Arthur Wakerley 1862-1931 In sacred memory / Arthur Wakerley JP Died April 4 1931 / in his 69th year. Also Bertha Elizabeth / Beloved wife of the above Died September 15 1919 aged 85 years. Margaret Cicely the dearly beloved daughter of Arthur and Bertha Elizabeth Wakerley who died February 24 1911 aged 19 years. Also of their infant daughter Kathleen Veronica who died June 3 1904 aged 1 year 4 months and is interred at Gedding Suffolk. Also Captain John Wakerley dearly loved only son of Arthur and Bertha Wakerley Killed in action near Lens France 8 June 1917 aged 23 years. Interred in Lens British Cemetery. In affectionate memory of Captain Henry Leslie Wostenholm MC Born 7 June 1887. Died 2 July 1974 and Gwendolen Bertha Wostenholm nee Wakerley Born 15 July 1887 died 9 December 1978. Arthur Wakerley was born at Melton Mowbray and was articled to James Bird. He was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and sometime president of the Leicester Society of Architects He was President of the Leicester Liberal Association and in 1886 was elected as a council for Middle St Margaret's Ward and was mayor in 1897, the youngest mayor since the reforms of 1835. His year of office was marred by two local disasters - the railway accident at Wellingborough and the Whitwick Collery explosion that claimed 35 lives. He twice (unsuccessfully) contested the Melton Division for a seat in Parliament. Outside work and politics Arthur Wakerley was an enthusistic Wesleyan lay preachers and ardent temperance worker as well as being intersted in archaeology and poety. Examples of his work in Leicester include: the Turkey Cafe, Granby Street (1901), Coronation Buildings, High Street (1901-03) and the Wycliffe Cottage homes for the Blind

Charles Wheatley In loving memory of Charles Wheatley Who departed this life April 11 1886 aged 49 The Moorish-style monument is signed by J Barratt

Thomas Wheeler Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth wife of Thomas Wheeler who died November 9 1850 aged 45 years and of Thomas Wheeler who died May 29 1864 aged 64 years. The Wheeler monument features a cast-iron angel pointing towards Heaven.

Joseph Whetstone In loving memory of Joseph Whetstone Died January 12 1868 in his 69th year. And of Mary his wife Died December 7 1875 aged 77 years. And of William Whetstone of Broom Leys Whitwick Died January 11 1900 in his 84th year. And of Sarah Ann his wife Died January 13 1900 in her 82nd year. Joseph Whetstone, who was educated in Charles Berry's Great Meeting school, was elected a Liberal councillor for All Saint's Ward in 1835. In 1839 he was Mayor. On his death he owned two spinning factories, two collieries and a brick works.

Samuel Wigg In Memory of the Rev Samuel Wigg for forty years the faithful pastor of the Baptist Church Friar Lane Leicester Who died July 18 1861 aged 65 years Also of Sarah Wife of the above Born 1822 Died 1885.

Thomas Windley 1835-1933 In loving memory of Thomas Windley / 1809-1850 Emily Windley / 1833-1863 Ellen Windley / 1856-1858 Florence Mary Windley / 1867-1867 Julia Windley / 1843-1906 Thomas Noble Windley / 1880-1913 Thomas Windley / 1835-1933 Justice of the Peace Alderman of the Borough and Mayor in 1900-01 Thomas Windley joined the Council as a representative for Spinney Hill Ward. He served as Chairman of the Sanitary Committee and was responsible for closing many of the cesspools in the town as well as advocating byelaws for compulsory registration of infectious diseases and effective isolation. Thomas Windley was also the editor of the Midland Free Press, which he founded in 1862. He was also involved in helping young people, serving as a governor of the Wyggeston Hospital Schools and as a Sunday School teacher at Archdeacon Lane chapel.

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