WILDING, ANTHONY FREDERICK (1883-1915) was born in Christchurch, the eldest son of Frederick Wilding, K.C., who had been a well-known athlete in the west of England. His mother, Julia Wilding, was a daughter of Alderman Charles Anthony, mayor of Hereford, and was an outstanding personality in the social life of Christchurch. Anthony attended Wilson's school in Christchurch, and at the age of 17 won the Canterbury lawn tennis championship. After some months at Canterbury College, he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, to study law. An all-round athlete, he concentrated on lawn tennis, and in 1910 won the world's championship at Wimbledon, which he retained until 1913. In 1911 he entered the firm of Henderson, Craig and Co., wood pulp merchants. When the war broke out in 1914, he went to France as a driver of an armoured car, and was killed on 9 May 1915.

A.W. Myers, Captain Anthony Wilding (p).

Reference: Volume 2, page 256

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