Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter W. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one place. If you have any further information about any of these men, please get in touch at the email address shown below.
Whitchurch Museum and Archives
You can search for a name in the table and view the details by clicking on ‘Further information’.
| Surname | Given Names | Survived or died | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wade | George | Survived | View Details |
| Wagstaff | Harry | Survived | View Details |
| Wagstaffe | Frederick Horace | Survived | View Details |
| Wainwright | Richard Herbert | Survived | View Details |
| Walford | Edward | Died | View Details |
| Walford | Frederick | Survived | View Details |
| Walford | Joseph | Survived | View Details |
| Walker | Ernest O | Died | View Details |
| Walley | Alfred | Died | View Details |
| Walter | Felix Alfred | Died | View Details |
| Walters | John Thomas | Died | View Details |
| Ward | Francis Samuel | Survived | View Details |
| Ward | George | Died | View Details |
| Ward | John | Survived | No further information available. |
| Warner | Ernest G | Died | View Details |
| Warrender | Francis | Died | View Details |
| Wasse | Leonard | Died | View Details |
| Watkin | Arthur John | Survived | View Details |
| Watkins | Harold Thomas | Died | View Details |
| Watkiss | William | Survived | View Details |
| Watson | Percy Charles | Survived | View Details |
| Watt | John Vade | Died | View Details |
| Webb | James | Survived | View Details |
| Webster | George | Survived | View Details |
| Webster | George | Died | View Details |
| Webster | Samuel | Survived | View Details |
| Welch | John Francis | Survived | View Details |
| Welch | John Reginald | Survived | View Details |
| Welch | Oliver | Survived | View Details |
| Welch | Wallace Bailey | Survived | View Details |
| Welch | William Gordon | Died | View Details |
| Whalley | William Cartwright | Survived | View Details |
| Wharton | Henry Jnr. | Survived | View Details |
| Wharton | John | Survived | View Details |
| Wharton | John | Survived | View Details |
| Wharton | John Frederick | Survived | View Details |
| White | George | Survived | Did not serve; born in 1839 |
| White | Thomas Henry | Survived | View Details |
| White | George Henry | Died | View Details |
| Whitehead | William | Died | View Details |
| Whitfield | Cecil Harry | Died | View Details |
| Whitfield | Charles | Died | View Details |
| Whitfield | F | Died | No further information available. |
| Whitfield | Samuel Richard | Died | View Details |
| Whitney | Frederick | Died | View Details |
| Whitney | William | Died | View Details |
| Whittingham | Robert Cecil | Survived | View Details |
| Wilde | Walter | Survived | View Details |
| Wilkinson | Arthur | Died | View Details |
| Wilkinson | Frederick Joseph | Survived | View Details |
| Wilkinson | George | Survived | View Details |
| Wilkinson | George Henry | Survived | View Details |
| Wilkinson | James | Survived | View Details |
| Wilkinson | Richard | Survived | View Details |
| Wilkinson | Thomas Bowen | Survived | View Details |
| Wilkinson | Wallace | Died | View Details |
| Wilkinson | William | Died | View Details |
| Willett | Geoffrey Frank | Died | View Details |
| Williams | Alfred | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Cecil Harold | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Charles William | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Charles | Died | View Details |
| Williams | Charles Thomas | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Enoch | Died | View Details |
| Williams | Frank | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Frank | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Frank Harry | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Frederick | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Frederick William | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | George Herbert | Died | View Details |
| Williams | Harold | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Harry | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Harry | Died | View Details |
| Williams | Henry | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | J | Survived | No further information available. |
| Williams | Jack | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | John | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | John | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | John | Died | View Details |
| Williams | John | Died | View Details |
| Williams | John Arthur | Died | View Details |
| Williams | John Henry | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | John Henry | Died | View Details |
| Williams | John Herbert | Died | View Details |
| Williams | Kenneth William Thomas | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Percy | Survived | Did not serve; discharged prior to the start of WW1 |
| Williams | Richard | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | Thomas | Died | View Details |
| Williams | Thomas Victor | Died | View Details |
| Williams | William | Survived | View Details |
| Williams | William James | Survived | View Details |
| Williamson | George | Died | View Details |
| Williamson | Joseph Ankers | Died | View Details |
| Williamson | Richard | Died | View Details |
| Willison | Clifford | Died | View Details |
| Wilson | Arthur | Survived | View Details |
| Wilson | Edwin George | Survived | View Details |
| Wilson | Ernest E | Died | View Details |
| Wilson | George | Survived | View Details |
| Wilson | George Henry | Survived | View Details |
| Wilson | Jesse | Survived | View Details |
| Wilson | Joseph Alfred | Survived | View Details |
| Wilson | Leonard | Died | View Details |
| Wilson | Talbot Ernest | Died | View Details |
| Wilson | Walter | Died | View Details |
| Wilson | William | Died | View Details |
| Windsor | William Henry | Survived | View Details |
| Wisdom | Bernard Powell | Survived | View Details |
| Witkiss | Albert | Died | View Details |
| Witts | Robert Buckley | Survived | View Details |
| Wolley Dod | Douglas Kirk | Died | View Details |
| Wolley Dod | Frederick Hova | Died | View Details |
| Wood | George | Survived | View Details |
| Wood | James H | Died | View Details |
| Wood | John Albert | Survived | View Details |
| Woodcock | Richard William | Survived | View Details |
| Woodfield | George Albert | Died | View Details |
| Woodhall | Ernest | Survived | View Details |
| Woodhall | George Frederick | Survived | View Details |
| Woodhall | Percy | Survived | No further information available. |
| Woodhall | Sydney | Died | View Details |
| Woodhall | Thomas | Survived | View Details |
| Woodvine | George Orlando | Survived | View Details |
| Woodvine | Thomas Jnr. | Survived | View Details |
| Woodvine | William | Survived | View Details |
| Woodward | Frank | Died | View Details |
| Woodward | John | Survived | View Details |
| Woodward | Thomas | Died | View Details |
| Woollam | Frederick John | Survived | View Details |
| Woollam | Samuel | Survived | View Details |
| Woolley | Alfred James | Survived | View Details |
| Wormington | Walter | Survived | View Details |
| Worthington | Samuel | Died | View Details |
| Wragg | Alfred | Died | View Details |
| Wragg | William | Survived | View Details |
| Wrench | Philip Sydney | Survived | View Details |
| Wright | Alfred | Survived | View Details |
| Wright | John Fred | Died | View Details |
| Wright | Wilfred | Died | View Details |
| Wyatt | George Gilbert | Survived | View Details |
| Wyatt | William Henry | Survived | View Details |
| Wynn | Bernard | Survived | View Details |
| Wynn | Thomas | Survived | View Details |
| Wynne | Joseph Lewis | Survived | View Details |