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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, TRINITY COLLEGE WORLD WAR 2 WAR MEMORIAL - SURNAMES W

World War 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2009

The Cambridge University, Trinity College World War 2 memorial is in the form of an engraved stone tablet on the west wall of the College Chapel. The west wall of the Ante-Chapel, behind the statue of Newton, is dedicated to a huge memorial of Portland stone, engraved by David Kindersley in 1951 with the names of 384 Trinity men who died in the Second World War

PRO MURO ERANT NOBIS TAM IN NOCTE QUAM IN DIE
MCMXXXIX – MCMXLV

They were a wall unto us both by night and day.
1939-1945
(1 Samuel 25: 16)

WAKE H M S
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WALCOTT J C
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WALKER G H
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WASHINGTON G J C
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WATNEY M G
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WAYNE M H M
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WEAVER, MiD Michael Herron
Lieutenant 79237, 1st King's Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in action in Cyrenaica 17 October 1941. Aged 29. Born Birkenhead, resident Surrey. Son of Frederick William Herron Weaver and Lucy May Louise Weaver. B.A.(Cantab.), Eton and Trinity College, Barrister at Law, Captain Cambridge University Skiing Team. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY, Libya. Plot 6. Row N. Grave 12.
WEBSTER C F
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WEBSTER D J
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WEDDERSPOON J M
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WELLS Charles Ian Ballantine

Major 62941, 89 Battery, 23 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died as a result of an accident on manoeuvres in England 29 May 1942. Aged 29. Born Bedford, resident Bedfordshire. Son of Maj. Charles Ernest Wells, formerly of The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), and of Jessie Crawford Seymour Wells (nee Ballantine), of Sharnbrook. B.A. (Cantab.) Trinity College. Buried West of the Tower, on the boundary, in SHARNBROOK (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire. See also Sharnbrook Memorial

CHARLES ERNEST WELLS
TURVEY ABBEY, MAJOR LATE 7th ROYAL FUSLIERS.
BORN ST LEONARDS 19th APRIL 1875.
DIED FRINTON-ON-SEA 11th SEPT 1932
CHARLES IAN BALLANTYNE WELLS
MAJOR, ROYAL ARTILLERY
OF TOFTE MANOR, SHARNBROOK
SON OF CHARLES & JESSIE C.S. WELLS
BORN 14th JULY 1912.
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE 29th MAY 1942
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JESSIE CRAWFORD SEYMOUR WELLS
OF TOFTE MANOR, WIFE OF MAJOR C E WELLS
BORN 19th JUNE 1871
DIED 25th NOV 1959
WHEATCROFT N R
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WHITE-SMITH I K
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WIDDERSON L E
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WIGGINS C E M
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WIGRAM A F
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WILLIAMSON-NOBLE M N
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WILLS Sir G P V Bart
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WILSON A G B C
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WILSON G N
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WILSON J R
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WILSON R F
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WINCH A D
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WORMALD A G
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WORTHINGTON-JONES M D
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WRIGHT Peter Adrian Lowndes
Second Lieutenant 172423, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action 27 November 1941. Aged 21. Born London, resident London S.W. Son of Capt. Frank L. Wright, formerly of The West Yorkshire Regt., and of Muriel Wright, of Kensington, London. B.A. (Cantab.): Trinity College. Buried in HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot 20. Row A. Grave 4.
WRIGHTSON R V
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A-Z of names on the Cambridge Guildhall World War 1 memorial Cambridge University Trinity College - Surnames starting with A Surnames starting with B Surnames starting with C Surnames starting with D Surnames starting with E Surnames starting with F Surnames starting with G Surnames starting with H Surnames starting with I Surnames starting with J Surnames starting with K Surnames starting with L Surnames starting with M Surnames starting with N Surnames starting with O Surnames starting with P Surnames starting with Q Surnames starting with R Surnames starting with S Surnames starting with T Surnames starting with U Surnames starting with V Surnames starting with W Surnames starting with X Surnames starting with Y Surnames starting with Z

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