Born 1909, son of Sir Arthur Willert, Times Correspondent, Washington, 1910-1920; worked in publishing, Germany and New York, 1936-1939, work in propaganda, Paris and London, 1939-1940, service with RAF, 1941-1944, and as Air Attaché, Paris, 1944-1945.
Willcox, Walter Temple, 1869-1943, Lieutenant Colonel
Born, 1869; 18 King's Own Hussars; 2 Lt 5 Royal Irish Lancers, 1893; Major, 3 King's Own Hussars, 1906; Lt Col commanding 3 Hussars, 1915-1921; retired, 1921; Adjutant 5 Lancers, and of the Imperial Light Horse and South African Constabulary, served throughout South African (Boer) War, and wounded in defence of Ladysmith; died 1943.
Publications: The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars in the Great War, 1914-1919 (John Murray, London, 1925).
Wilks, Sir Samuel, 1824-1911, Baronet, physician
Student, Guy's Hospital, 1844-1846; Physician to the Surrey Infirmary, 1853; Assistant Physician, 1856, Curator of Museum, 1856-1865, Physician and Lecturer on Medicine, 1857, Guy's Hospital; Examiner in the Practice of Medicine, University of London, 1866-1870; Examiner in Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons, 1868-1875; President of the Pathological Society, 1881-1882; President of the Neurological Society, 1887; member, Senate of the University of London, 1887-1900; member, General Medicine Council, 1887-1896; President, Royal College of Physicians, 1896-1899; Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1897; Moxon Gold Medallist, 1897; died, 1911. Publications: Lectures on Pathology delivered at the London Hospital Henry Gawen Sutton Edited by M E Paul, M D, and revised by S Wilks (J & A Churchill, London, 1891).
Wilkinson, Leonard Creswell King-, 1901-1979, Army Captain
Born in 1901; served with 4/5 East Lancashire Regt, [1928-1933]; died in 1979.
Wilkinson, George Randall, 1927-1989, Professor of Physics
Born 1927; educated Colwyn Bay Grammar School, 1939-1946; National Service with the RAF, 1947-1949; Degree student at King's College London, 1949-1952; Department of Scientific and Industrial Research studentship, 1952-1956; Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Research Fellow, 1956; Assistant Lecturer, 1958-1959, Lecturer, 1959-1963, Reader, 1963-1971 and Professor, 1971-[1984], of Physics, King's College London; retired [1984]; Emeritus Professor of Physics, 1984-1989; died 1989.
Wilkinson, Alexander Camac, 1892-1983, Colonel
Born, 1892; educated, Eton College, [1906-1907]; Coldstream Guards, 1917; 99 Light Anti-Aircraft Regt during World War Two, 1939-1945; Head of British Military Government, Graz, Steiermark, Austria, 1945; died, 1983.
Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick, 1916-2004, molecular biologist
Born Pongaroa, New Zealand, 1916; family moved to Birmingham, UK, 1923; educated, King Edward School, Birmingham, 1929-1935, and St John’s College, Cambridge, 1935-1938; joined Cambridge Scientists Anti-War Group and Communist Party; conducted research on luminescence in solids under John Randall, Physics Dept, Birmingham University, 1938-1940; PhD on thermoluminescence in solids, 1940; worked on improvements to radar screens, Ministry of Home Security and Aircraft Production, 1940-1941; worked on the separation of uranium isotopes for British atomic bomb research, codenamed the Tube Alloys Project, 1941-1944; worked at University of California at Berkeley, USA, on the Manhattan Project for the production of the atomic bomb, 1944-1945; Lecturer in Physics, St Andrews University, 1945; Researcher, Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit, Physics Department, King’s College London, 1946-1958; Lecturer in Biophysics, King’s College London, 1958-1963; awarded Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1962, jointly with James Watson and Francis Crick; Professor of Molecular Biology, King’s College London, 1963-1970; President and co-founder, British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS), 1969-1991; Professor of Biophysics, King’s College London, 1970-1981; devised inter-disciplinary undergraduate course, ‘The social impact of the biosciences’, 1972; Director, Medical Research Council Cell Biophysics Unit, 1974-1981; Emeritus Professor of Biophysics, KCL, 1981-2004; President, Food and Disarmament International, 1984-2004; died, 2004.
Wildish, Denis Bryan Harvey, b 1914, Vice Admiral
Born 1914, son of R Adm Sir Henry William Wildish, educated at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, 1928-1931; entered RN as Cadet, 1932, sea service in HMSS RAMILLIES and REVENGE, 1932; transferred to Engineering Branch, 1933; Mid (E), 1933; RN Engineering College, Keyham, 1933-1936; Sub Lt (E) 1935; appointed to HMS NELSON, 1936-1938; Lt (E) 1937; RN Apprentice Training Establishment, 1938-1939; Damage Control Officer, HMS PRINCE OF WALES, 1940-1941; Staff of Fleet Engineer Officer, Far East Fleet, 1942; Engineer Officer, HMS ISIS, Apr 1942-Feb 1944; RN Engineering College, Devonport, Feb 1944-Sep 1946; Lt Cdr (E) 1945; Senior Engineer, HMS IMPLACBLE, Sep 1946-Aug 1948; Cdr (E) 1948; Planning Staff, Exercise Trident, 1948-1949; Staff of Engineer Officers' Admin Course, 1949-1951; Assistant Naval Attaché, British Embassy, Rome, Italy, 1951-1954; Engineer Officer, HMS EAGLE and Staff EO to Flag Officer Heavy Squadron, 1954-1956; Admiralty, Officer Planning Section, 2nd Sea Lord's Department, 1956-1958; Capt 1957; Admiralty Engineer Overseer, Southern District, 1958-1960; Deputy Director, Fleet Maintenance (Organisation), 1960-1962; Director of Fleet Maintenance, 1962-1964; Senior Officers War Course, 1964; Commodore, Naval Drafting, 1964-1966; R Adm 1966; Adm Superintendent HM Dockyard, Devonport, 1966-1970; CB 1968; V Adm 1970; Director General of Personnel Services and Training (Naval) and Deputy Second Sea Lord 1970-1972.
Wilcox, John Bower, b 1928, Reverend, Anglican clergyman
Trained as an engineer at Northampton Technical College, 1944-1945; entered King's College London as a student in the Faculty of Theology, 1952; elected as an Associate of King's College, 1955; worked in industry in Warrington, Lancashire in preparation for the taking of Holy Orders; ordained, 1958; served a five week term in Warminster before returning to work in industry for a further two years; Curacy at St Mary the Virgin, West Derby in Liverpool, 1960.
Wigman, Harry, 1926-1997, businessman
Born in 1926; educated at King's College London; Aeronautical student, De Havilland, 1947; Divisional Manager, Electroflow Meters; Marketing Sales Manager, Honeywell Controls; General Marketing Manager, Crane Limited; Group Marketing Manager, Alenco Limited; Marketing Director, Charterhouse; Marketing and Sales Director, Bestobell Sales; Member of Economic Research Council [1972-1977]; Member of Management Centre, Europe [1980]; founded and managed financial consultancy business, 1984-1996; died 1997.