Punch/Volume 147/Issue 3819/Another Manifesto
We, the undersigned, having carefully considered the situation in all its bearings and applications, have come to the decision that it is no longer consonant with the self-respect of Englishmen to share a name with the great swollen-headed German aggressor—the despiser of treaties, the desecrator of Belgium and the foe of the liberty of the world. We therefore give notice that from now and henceforward we renounce the name of William in all its variations.
(Signed)
William Archer.
William Ashmead-Bartlett.
William Boosey.
Burglar Bill (Shade of).
Willie Clarkson.
Will Crooks.
William de Morgan.
Will Evans
Gulielmo Ferrero.
William Gunn.
William Knight.
William le Queux.
Wilhelm Meister (Shade of).
Billy Merson.
William Osler.
Willy Pogany.
William Ramsay.
William Shakspeare (Shade of).
William the Silent (Shade of).
William Strang.
Bill Sikes (Shade of).
William Watson.
William Whiteley, Ltd.