Roll of Honour 1939-1947
Surnames starting with W
The list below show all ranks of the Worcestershire Regiment who lost their lives in the Second World War of 1939-1945 (plus 1946-47).
LIST WAS LAST UPDATED ON THE 9th SEPTEMBER 2012
Surname |
Forenames |
Number |
Rank |
Location |
DOD |
Battalion |
Age |
Wadham |
Harold Ernest |
5503485 |
Pte. |
Burma |
13/02/1945 |
2nd |
28 |
Wadley |
Edmund |
5253661 |
Pte. |
India |
04/06/1941 |
2nd |
22 |
Tom Robert |
4623315 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
31 |
|
Harry |
5239799 |
C.Q.S.M. |
U.K. |
28/12/1946 |
- |
44 |
|
Walbey |
Albert Kitchener |
7938897 |
L./Cpl. |
Burma |
29/05/1945 |
2nd |
28 |
Walker |
George Albert |
14496639 |
Pte. |
Vehlingen, Germany (DoW) |
28/03/1945 |
1st |
18 |
Walker |
John Henry |
764284 |
Sergt. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
34 |
Wall |
Reginald Arthur |
14683120 |
Pte. |
Le Quesnee, France |
13/07/1944 |
1st |
18 |
Wallace |
Adam |
5247787 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
18/03/1941 |
1st |
29 |
Wallis |
Hubert Frank |
5571345 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
Walmsley |
Arthur |
4197175 |
Pte. |
Belgium |
23/05/1940 |
7th |
21 |
Harold Frederick |
14552753 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
21/11/1944 |
1st |
19 |
|
Mainwaring Ravell |
- |
Brigadier |
Pas de Calais, France |
15/05/1940 |
att. |
64 |
|
Percival Walter |
5346428 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
30 |
|
Horace Arthur |
14397534 |
L./Sergt. |
Elst, Netherlands |
24/09/1944 |
1st |
27 |
|
Ward |
James Henry Herbert |
5109063 |
Sergt. |
Egypt |
14/11/1942 |
1st |
24 |
Wardle |
Alfred Gordon |
5252890 |
Pte. |
India |
28/07/1941 |
2nd |
20 |
Warman |
Harry Leslie |
5245694 |
C.S.M. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
34 |
Warner |
James |
5250962 |
Pte. |
Italy (POW) |
10/12/1942 |
1st |
23 |
Charles Frederick |
6349988 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
28 |
|
Wassell |
Charles Joseph |
5258553 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
05/12/1942 |
- |
33 |
James William |
14654577 |
Pte. |
La Variniere, France |
10/08/1944 |
1st |
28 |
|
Watkins |
Alstan Heath |
138104 |
Lieut. |
Burma |
11/04/1944 |
7th |
26 |
Noel |
174313 |
Captain |
Randwijk, Netherlands |
29/09/1944 |
1st |
31 |
|
Watkins |
Oliver |
6453134 |
W.O.II |
U.K. |
01/09/1946 |
- |
43 |
Watson |
Robert George |
5257435 |
Pte. |
Burma |
06/05/1944 |
7th |
28 |
Watson |
William |
5055354 |
Pte. |
Randwijk, Netherlands (DoW) |
30/09/1944 |
1st |
31 |
Waugh |
James William |
5253041 |
Pte. |
Pas de Calais, France |
25/05/1940 |
7th |
20 |
Way |
James |
5504002 |
Pte. |
India |
06/12/1943 |
2nd |
24 |
Webb |
Donald George |
273704 |
Lieut. |
Burma |
19/12/1944 |
2nd |
25 |
Webb |
Ernest |
5257136 |
Pte. |
Route de Tilly, France |
27/08/1944 |
1st |
31 |
Webb |
