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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, 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)
Walllace, 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.
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)
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]
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
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, 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.
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.
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.
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
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]
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. She 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 Air Craft Hand/Fligh 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.]
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]
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 first commission 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) 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)
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
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.]
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
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.
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
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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