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Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

Prominent General in WW1 who visited Northern Ireland in March 1922 and spoke his mind on the Irish situation. On 22 June he unveiled the Liverpool Street Station war memorial and then went home to...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy

1 memorial
John Wilson

John Wilson

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
L. W. G. Wilson

L. W. G. Wilson

Station Officer -  One of two men (with Frederick Mitchell) who gave their lives at Soho Fire Station on 7th October 1940. London Fire Journal gives his name as William Wilson. See Mitchell for som...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 63. Buried in grave 1 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
John Gilbert Winant

John Gilbert Winant

United States ambassador to Great Britain 1941-46. Born New York City. Succeeded the pro-appeasement ambassador, Joseph Kennedy, Winant was with Churchill when news arrived of the attack on Pearl H...

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, USA

2 memorials
James William Windebank

James William Windebank

Passenger killed in the Handley Page V/1500 air-crash. James William Windebank was born on 11 December 1892, a son of William Windebank (1860-1941) and Mary Annie Maria Windebank née Tiley (1861-1...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse

Singer and songwriter. Born Amy Jade Winehouse in Southgate, she began writing music in her teens, and became a singer with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra in 2000. Her debut album 'Frank', was r...

Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, Tragedy

2 memorials
William Wise

William Wise

William Hugh Surtees Wise was born on 6 April 1951 in Oxford, the youngest of the three sons of Horatio Thomas Wise (1906-1990) and Lucy Maud Wise née Helliwell (1919-1951). His elder brothers were...

Person, Tragedy

3 memorials
Katherine Wolf

Katherine Wolf

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Katherine Susan James was born on 15 June 1961 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, the younger child of Howard R...

Person, Tragedy, USA, Wales

1 memorial
Frederick John Wonderling

Frederick John Wonderling

Frederick John Wunderling was born on 21 June 1914, the sixth of the eight children of William Frederick John Wunderling (1879-1946) and Eliza Ann Wunderling née Brady (1878-1927). His birth was re...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy

1 memorial
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