Harold Algernon |
5243579 |
C.S.M. |
Dunkirk, France |
28/05/1940 |
8th |
47 |
Webb |
Walter Thomas |
2751773 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
28/05/1940 |
8th |
30 |
Weston |
Charles William |
5499551 |
Pte. |
Burma |
22/01/1945 |
2nd |
25 |
Peter Tuck |
124469 |
Major |
Hill 112, France |
23/07/1944 |
1st |
24 |
|
Whaley |
George Alexander |
2024001 |
L./Cpl. |
Italy (POW) |
31/12/1942 |
1st |
?? |
Whatsize |
James |
5256155 |
Pte. |
Egypt |
14/11/1942 |
1st |
26 |
Wheeler |
William Leonard Alfred |
5252100 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
21/05/1940 |
8th |
24 |
Whiles |
Charles Henry |
2033595 |
Pte. |
Burma |
19/03/1945 |
2nd |
28 |
Whitaker |
John Ambler |
5251617 |
Cpl. |
Italy (POW) |
02/04/1944 |
1st |
23 |
White |
Charles Henry |
5250058 |
Drummer |
Belgium |
23/05/1940 |
7th |
?? |
White |
Charles Michael Patrick |
5247080 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
17/01/1943 |
- |
?? |
White |
George |
3651726 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
17/03/1941 |
1st |
30 |
White |
John William |
5257423 |
Pte. |
Mt. Pinçon, France |
08/08/1944 |
1st |
30 |
White |
Laurence Arthur |
5243547 |
Sergt. |
Nigeria |
11/06/1941 |
- |
43 |
White |
Leslie Roland |
5254767 |
Pte. |
Burma |
08/05/1944 |
7th |
27 |
Whitehall |
Robert |
5251353 |
Cpl. |
Eritrea |
19/03/1941 |
1st |
22 |
Whitehead |
Ronald George |
6103380 |
Pte. |
Vehlingen, Germany (DoW) |
29/03/1945 |
1st |
25 |
Whitehouse |
Charles |
5258496 |
Pte. |
Western Europe |
08/08/1944 |
1st |
35 |
Robert Leslie |
14424566 |
Pte. |
Tripsrath, Germany |
19/11/1944 |
1st |
19 |
|
Whyte |
Thomas |
3714104 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
31/03/1941 |
1st |
23 |
Wilcox |
Leonard Alfred |
6103419 |
Pte. |
Cahagnes, France |
01/08/1944 |
1st |
24 |
Wild |
George William |
4915695 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
10/10/1940 |
8th |
?? |
Wilkes |
Frederick Charles John |
5248177 |
L./Cpl. |
Egypt |
10/12/1940 |
1st |
27 |
Wilkes |
Percy Victor |
5252492 |
Pte. |
Le Havre, France |
07/03/1940 |
8th |
19 |
Wilkins |
Bert |
5239564 |
C.S.M. |
U.K. |
01/11/1947 |
- |
54 |
William Leonard |
5056574 |
Pte. |
Elst, Netherlands |
25/09/1944 |
1st |
29 |
|
Wilkinson |
Andrew |
5253887 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
Wilkinson |
Eric |
5259921 |
Pte. |
Burma |
09/03/1945 |
2nd |
33 |
Willetts |
Daniel Samuel |
5253256 |
Pte. |
Givenchy, France |
28/05/1940 |
7th |
?? |
Willetts |
Ronald William |
14052318 |
Pte. |
Pola, Yugoslavia |
18/02/1947 |
1st |
21 |
Alfred Edward John |
5257871 |
Pte. |
Mouen, France |
01/07/1944 |
1st |
32 |
|
Williams |
Charles Thomas |
5503192 |
Pte. |
Burma |
12/02/1945 |
2nd |
25 |
Williams |
David Frederick |
4202274 |
Pte. |
Burma |
02/03/1945 |
2nd |
23 |
Williams |
Edward George William |
1540282 |
Cpl. |
U.K. |
20/06/1943 |
- |
25 |
