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Pinder-Wilson, William George, son of Cdr William Thornton Pinder-Wilson RN, of Putney, and Annie Eleanor, d. of Herbert John Hutchinson, banker, of Long Melford, Suffolk; b. 11 June 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (A); left July 1931; Bank of England 1932-8; RA 1939-45 (Capt.); executive appointments Board of Trade and DTI 1946-73; retd 1973; d. 24 Nov. 2005.

Pinker, Eric Seabrooke, son of James R. Pinker, of Worcester Park, Surrey; b. Nov. 29, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (A); left Dec. 1908; enlisted in H.A.C. April 5, 1914; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. Feb. 26, 1916; temp. Lieut. Aug. 26, 1917; served in France July 1916 - Nov. 1918; M.C. Jan. 9, 1918; d. 1973.

Pinks, Edwin Dennis Picton, son of Edwin Charles and Annie Selina Pinks, of New Malden, Surrey; b. Nov. 17, 1888; adm. Jan. 16, 1902 (A); left July 1906; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1910; won the Camb. Univ. Colquhoun Sculls 1909; London Sculling Cup 1913; runner-up, Diamond Sculls at Henley 1913; Lieut.-Commdr. R.N.V.R.; served with the R.N.Div. at Antwerp and the Dardanelles 1914-5; with the Grand Fleet Jan. 1916 - Aug. 1918; served in Great War II as Cdr. R.N.V.R.; Naval Liaison Officer with General de Gaulle; entered the service of Anglo-Persian Oil Co. 1921, and became manager of its marketing organisation in Belgium; m. Nov. 10, 1931; Nancy Helmsley, daughter of Harold Broadbent, of Hampton Court, Middx; d. 1949.

Pitamber, Rajkumar Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana, son of Maj. -Gen. Shumshere Jung Bahadar Raja Bishnu and Rani Urmilla Devi Bishnu, of Katmandu, Nepal; b. 17 Aug. 1931; adm. Sept. 1947 (A); left July 1950; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1950, played golf against Cambridge 1951-4 (capt. OUGC 1952-3); Mahinda & Mahinda Ltd., Mumbai, India 1958, chief purchasing officer 1964-7, export man. 1968-72, dep. chief exec. 1972-, exec. vice-pres. finance 1980-90, man. dir. 1990-7; captained India at golf, Indian nat. champion 1966 and 1973; pres. Indian Golf Union 1974-6; m. 2 Apr. 1970 Sunita, d. of V. N. Shirodkar, surgeon, of Mumbai, India; d. 20 Aug. 2005.

Pite, Arthur Goodhart, brother of Ion Beresford Pite (q.v.); b. Feb. 25, 1896; adm. as ex­hibitioner Sept. 23, 1909 (A); K.S. (non-resident) 1910; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1914, matric. Michaelmas 1914; 1st class Hist. Trip., pt. ii, 1920; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1925; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. (T.F.) Feb. 8, 1915; Lieut. June 1, 1916; acting Capt. Nov. 1917; served in Mesopotamia Oct. 1917-Jan. 1919; M.C. June 27, 1919; organising secretary Student Christian Movement 1921-5; Head of Cambridge House, Camberwell, 1925-7; Head Master of Weymouth Coll. 1927; of Cheltenham Coll. 1937; m. April 20, 1922, Muriel, daughter of the Rev. John Greenwood Tasker, D.D., principal of Handsworth Coll., Birrning­ham; d. March 17, 1938.

Plaskitt, Eric Mirfield, brother of Guy Mallabey Plaskitt (q.v.); b. July 20, 1896; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (A); left Easter 1914; enlisted in Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. Serv. Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 25, 1918; demob. Oct. 1919; served in France, Mesopotamia, and N.W. Frontier of lndia; d. 1979.

Plaskitt, Guy Mallabey, eldest son of William Levers Plaskitt, of Cricklewood, by Constance, daughter of Samuel John Goodwin Mallabey; b. March 8, 1895; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (A); left July 1913; Peterhouse, Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1913; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1915; 2nd Lieut. Middlesex Regt. Aug. 16, 1916; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1918; served in France and Salonika; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1922, practises in London; m. Jan. 3, 1922, Arabella, only daughter of Samuel Webster, of Cricklewood; d. Sept. 23, 1962.

Ponsford, Arthur Russell, son of Arthur Cuthbertson Ponsford, solicitor, of Bromley, Kent, and Edith Cecilia, d. of Rev. Andrew Russell, Presbyterian Minister, of Leslie, Fifeshire; b. 16 Apr. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left Apr. 1929; adm. a solicitor 1938, practised in London; RAFVR (A & SD) in WW2 (FO), despatches Jan. 1946; m. 5 Feb. 1944 Marguerite Elizabeth, d. of John William Kemp of St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex; d. 4 Sept. 1985.

Ponsford, Cyril Warner, brother of Arthur Russell Ponsford (qv); b. 9 Aug. 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (A); left Dec. 1932; d. 16 May 1934.

Pope, Thomas Stephen Legh, son of the Rev. William Alexander Pope, Vicar of Redbourn, Herts, by Frances Allenby, daughter of William White, of Redbourn; b. April 10, 1893; adm. May 2, 1907 (A); left Easter 1910; and went to Aspatria Agricultural Coll., Cumberland; assist. manager, Fertiliser Sales, Ltd., London; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. Jan. 30, 1916; served in France. July 1915 until he was wounded at La Bassee March 13, 1916; d. 30 Jan. 1966.