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Veteran Newfoundlanders Who Served In All Wars
And Armed Forces Throughout The World
Researched and Contributed by Ivy Benoit and Daniel Breen.
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Surname W
| Name | Unit | War | Date of Death | Age | Newspaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WADE, Ivan Alonzo | Veteran | C.A.F. | 07 Feb 2015 | 72 | Halifax Herald |
| WAGG, Ranken “Doc” William | Canadian Armed Forces | C.A.F. | 12 Sep 2009 | 68 | The Telegram |
| WAKEHAM, Vincent | Royal Navy | WW II | 26 Feb 1997 | 86 | The Telegram |
| WALBOURNE, Raymond | Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit | WW II | 16 Mar 2006 | 90 | The Telegram |
| WALBOURNE, Samuel Cecil | Merchant Marine | WW II | 01 Feb 2004 | 80 | Western Star |
| WALKER, Llewellyn A | Royal Newfoundland Regiment | WW I | 09 Feb 1959 | 62 | Daily News |
| WALKER James Donald "JD" | Veteran | C.A.F. | 06 May 2019 | 83 | The Telegram |
| WALKER, Philip Francis (Frank) | Royal Navy ~ 1st 200 | WW II | 19 Apr 2006 | 90 | The Telegram |
| WALL, Daniel J. | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 19 Jul 1993 | Chris Shelley Obits | |
| WALL, Francis (Frank) Fergus J.P. | Royal Aar Force | WW II | 27 May 2008 | 92 | The Telegram |
| WALL, Peter Joseph | Veteran | WW II | 23 Oct 2004 | 84 | The Telegram |
| WALLACE, Ron | Royal Navy | WW II | 20 May 2008 | 91 | The Telegram |
| WALSH, Agnes W. (Nan) | Veteran | WW II | 01 Mar 1993 | 82 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, Arch | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 13 Oct 1990 | 69 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, Benedict M | Veteran | C.A.F. | 29 Apr 2008 | 64 | The Telegram |
| WALSH, Cyril J. | Veteran | WW II Korea |
21 Feb 1989 | 62 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, Denis Patrick [Captain] | Merchant Navy | WW II | 07 Sep 1971 | 70 | The Telegram |
| WALSH, Edward F. | 166th Royal Newfoundland Regiment R.A. | WW II | 21 Feb 1997 | 78 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, Grace Cavell [nee Dewling] | Royal Canadian Air Force | WW II | 31 Jan 2002 | 83 | The Telegram |
| WALSH, Harry Arthur Baden | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | C.A.F. | 07 Mar 2019 | 76 | Cape Breton Post |
| WALSH, Harold Francis | Royal Artillery | WW II | 13 Nov 1999 | 81 | The Telegram |
| WALSH, John | Union Army | Civil | 28 Nov 1887 | 54 | Standard |
| WALSH, John (Jack) | Royal Navy | WW II | 15 Nov 1979 | 57 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, John | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 12 Jun 1994 | 75 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, John Baptist | Royal Canadian Air Force | C.A.F. | 25 Feb 2016 | 86 | The Telegram |
| WALSH, John Frederick [See Photo] | Veteran | C.A.F. | 18 May 2022 | 68 | Burin Peninsula |
| WALSH, Lawrence (Lefty) | Royal Navy | WW II | 23 May 2002 | The Telegram | |
| WALSH, Leo | Royal Navy | WW II | 07 Oct 1997 | 77 | The Telegram |
| WALSH, Leo | Veteran | WW II | 07 Aug 2007 | 89 | The Telegram |
| WALSH, Michael | Veteran | WW I | 09 Feb 1926 | Guardian | |
| WALSH, Michael G. | Royal Canadian Navy | C.A.F. | 14 Nov 1989 | 45 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, Michael J. | Veteran | WW I | 04 Mar 1926 | 30 | Daily News |
