Category: Persons – Surname beginning with W

Information about persons whose surnames begin with the letter W.

John Nicholas Woolley, Deceased

Thursday 28th August 2025

John Nicholas Woolley, deceased.

Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 anyone having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the deceased, late of 8 Bread Street, Warminster, BA12 8DE, who died on 14/07/2025, must send written particulars to the address below by 29/10/2025, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to claims and interests notified.

Bethan Creasey,
c/o Farnfields Solicitors,
37 High Street, Warminster, BA12 9AJ.

Andrew Wickham, MBE

Saturday 16th August 2025

From The Imberbus Event Guide 2025:

Andrew Wickham, MBE.
Andrew was a legendary bus manager, who sadly passed away in May 2025. Despite a long illness, he was working right up to his death; he wouldn’t have done anything else. Other obituaries have described his illustrious career, latterly as Managing Director of Go-Ahead South Coast, but Andrew was also an enthusiast, for buses, bus services, the people who staffed them, and the people and communities that they served.

And he was a great supporter of Imberbus, both through the companies he ran, and personally. Nothing was too much trouble, and everything was done willingly and with a smile, both from him and the people he led. Last year he was driving the Wilts & Dorset VR, with Paul Clifton as his conductor, at Imberbus, as normal; but that was the last bus he drove in service.

We send our condolences to his family, Alison, Sam and Emma, and to his wider family, friends and colleagues as well. We will miss him; he was a great friend, a local hero, a legend. RIP Andrew.

In Praise Of Humble Terry Whyte

Saturday 5th October 2024

Danny Howell writes:

I asked today on my Facebook page -“Who are the interesting people in Warminster? And what is it that makes them worthy of interest?”

Among those who replied, was Jackie Crowley, who said:

“Terry Whyte ( DJ BO-JANGLES). 1968 he started here in Warminster and I bet there isn’t anyone of our age that hasn’t come across him from the Youth Club, Pratten Hut, Sutton Veny Village Hall, and Sunday night up the camp that was for the under 16s; he worked for Tony strong a number of years at the JBs and does a lot for charity and pensioners’ homes in Warminster and outer villages. He can tell some stories and is very humble.”

Timothy Irwin Gurney Williams

Timothy Irwin Gurney Williams died peacefully at his home. He was 73. A memorial service in celebration of his life will be held at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Heytesbury, on Thursday 20th June 2024, at 11.00 a.m. Please wear a splash of colour. Please join us afterwards for food and refreshments at the Thatched Barn (by the Ginger Piggery Farm Shop), Boyton, BA12 0SS. There will be a church collection in memory of Tim or donations can be made for Macmillan Cancer Support c/o Iles & Vincent, Funeral Directors, The Cornmarket, Warminster.

Whitmarsh Family Grave At Christ Church, Warminster

A grave in the east section of the churchyard at Christ Church, Warminster, has a gravestone with the inscription:

Minnie Lavinia,
Dearly Beloved Wife Of
Frank Whitmarsh,
At rest 30th August 1943
Happy Memories of Dear Mother,
Also
Ernest Francis Stuart
“Frank” Whitmarsh,
Died 23rd February 1993,
Aged 88 Years.
Rest In Peace.

A tilted flat stone on the same grave has the inscription:

Cherished Memories of
Edna May Whitmarsh
Died 8 August 2011
Aged 89 Years
And Her Son
Anthony Stuart Whitmarsh
Died 24 April 1967
Aged 20 Years

Marie Wheeler Has Died

Wednesday 15th May 2024

Marie Wheeler passed peacefully away at her home, 58 Boreham Road, Warminster, on Thursday 9th May 2024. Her adored husband John and her family were at her side. The funeral service will take place at St. John’s Church, Boreham Road, Warminster, on Saturday 25th May 2024, at 11.30 a.m. Please dress cheerfully as befitting Marie’s character. Family flowers only. Donations, if desired, to NSPCC (Warminster Branch) at the funeral or c/o F. Curtis & Son, Funeral Directors, 11 Portway, Warminster.

Marie Was The Most Glamorous Person Ever At Harridges Gym

Tuesday 14th May 2024

Harridges Gym Ltd., 34 Market Place, Warminster, have posted the following message on their Facebook page:

We are very sad to hear that Marie Wheeler has passed away.

Those of you that were at Harridges in the early years will remember Marie marching on a treadmill most mornings looking fabulous and having a laugh with Wayne. A truly lovely lady with a great sense of humour.

Our thoughts are with John and the family at this time and we will remember Marie as our most glamorous member ever!

Sculptures By Althea Wynne In Toyah Willcox’s Garden

Friday 5th April 2024

Danny Howell writes:

In an episode of the television series The Cotswolds And Beyond, broadcast today, at 6.00 p.m. on Channel 5 (a repeat, first shown in 2021), Pam Ayres visited the home of musician and actress Toyah Willcox (married to musician Robert Fripp) at Pershore in Worcestershire.

Wandering around the garden which is adjacent the River Avon, and is a beautiful paradise of plants including tulips and magnolias reflected by mirror screens, Pam noticed a sculpture of a man on a horse.

“Do we know who he is?” asked Pam. Toyah replied that she simply calls the sculpture ‘The Horse Man’ and that it is the work of Althea Wynne.

Those of us who live in the Wylye Valley and are interested in art will know that Althea, until her untimely death in a car crash on 24 January 2012, lived and worked at Upton Lovell. Althea’s husband Antony Barrington Brown was also killed in the crash.

Footnote: It would seem that there was once another piece of artwork by Althea Wynne in Toyah’s garden. In a blog post in July 2013, Toyah wrote: “At 10pm there was a loud knock at our front door and three police people came in saying ‘we believe Toyah Willcox might be the target of intruders.; Boy! This was freaky. So they all run out into the garden to discover the mess the intruders had left behind. Out statue RITES OF SPRING made by the sculptress Althea Wynne was smashed as were stone benches. The real sadness of this damage is Althea was killed last year when a truck drove into her car. We can never replace the sculpture, the memory nor the presence of Althea, and that is heartbreaking.” toyahwillcox.com/toyahs-blog-july-2013/