About Wilfrid Wills
Lived 1898 – 1954 (aged 55). Wilfrid Wills was a British politician.
Wilfrid Dewhurst Wills (15 October 1898 – 20 April 1954) was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Morley from 1931 to 1935.
The son of a Director of Wills Tobacco, he was born at Bromley, Kent and educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He served in both World Wars: as an Officer in the 5th Dragoon Guards from 1916 to 1919; and as a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve from 1939 to 1945.
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Who was Wilfrid Wills?
British soldier, Member of Parliament, and naval officer (1898-1954)
When was Wilfrid Wills born?
Wilfrid Wills was born on 15 October 1898.
When did Wilfrid Wills die?
Wilfrid Wills died on 20 April 1954.
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Wilfrid Wills was a politician.
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Wilfrid Wills was British.
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