| WALSH, Patrick James | Veteran | WW II | 09 Nov 1992 | 79 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, Patrick Joseph | Royal Navy | WW II | 09 Jan 1990 | 78 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, Patrick Joseph | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 28 Dec 1994 | 85 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, Peter J. | Veteran | WW II | 11 Feb 1995 | 63 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, Roy Vincent | Royal Navy | WW II | 26 Apr 2006 | 88 | The Telegram |
| WALSH, Walter J. | Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit | WW II | 19 Jan 1989 | 73 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WALSH, Captain William (Bill) [See Photo] | Veteran | C.A.F. | 30 Oct 2017 | Halifax Herald | |
| WALSH, William John (Jack) [See Photo] | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 11 Mar 2013 | 93 | The Telegram |
| WALSH, William [See Photo] | Veteran | WW II | 30 Dec 2018 | 92 | Cape Breton Post |
| WARD, John [See Photo] | Veteran | WW II | 18 Jun 2020 | 100 | The Telegram |
| WARFORD Sidney R. 'Junior' | Veteran | C.A.F. | 02 Dec 2019 | 66 | Western Star |
| WARR, Allan S. | Veteran | WW II | 23 Oct 2003 | 92 | The Beacon |
| WARR, Edward [See Photo] | Merchant Navy | WW II | 07 Nov 2016 | 94 | The Telegram |
| WARREN, Arthur Raymond | Royal Canadian Ordance Corps | WW II | 18 Mar 2000 | 73 | Cape Breton Post |
| WARREN, Clarence B | Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit | WWII | 20 Dec 1969 | 49 | Compass |
| WARREN, James Vincent | Royal Canadian Regiment | C.A.F. | 16 Feb 2012 | 76 | The Telegram |
| WARREN, Peter A. | Veteran | Korea | 27 Apr 2008 | 78 | The Telegram |
| WARREN, Reginald Maxwell | Royal Canadian Navy | 22 Sep 2008 | 74 | Halifax Herald | |
| WARREN, Robert Ernest | Veteran | WW II | 16 Apr 2002 | 78 | Halifax Herald |
| WARREN, Willard Ainsley | Veteran | WW II | 05 Jun 2003 | 80 | Halifax Herald |
| WATERFIELD, John “Ed” | Royal Canadian Corps of Signals | C.A.F. | 31 Mar 2013 | 80 | Halifax Herald |
| WATSON, Latimer Stuart "Tim" | Canadian Navy | WW II | 11 Feb 2002 | 88 | The Telegram |
| WEBB, Edward | Royal Navy | WW II | 19 Dec 2011 | 89 | Halifax Herald |
| WEBBER, Patrick | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 13 Aug 2000 | 78 | The Telegram |
| WELLS, Eric Lloyd | Royal Canadian Navy | C.A.F. | 25 Jan 2018 | 86 | Halifax Herald |
| WELLS, Freeman | Merchant Navy | WW II | 09 May 2014 | 89 | Halifax Herald |
| WELLS, George Kenneth | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 20 Feb 2010 | 87 | The Telegram |
| WELLS, Gordon Clarence | Veteran | WW II | 08 Nov 2013 | 72 | The Telegram |
| WELLS, James | Veteran | C.A.F. | 2017 | Gulf News | |
| WELSH, Benjamin (Benny) | Merchant Navy ~ Royal Canadian Navy | WW II | 25 Feb 2008 | 86 | The Telegram |
| WELSH, Randall Vincent | Royal Canadian Navy | WW II | 04 Feb 2005 | 92 | Halifax Herald |
| WESTCOTT, Francis Thomas John | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 17 Aug 1999 | 79 | The Telegram |
| WESTCOTT, Richard Henry | Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit | WW II | 05 May 2002 | 105 | The Telegram |
