W. F. A. (Walter F. A.) Wadham

Born in 1865, Walter Francis Ainslie Wadham is remembered as Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. A. Wadham, a figure connected with both military service and public life in Barrow-in-Furness. Sources identify him as the son of Edward Wadham and describe him as a director of the Barrow Hematite Steel Company as well as a former mayor of Barrow.

As an author, he is chiefly known for The Fourth Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) and the Great War, a detailed regimental history associated with his service background. The book was written with Captain J. Crossley and stands out as a careful effort to place the battalion's wartime record on the page.

Wadham died in April 1945. While biographical details about him are fairly limited in the sources I could confirm, the surviving record suggests a man whose life bridged industry, local leadership, and military remembrance.