	(09?).1910 Oxford, Oxfordshire - 20?.08.2010 Prince George, B.C., Canada	Ldg.Acm. ? [1335230] P/O (prob) 16.01.1942 [120630] (WS) F/O (prob) 01.10.1942 (WS) F/Lt. 16.01.1944 (reld 15.11.1949; retaining rank of F/Lt.) F/O 15.11.1949 (reld 15.11.1952)	Education: Oriel College, Oxford (masters degree in forestry).       training, Commonwealth Training Station, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada 16.01.1942     commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 09.1942     225 Squadron RAF (North Africa)       served in Italy & Yugoslavia 15.11.1949     commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (General Duties Branch) Emigrated to Canada, 1950, settling in Prince George, B.C. in 1952, where he worked in a variety of forestry and lumber related jobs until retirement.

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