| WHALEN, H. B. Clyde | 13669-H ~ RCN | Korea | 16 Apr 2006 | 75 | Western Star |
| WHALEN, James F. | Veteran | WW II | 15 Mar 2004 | 85 | The Telegram |
| WHALEN, John | Royal Navy | WW II | 30 Aug 1941 | The Telegram | |
| WHALEN, Ormond N. | Veteran | Korea | 18 May 2002 | 70 | The Telegram |
| WHALEN, Phillip Roy | Royal Navy | WW II | 02 Sep 2006 | 90 | Western Star |
| WHEELER, Gerald Ernest [[See Photo] | Newfoundland Regiment | WW II | 23 Apr 2017 | 92 | The Telegram |
| WHEELER, Ivor | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Korea | 22 Dec 2008 | 78 | Western Star |
| WHEELER CD Kenneth William [[See Photo] | Veteran | C.A.F | 11 Aug 2020 | 71 | Western Star |
| WHELAN, Alan Joseph | 166th Royal Newfoundland Regiment R.A. | WW II | 11 Nov 1991 | 73 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WHELAN, Lawrence | Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit | WW II | 20 Dec 1997 | 79 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WHELAN, Nathaniel | Veteran | WW II | 26 Jun 1990 | 71 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WHELAN, Patrick | Veteran | WW I | 04 Jan 1925 | 24 | Daily News |
| WIGHT, Glesby Eli | Royal Navy | WW II | 05 Mar 2009 | 86 | Western Star |
| WIGHT, WO James Gerald William [[See Photo] | Canadian Reserve Force: 56 Engineer Squadron | C.A.F. | 14 Jan 2023 | 50 | The Telegram |
| WHIFFIN, Grace Elizabeth | Royal Canadian Air Force | WW II | 01 Apr 2016 | 97 | Halifax Herald |
| WHIFFEN, Martin Leo | 166th Royal Newfoundland Regiment R.A. | WW II | 10 Jun 2009 | 82 | Gulf News |
| WHITE, A. Merril | Royal Navy | WW II | 25 Jan 2003 | 87 | Western Star |
| WHITE, Arthur E. (Art) | Merchant Marine | WW II | 10 Feb 2009 | 89 | The Telegram |
| WHITE, Arthur Richard | 166th Royal Newfoundland Regiment R.A. | WW II | 10 Jan 2003 | 85 | Western Star |
| WHITE, Austin Bernard "Whitie" | British and Canadian Military | WW II | 04 Nov 2008 | 93 | Halifax Herald |
| WHITE, Cecil W. | Royal Navy ~ Merchant Marine | WW II | 16 Dec 2006 | 90 | The Telegram |
| WHITE, Cornelius 'Con' | Royal Artillery [Newfoundland] | WW II | 19 Mar 2014 | 100 | Cape Breton Post |
| WHITE, Cyril J. | Veteran | WW II | 08 Jan 1996 | 75 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WHITE, Edgar “Whitey” | Royal Canadian Navy | WW II | 20 Mar 2010 | 91 | Halifax Herald |
| WHITE, Eldon George Sr. | Merchant Navy | WW II | 12 Oct 2008 | 96 | The Telegram |
| WHITE, Emmanuel Luther | Royal Air Force ~ 125th Newfoundland Sqd | WW II | 30 Oct 2004 | 85 | Western Star |
| WHITE, Eric W. | Royal Navy | WW II | 07 Jan 1995 | 72 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WHITE, George Albert | Royal Navy | WW II | 29 Jan 2001 | 79 | Southern Gazette |
| WHITE, George L. | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 17 Jun 2004 | 80 | The Telegram |
| WHITE, James | Veteran | WW II | 17 Jan 1992 | 78 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WHITE, James | Royal Navy | WW II | 01 Jun 1994 | 73 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WHITE, Joseph Jude (Jody) (JJ) CD | Veteran | C.A.F. | 06 Apr 2018 | 60 | The Telegram |
| WHITE, Maynard Leroy | Merchant Navy | WW II | 20 May 2009 | 80 | Halifax Herald |
