1982 Death Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85 1982 Death Wilfred Hawker, Suriname Sergeant-major, executed 1981 Event Suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker 1978 Death Wilfred Pickles, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog), dies at 73 1976 Death Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82 1930 Event Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days 1927 Birthday Wilfred Josephs, composer 1921 Birthday Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson, composer 1919 Birthday Wilfred Norman Aldridge, biochemist/toxicologist 1918 Death Wilfred Owens, anti-war poet (Anthem for doomed youth), dies at 25 1914 Birthday Wilfred Howard Mellers, composer 1911 Birthday Wilfred Burchett, Australia, communist/writer, Catapult to Freedom 1910 Birthday Wilfred Thesiger, explorer/writer 1908 Birthday Wilfred Conwell Bain, composer 1904 Birthday Wilfred Pickles, Halifax England, actor, Billy Liar, Gay Dog 1899 Event Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper in Grace's last 1896 Birthday Wilfred Pelletier, born in Montreal, Canada, conductor, Voice of Firestone 1893 Birthday Charles Wilfred Orr, composer 1893 Birthday Wilfred Owen, born in England, anti-war poet, Anthem for Doomed Youth 1871 Birthday Wilfred Lucas, actor, Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford 1865 Birthday Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary