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Plowman, John Frederick, son of George Richard Plowman of Hampstead and Ida Clarice, d. of Frederick John Ruse of Hampstead; b. 11 June 1916; adm. May 1930 (R); left July 1932; RA 1940-6 (Maj.), Croix de Guerre 1944, despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; a wine shipper; Mas­ ter of Wine 1954; chairman Saccone & Speed Ltd 1975; m. 8 Mar. 1947 Elsie Frances, d. of Frank A. Bristow of Effingham, Surrey; d. 19 Feb. 1987.

Plow, Richard Henry, son of Henry Plow; b. July 31, 1896; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (R); left July 1913; Pennsylvania Univ., U.S.A.

Plesch, Andrew Odilo, son of John Oskar Plesch, Prof. of Medicine, Berlin Univ., and Melanie, d. of Adolf Gans of Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; b. 29 Nov. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (R); left Dec. 1940; RAF 1942-6; Lloyd’s 1946-50; an insurance adjuster Toronto, Canada 1950-8; pres. Anglo Adjusters Canada Ltd. 1958; m. 7 Oct. 1950 Joan, d. of H. R. Hunt of Aylesbury, Bucks; d. 4 Nov. 1998.

Platt, Stuart Henry, son of Thomas Glyn Platt, chartered accountant, of Bickley, Kent, and Anita Mary, d. of Henry Cartmel; b. 9 Aug. 1926; adm. May 1940 (R); left Mar. 1943; called to the Bar, Middle Temple Jan. 1948; adm. solicitor July 1955; practised at Bromley, Kent; d. 20 Jan. 1969.

Pippett, Victor Donald, son of Donald Radbone Pippett of Eastbourne, Sussex and Hilda Muriel, d. of R. Brice of Chingford, Essex; b. 23 Mar. 1929; adm. Sept. 1945 (R); left July 1947; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1947, BA 1950, MA 1954; Middlesex Hosp. Med. Sch., BM BCh 1953; emigrated to Australia; med. practitioner successively in Tasmania, Canberra and Victoria; m. 2 June 1951 Charitie Warren, d. of Joseph Warren McKillop Nicholl MD MRCS LRCP, gen. med. practitioner, of Lewes, Sussex; d. 11 May 2014.

Pink, Frederick Wallace, son of John Edward Pink, of Cosham, Hants, by Jessie Frances, daughter of Frederick Wallace Wink, of West Worthing, Sussex; b. Sept. 8, 1894; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (R); left July 1913; Brasenose Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; R.M.C. Sand­hurst 1914; 2nd Lieut. 18th Hussars Nov. 11, 1914; Lieut. Jan. 30, 1917; Capt. Sept. 24, 1924; Adjt. Feb. 1, 1926; served in France May 1915 - March 1919; retired as Capt. 13th/18th Royal Hussars March 1928; A.R.I.C.S.; re-employed in Great War II as Capt. at H.Q. Western Command; m. March 5, 1925, Audrey, daughter of Alfred Edwin Wright, of Cambridge; d. 25 Sept. 1979.

Pilkington, Peter, son of Peter Pilkington MIMechE, of Cheam, Surrey, and Doris Mildred, d. of Alfred Edgar Bolley of Seaford, Sussex; b. 19 June 1937; adm. Sept. 1951 (R); left July 1955; AA Sch. of Architecture 1958-63; ARIBA 1967; an architect; m. 31 Oct. 1964 Catherine Mary, d. of William Hamilton Shortt, civil engineer, of Exeter, Devon; d. 1995.

PIERPOINT, HENRY BAILEY; b. 2 Feb 1837; adm. 22 Jun 1848 (Rigaud's); went into merchant navy.

Pickering, William Francis Middleton, son of William Todd Pickering, of Kensington; b. May 9, 1901; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (R); left Dec. 1918.

Philpot, William Thomas Archibald, son of Hamlet Stanley Philpot, Canadian Civil Service, of Ottawa, and his second wife Ada Theodora, d. of Alexander Hotson of Riverside, Cal., USA; b. 15 July 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (R); left July 1921 and went to Oxford HS; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1923, BA 1928, MA 1934; Nigerian Admin. Service 1928-34; ord. deacon 1937 (Bir­mingham); Curate Erdington, Warks, 1937-9; librarian Ripon Hall Oxf. 1939-46; ord. priest (Truro) 1946; Curate St John the Baptist Penzance 1946-8; Rector of Tregony with Cuby, Cornwall, 1948-73, Cornelly 1973-4; m. 7 July 1942 Violet Doris, d. of Philip Edward Rowe of Sutton Coldfield, Warks; d. 1987.