| WHITE, Richard P. (Dick) | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 11 Sep 1997 | 77 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WHITE, Robert William | Merchant Marine | WW II | 16 Apr 2006 | 84 | The Telegram |
| WHITE, Ronald | Merchant Marine | WW II | 01 Oct 2008 | 81 | The Beacon |
| WHITE, Stanley Garfield | Royal Navy | WW II | 16 Apr 2008 | 90 | The Telegram |
| WHITE, Thomas Augustine | Veteran | C.A.F. | 16 Nov 2009 | 69 | The Telegram |
| WHITE, Thomas Garfield "Tom" | Veteran | Korea | 23 Oct 2014 | 81 | Halifax Herald |
| WHITE, Willis Joseph | Royal Navy | WW II | 26 Jul 2016 | 94 | Western Star |
| WHITEHORNE, Ronald K. | Merchant Navy | WW II | 02 Aug 2006 | 87 | Western Star |
| WHITEWAY, Stanley Carson | Merchant Navy | WW II | 19 Feb 2009 | 90 | The Telegram |
| WHITTAKER, John R. | Veteran | WW II | 12 Jul 2000 | 76 | The Telegram |
| WHITTEN, Garrick “Gary” | Veteran | Vietnam | 02 Jul 2006 | 58 | The Lowell Sun, MA. |
| WHITTEN, Glenn Douglas [[See Photo] | Royal Canadian Regiment | C.A.F. | 10 Dec 2016 | 54 | The Telegram |
| WHITTEN, Roland | Veteran | Korea | 10 Mar 2011 | 86 | The Telegram |
| WHITTLE, George [[See Photo] | Royal Canadian Navy | C.A.F. | 05 Mar 2013 | 81 | The Telegram |
| WHITTLE, Thomas James | Merchant Marine | WW II | 23 Feb 2010 | 88 | Halifax Herald |
| WICKS, Cluney | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 11 Oct 2010 | 87 | The Telegram |
| WICKS, Fredrick "Cyril" | Merchant Marine | WW II | 02 Aug 2005 | 85 | Halifax Herald |
| WICKS, Gordon Harold | Royal Navy | WW II | 05 Oct 2012 | 90 | Halifax Herald |
| WICKWIRE, Lawrence David | Royal Canadian Air Force | WW II | 22 Oct 2002 | 95 | The Telegram |
| WIGHT, Piercy Milton | Royal Navy | WW II | 30 Sep 2016 | 95 | Western Star |
| WILCOX, Leslie Martin | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 29 May 2008 | 89 | The Telegram |
| WILDING, Lewis | Veteran | WW I I | 25 Jul 2007 | 86 | The Telegram |
| WILLIAMS, Albert Edward | Merchant Marine | WW II | 03 Aug 1997 | 90 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WILLIAMS, Alexander | United States Naval Construction [Seabees] | WW II | 01 Nov 1992 | 84 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WILLIAMS, Cecil Hubert | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 20 Nov 2005 | 88 | The Telegram |
| WILLIAMS, Charles Berkley (Charlie) | 166th Royal Newfoundland Regiment R.A. | WW II | 23 Dec 1997 | 77 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WILLIAMS, Eugene Harold | Royal Canadian Dragoons | C.A.F. | 30 Nov 1997 | The Telegram | |
| WILLIAMS, Frederick Vernon | Royal Navy | WW II | 27 Sep 1991 | 69 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WILLIAMS, George | Veteran | WW II | 24 Jul 1993 | 75 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WILLIAMS, Gordon | Royal Canadian Navy | C.A.F. | 15 Feb 2018 | 75 | Burin Peninsula |
| WILLIAMS, Harold Joseph (Bud) [See Photo] | Veteran | C.A.F. | 17 Jan 2017 | 80 | Cape Breton Post |
| WILLIAMS, Sgt. Herman Clifford [See Photo] | Veteran | C.A.F. | 14 Oct 2020 | 33 | The Telegram |
| WILLIAMS, John | Veteran | C.A.F. | 01 Jul 1995 | Chris Shelley Obits | |
| WILLIAMS, John Joseph (Jack) | Merchant Navy | WW II | 20 Aug 2016 | 90 | Cape Breton Post |
