Education
Willett was educated at Winchester College and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
Willett was educated at Winchester College and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
He joined the Royal Navy in 1937. He was sailing master on the royal yacht Bloodhound 1967-1968. Willett received the Distinguished Service Cross in 1942.
He was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1964 and an MVO in 1969.
3 December 1940 - - Sub-Lieutenant William Basil Willett, Royal Navy.