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and Details |
Photograph |
Other
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| Patrick
Waddington (UK) |
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| William
Wagner (UK) |
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| Fred
Waite (UK) |
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| Cecil
Walden (UK) |
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| Shirley
Waldron (UK) |
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| Bill
Walker (UK) |
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| Francis
Walker (UK) |
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| Johnny
Walker (UK) |
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| Willie
Walker (UK) |
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| Charlie
Wall (UK) |
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| Dave
Wallace (USA) |
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| Hubert
Wallace (UK) |
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| Jack
Wallace (UK) |
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| Bert
Waller (UK) |
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| Roy
Wallis (UK) |
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| Wally
Wallond (UK) |
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| Joe
Walmesky (UK) |
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| Freddie
/ Frank Walsh
(UK) |
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| Abe
Walters (UK) |
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| Danny
Walters (UK) |
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| Doug
Walters (UK) |
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| Jim
Walton (UK) |
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| Cliff
Ward (UK) |
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| Leo
Ward (UK) |
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| Tommy
Ward (UK) |
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| Tom
Wareing (UK) |
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| Jack
Warne (UK) |
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| Ken
Warner (UK) |
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| Alan
Warren (UK) |
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| Betty
Warren (UK) |
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| Milford
Warren (UK) |
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| Norman
Warren (UK) |
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| George
Dewey Washington
(USA) |
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| Capt
F Waterhouse
(UK) |
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| Arthur
Watkins (UK) |
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| Frank
Watson (UK) |
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| Freddy
Watson (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Watson (UK) |
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| Loe
Watson (UK) |
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| Les
Watson (UK) |
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| Ron
Watterson (UK) |
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| Phil
Watts (UK) |
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| Ernie
Weaver (UK) |
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Fynes
Peirson Webber (UK)
Born near Daventry, played the organ in church at the age of eleven -
musical scholarship to Dundee. Studied organ at Dundee with Clement
Spurling. Pianist to the String Band in the RAFY. Saxophonist to
Central Band RAF.
Pianist and saxophonist 1926-27-28 in New
Princes Restaurant dance band directed by Hal Swain and Alfredo. Organist at
late Cafe Royal for solo work and dancing. Organist, Empire Leicester
Square and Litchburg, Essen. |
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| Gilbert
Webster (UK) |
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| Tom
Webster (UK) |
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| Tom
Webster (UK) |
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| George
Weeden (UK) |
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| Melle
Weersma
(Netherlands) |
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| Frank Weir
(UK) |
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| Freddy
Welsh (UK) |
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| Tom
Wenham (UK) |
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| Fuzz
West (UK) |
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| The
Western Brothers
(UK) |
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| Thore
Westlund (UK) |
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| Len
Weatherley
(UK) |
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| George
Wettling (UK) |
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| Tom
Whalley (UK) |
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Albert
Whelan (UK/Australia)
Entertainer Albert Whelan may be an unlikely candidate for a dance band article, but
he did sing on a few dance band records; one solitary side each of Stan
Greening (as Duophone Dance Band) and Arthur Lally plus a handful with
various Jay Wilbur combinations.
The Australian entertainer was born in 1875, in Melbourne, but he seems to
have spent most, if not all, of his professional life in England. He was
working in this country by 1910, when he started recording for Jumbo
Records. They were a mixture of popular and comedy songs and this seemed
to set the pattern for the rest of his recording career.
He made quite a number of records for Jumbo between 1910 and 1914. By
the late 1920s he was recording for Imperial, then for Victory and
Eclipse. During the 1930s he was a frequent radio broadcaster as the photograph
from a 1938 Radio Pictorial
proves. He died in 1962. |
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| Pat
Whelan (UK) |
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| Roy
Whetstein (UK) |
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| W.C.
Whilden (UK) |
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| Jay Whidden
(UK) |
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| Bill
Whinnie (UK) |
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| The
Whisperers
(UK) |
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| John
Whitaker (UK) |
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| Arthur
White (UK) |
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| Arthur
White (UK) |
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| Billy
White (UK) |
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| Fred
White (UK) |
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| Jack White
(UK) |
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| Jack
White (UK) |
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| Jay
White (UK) |
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| Jerry
White (UK) |
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| Jimmy
White (UK) |
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| Joe
White (UK) |
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| Sid
White (UK) |
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| Ted
White (UK) |
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| Tom
White (UK) |
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| Tommy
Whitefoot (UK) |
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| James
Whitehead (UK) |
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| Donald
Whitelaw (UK) |
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| Bert
Whitham/Whittam (UK) Pianist
and Accordionist Bert Whitham (or Whittam) played (and recorded) in
Maurice Winnick's band in 1932-33, Sydney Kyte's band in 1935-36 and
Jack Payne's band (1937-40) as well as making records with Howard
Jacob's band in 1937. By the late 1950s, Bert was working as an
accompanist, being mentioned as accompanying Petula Clark in some
concerts in 1958. |
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| Jack
Whiting (UK) |
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| Eric
Whitley (UK) |
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| Bert
Whittaker (UK) |
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| Duncan
Whyte (UK) |
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| Barry
Wicks (UK) |
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| Brian
Wicks (UK) |
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| Cecil
Wicks (UK) |
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| Herbert
Wiere (UK) |
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| Fred
Wigston (UK) |
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| Jay Wilbur
(UK) |
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| Joe
Wilbur (USA) |
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| Ernie
Wild (UK) |
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| Harry
Wild (UK) |
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| Walter
Wilde (UK) |
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| George
Wilder (UK) |
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| William
Wilder (UK) |
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| Charlie
Wileman (UK) |
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| Dave
Wilkins (UK) |
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| Arthur
Wilkinson (UK) |
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| Alec
Williams (UK) |
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| Art
Williams (UK) |
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| Bud
Williams (UK) |
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| David
Williams (UK) |
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| Frank
Williams (UK) |
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| Freddy
Williams (UK) |
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| George
Williams (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Williams (UK) |
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| Les
Williams (UK) |
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| Major
Williams (UK) |
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| Nora
Williams (UK) |
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| Peter
Williams (UK) |
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| Ralph
Williams (UK) |
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| Ray
Williams (UK) |
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| Reginald Williams
(UK) |
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| Rita
Williams (UK) |
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| Sydney
Williams (UK) |
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| Claude
Williamson
(UK) |
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| Harry
Williamson
(UK) |
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| Sydney
Williamson
(UK) |
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| Jimmy
Willis (UK) |
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| Bertha
Willmott (UK) |
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| Bob
Willoughby
(UK) |
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| Phil
Willoughby
(UK) |
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| Dick
Willows (UK) |
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| Arthur
Wilson (UK) |
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| Bert
Wilson (UK) |
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| Dave
Wilson (UK) |
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| Ernest
"Slim" Wilson
(UK) |
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| Frank
Wilson (UK) |
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| Frank
Wilson (UK) |
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| Garland
Wilson (UK) |
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Harry
Wilson (UK) |
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| Jack Wilson
(UK) |
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| Jim
Wilson (UK) |
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| Jock
Wilson (UK) |
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| Percival
Wilson (UK) |
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| Ralph
Wilson (UK) |
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| Stan
Wilson (UK) |
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| Sydney
Wilson (UK) |
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| Tommy
Wilson (UK) |
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| Bert
Wilton (UK) |
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| Basil
Wiltshire (UK) |
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| Corelli
Windeatt (UK) |
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| George
Windeatt (UK) |
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| Oliver
Winder (UK) |
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| Wally
Windsor (UK) |
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| Benny
Winestone (UK) |
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| Harold
Winfield (UK) |
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| Anona
Winn (UK) |
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| Bob
Winnette (UK) |
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| Maurice Winnick
(UK) |
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| Percy
Winnick (UK) |
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| Teddy
Winser (UK) |
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| Eric Winstone
(UK) |
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| Charlie
Winter (UK) |
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| Manny
Winter (UK) |
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| Marius B. Winter
(UK) |
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| Tiny
Winters (UK) |
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| Bob
Wise (UK) |
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| David
Wise (UK) |
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| Eddie
Wishlade (UK) |
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| Frank
Witeriol (UK) |
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| Marcel
Wittrisch (UK) |
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| Donald
Wolfstahl (UK) |
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| F.
Wolfstahl (UK) |
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| Ronnie
Wolfstahl (UK) |
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| Andrew
Wolkowski (UK) |
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| Arthur
Wood (UK) |
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| Eddie Wood
(UK) |
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| Fred
Wood (UK) |
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| Lt.
F. Wood (UK) |
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| Harry
Wood (UK) |
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| Peggy
Wood (UK) |
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| Ted
Wood (UK) |
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| Cliff
Woodbridge
(UK) |
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| Cecil
Woods (UK) |
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| Charlie
Woods (UK) |
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| Frank
Woods (UK) |
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| Cyril
Wookey (UK) |
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| Monty
Woolf (UK) |
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| Jow
Woolhough (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Wornell (UK) |
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| Ed
Worsley (UK) |
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| Bert
Worth (UK) |
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| Joy
Worth (UK) |
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| Clarence
Wright (UK) |
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| George
Wright (UK) |
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| Mavis
Wright (UK) |
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| Sid
Wright (UK) |
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| Simon Wurm
(UK) |
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| Dan
Wyllie (UK) |
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| Joe
Wyndham (UK) |
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| Bert
Yarlett (UK) |
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| Norman
Yarlett (UK) |
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| Alan
Yates (UK) |
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| Fred
Yates (UK) |
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| Claude
B Yearsley
(UK) |
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| Peter Yorke
(UK) |
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| Billy
Yorston (UK) |
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| Kay
Yorston (UK) |
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| Bert
Youall (UK) |
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| Al
Young (UK) |
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| Arthur Young
(UK) |
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| Bobby
Young (UK) |
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| Joe
Young (UK) |
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| Leo
Young (UK) |
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| Alf
Zafer (UK) |
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| Dave
Zafer (UK) |
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| Maurice
Zafer (UK) |
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| Jan
Zalsky (UK) |
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| Anne
Ziegler (UK) |
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| Sid
Ziegler (UK) |
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| Adolph
Zimbler (UK) |
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| Leon Zimbler
(UK) |
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| Maurice
Zimbler (UK)
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