| WILLIAMS, Leo [# 1091] | Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit | WW II | 02 Feb 2006 | 89 | The Telegram |
| WILLIAMS, Nicholas | Royal Navy | WW II | 25 Jul 1992 | 78 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WILLIAMS, Theodore Edward (Ted) [See Photo] | Canadian Army | C.A.F. | 05 Aug 2010 | 61 | The Telegram |
| WILLIAMS, Thomas | 166th Royal Newfoundland Regiment R.A. | WW II | 09 Dec 1995 | 82 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WILLIAMS, Walter | Royal Navy | WW II | 13 May 1989 | 68 | Chris Shelley Obits |
| WILLIAMS, Walter [Watty] | Veteran | WW I | 25 Oct 1979 | Chris Shelley Obits | |
| WILLIAMS, Weston | Royal Newfoundland Regiment | WW I | 19 Nov 1980 | The Telegram | |
| WILLIAMS, Wilson | 166th Royal Newfoundland Regiment R.A. | WW II | 21 Jul 2008 | 85 | The Packet |
| WILTON, Major Robert Derrick [See Photo] | Royal Canadian Air Force | C.A.F. | 24 Dec 2020 | The Telegram | |
| WILTON, William (Bill) Chesley | 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment R.A | WW II | 29 Jan 2007 | 86 | Western Star |
| WINCHESTER [Tobin], Margaret "Tobey" | Canadian Women's Army Corps | WW II | 24 Feb 2010 | 85 | Halifax Herald |
| WINDSOR, Douglas Haig [See Photo] | Royal Canadian Air Force | WW II | 02 Mar 2021 | 97 | The Telegram |
| WINDSOR, John (Jack) | Newfoundland Regiment | WW II | 15 Jul 2003 | 84 | The Telegram |
| WINTER, Ernest Hayward | Royal Canadian Navy | WW II | 13 Oct 2010 | 85 | The Telegram |
| WINDSOR, Mont | Veteran | WW I | 16 Oct 1978 | 87 | The Telegram |
| WINSLOW [Head Constable] | Veteran | Crimea | Oct 1914 | 84 | Guardian |
| WINSOR, Benjamin James | Veteran | WW II | 24 Jan 2008 | 95 | The Telegram |
| WINSOR, C. Bruce | Veteran | Korea | 15 Mar 2007 | 80 | The Telegram |
| WINSOR, Captain Fraser A. | Veteran | WW II | 12 Jul 2008 | 88 | The Telegram |
| WINSOR, Harold [See Photo] | Veteran | Korea | 27 Apr 2011 | 79 | The Telegram |
| WINSOR, Mason Thomas | Merchant Navy | WW II | 20 Aug 2008 | 83 | The Telegram |
| WISCOMBE, Samuel Andrew, CD [See Photo] | Royal Canadian Navy | C.A.F. | 18 April 2010 | 64 | Halifax Herald |
| WISEMAN, Adolph (Dolph) | Royal Navy | WW II | 16 May 2011 | 89 | The Telegram |
| WISEMAN, Arthur Henry | Royal Navy | WW II | 29 Dec 2004 | 92 | Western Star |
| WISEMAN, Clarence [See Photo] | Veteran | Korea | 08 Jan 2015 | 82 | The Telegram |
| WISEMAN, Ronald Chesley | Royal Canadian Air Force | C.A.F. | 09 Dec 2007 | 77 | Nor'Wester |
| WISEMAN, William Job | Veteran | WW II | 14 Jan 2004 | 85 | The Telegram |
| WOOD, Henry Robert "Noel" [See Photo] | Royal Artillery Newfoundland Regiment | WW II | 28 Dec 2008 | 96 | The Telegram |
| WOOD, John Neville | British Intelligence | WW II | 25 Nov 2002 | 78 | The Telegram |
| WOODFINE, Augustine "Gus" | Medical Corps | WW II | 15 Jun 2012 | Cape Breton Post | |
| WOODFORD, Harris | British Royal Army | WW II | 26 Jan 2017 | 97 | Halifax Herald |
| WOODLAND G. Bruce [See Photo] | Royal Canadian Air Force | C.A.F. | 13 Feb 2020 | 68 | The Telegram |
| WOODS (nee Parsons), Joan | Royal Canadian Air Force | WW II | 01 Mar 2011 | The Telegram | |
| WOODWORTH, Carl Austin | Royal Canadian Air Force | WW II | 03 Nov 2005 | 94 | Halifax Herald |
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