Williams |
Evan Richard |
4198263 |
Cpl. |
Burma |
04/06/1945 |
2nd |
28 |
Williams |
George Richard |
4197128 |
Pte. |
Burma |
11/04/1944 |
7th |
24 |
Williams |
William |
14730532 |
Pte. |
Burma |
16/02/1945 |
2nd |
31 |
Williams |
William Percy |
5248066 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
17/03/1941 |
1st |
30 |
Willis |
Christopher |
4855535 |
Pte. |
Hotton, Belgium |
25/05/1940 |
8th |
31 |
Willoughby |
Ernest Charles Ernie |
5254924 |
L./Cpl. |
U.K. |
07/05/1945 |
8th |
27 |
Wilmot |
Frank |
2087819 |
Pte. |
India |
31/12/1944 |
2nd |
28 |
Wilsdon |
Frederick |
5247711 |
L./Sergt. |
U.K. |
15/02/1945 |
- |
36 |
Wilson |
Alfred Edward |
14577344 |
Pte. |
Burma |
25/01/1945 |
2nd |
22 |
Winwood |
Ernest Jack |
5251512 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
29/05/1940 |
8th |
21 |
Wood |
John William |
5254388 |
Pte. |
Burma |
23/01/1945 |
2nd |
26 |
Wood |
Victor Charles |
2043547 |
L./Sergt. |
Burma |
08/02/1945 |
7th |
32 |
Woodall |
Raymond |
5251586 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
07/09/1945 |
- |
24 |
Albert Edward |
5250737 |
Pte. |
Elst, Netherlands |
25/09/1944 |
1st |
25 |
|
Woodward |
John |
153938 |
Lieut. |
Burma |
19/05/1944 |
7th |
26 |
Woodward |
Thomas Wilfred |
4197224 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
05/06/1940 |
7th |
20 |
Woolley |
Arthur Benjamin |
5250002 |
Cpl. |
India |
17/02/1940 |
2nd |
28 |
Woolner |
William Henry |
13048978 |
Pte. |
Benghazi, Libya |
17/06/1942 |
1st |
?? |
Worboys |
Richard |
5379271 |
Sergt. |
Eritrea |
10/10/1941 |
1st |
31 |
Worgan |
Norman |
5256152 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
21/01/1942 |
7th |
27 |
Worgan |
Stanley |
5188211 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
20/01/1942 |
7th |
21 |
Wort |
George Edwin Frederick |
5499874 |
L./Cpl. |
Burma |
08/02/1945 |
2nd |
24 |
Worthington |
James |
4855231 |
Pte. |
Lille, France |
21/05/1940 |
8th |
?? |
Wright |
Bernard |
5117954 |
Pte. |
Egypt |
12/12/1940 |
- |
?? |
Wright |
Charles Edward |
4912946 |
Cpl. |
Dunkirk, France |
26/05/1940 |
7th |
30 |
Wright |
Frederick Edward |
5252688 |
Pte. |
U.K. |
27/02/1943 |
- |
21 |
Wright |
William Walter |
5255674 |
Pte. |
Burma |
15/02/1945 |
2nd |
24 |
Wyatt |
Joseph William |
5248363 |
Sergt. |
Egypt |
02/04/1942 |
1st |
26 |
Wye |
David Gordon |
293210 |
Lieut. |
Cheux, France |
27/06/1944 |
1st |
28 |
Wyer |
Vincent Frederick |
5251647 |
Pte. |
Eritrea |
25/12/1941 |
1st |
21 |
Wykes |
William Henry |
5251711 |
Pte. |
Dunkirk, France |
10/06/1940 |
8th |
20 |
Notes:
Brigadier Mainwaring Ravell Walsh C.B., C.M.G., M.C. was attached to King's Messenger General Staff.
Sergeant Laurence Arthur White (5243547) was attached to the Nigeria Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
Corporal Charles Edward Wright (4912946) formerly of the South Staffordshire Regiment.