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William Grant Waugh was born on 15 March 1922, the younger son of Enid (née Pickersgill) and William Grant Waugh FRCS, a surgeon. He was educated at Fettes College from 1935 to 1939, where he was in the school middle weight boxing final in 1939, played for the hockey and rugby teams, and served as a Lance Corporal in the Officer Training Corps. He entered Worcester College, Oxford, on 11 October 1940, but left in 1941 without taking a degree, to join the armed forces.
William Waugh enlisted as a Private in the 24th Battalion Durham Home Guard on 6 June 1940 and served with them until 15 October 1940. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Armoured Corps on 18 April 1942 and was posted to the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’ Own), joining them in the field on 3 July 1942. He served with them in B Squadron in North Africa, where he was wounded on two occasions. Lieutenant William Waugh was killed in action on 20 April 1945 near Portomaggiore in Italy, when his tank was hit by enemy fire. He was 23 years old.
William Waugh is buried at Ravenna War Cemetery in Italy, and commemorated on the war memorial at Fettes College and at Worcester College, Oxford.