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Potter, Andrew, son of Stephen Meredith Potter (qv); b. 14 Mar. 1928; adm. Jan. 1942 (A); left July 1946; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1950, MA 1954; asst. master Stone House Sch. Broadstairs, Kent, 1952-66; sen. master Tockington Manor Sch. Bristol 1966; d. 16 Mar. 2008.

Potter, Julian John, brother of Andrew Potter (qv); b. 17 Mar. 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (A); left July 1949; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1954; advertising 1955-76; accountancy 1976-86, retd. 1986; Sec. Gen. Institutional Shareholder’s Committee 1989-93; author, Stephen Potter at the BBC 2004; m. 1962 Valerie, d. of Jesse Cranswick, headmaster, of Mistley, Essex; d. 22 Dec. 2013.

Potter, Stephen Meredith, son of Frank Collard Potter, of Belvedere, by Elizabeth Reynolds; b. Feb. 1, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left March 1918; enlisted April 29. 1918; 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards March 10, 1919; Merton Coll. Oxon., matric. Trin. 1919; B.A. 1922; Lecturer in English Literature, London Univ. 1926; B. B.C. producer 1938; chairman of the B.B.C. Literary Committee; joined the staff of the Hulton Press 1948; author of The Muse in Chains (1937), Gamesmanship (1947), Lifemanship (1950), One-Upmanship (1952), Potter on America (1956), Steps to Immaturity (1959), and other works; m. Ist July 7, 1927, Mary (Mary Attenborough the artist), daughter of John Arthur Attenborough; d. 2 Dec. 1969.

Powell, Charles Leslie Grove, only son of Frank Grove Powell, of Richmond, Surrey, barrister-at-law, by Rosa, younger daughter of Edward Smith, of Richmond; b. Feb. 17, 1892; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (A); K.S. 1906; left July 1909; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1915; Indian Med. Service; Capt. R.A.M.C. May 7, 1916; served in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 15, 1916; M.C. Dec. 17, 1917; d. at Multan, India, July 18, 1922.

Power, Henry-Eustace, only son of Hugh Alexander Power (q.v.); b. Feb. 23, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1915; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1916; Lieut. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 12, 1917; attached R.F.C.; Observer June 29, 1918; served in Great War I; shot down while flying Sept. 1, 1918, and landed in Holland from a Dutch boat; rejoined the Army March 1920; recommissioned in the R.A.F. June 1921; Flight Lieut. April 23, 1930; Sqdn. Ldr. April 1, 1937; m. Maria Johanna, only daughter of Emile von Koninghberg, of the Hague, sometime chief engineer to the Roumanian Govt.; killed in a flying accident at Lincoln on May 26, 1937·

Pratt, John Geoffrey Drewe, son of John Lhind Pratt, Metropolitan Magistrate, and Annie Mary Mills, d. of Maj. Arthur John Coghill of Melbourne, Australia; b. 23 Jan. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (A); left July 1943; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1943, BA 1946, MA 1949; a geophysicist; BP Papua 1952-4, Kuwait 1954-5, Canada 1955-6, Senegal 1959-60, Libya 1961-2; Trans-Arctic Expedition 1956-9, Polar Medal 1958; operational res. BP London 1962-79, retd. Mar. 1979; d. 24 Apr. 1994.

Price, Harry Sibree, son of W. H. Price, of Handsworth, Staffs; b. Aug. 30, 1891; adm. from the Abbey Choir School Sept. 24, 1908 (A); left Easter 1910; organ scholar, Exeter Coll. Oxon., 1911, matric. Michaelmas 1911; Capt. 16th Batt. London Regt. April 28, 1916; served in France 1915-9; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. and June 1917; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; m.; d. 1961.

Prince, Harry, only son of Henry Prince, C. E., of Bayswater, London, by Elizabeth Sarah Boycott; b. April 10, 1879; adm. April 28, 1892 (A); left April 1897; King's Coll. Lond.; architect; Assoc. M.R.I.B.A.; 2nd Lieut. M.G.C. Sept. 27, 1915; Lieut. April 1, 1917, 18th (Serv.) Batt. Gloucs. Regt. Aug. 1, 1918; served in Great War I; m. June 1, 1910, Susan Barbara, only daughter of William Sidney Cox, of Limerick.

Procter, John Raymond, son of Christopher John Procter of Balham, and Irene, d. of John Macfarlane of Bombay; b. 1 July 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (A); left Dec. 1929; a horticultural and agricultural journalist; AHRHS; RA in WW2 (Capt.); editor The Smallholder (later Home Gardener) 1958; author of Trees of the World (five editions 1972-81 and a number of books on fruit and vege­table growing; m. 9 Dec. 1944 Winifred Emily, d. of Albert Edward Nash of Highgate; d. 15 Dec. 1988.

PROTHERO, ARCHER GEORGE, brother of Freke Lewis Prothero (qv); b. 13 Jun 1869; adm. 27 Mar 1883 (A); left Apr 1888; RMC Sandhurst 1889; 2nd Lieut. , Welsh Regt. 29 Mar 1890; Lieut. , 13 Sep 1892; Capt. , 25 Apr 1900; Maj. , 24 Sep 1907; temp. Lieut. -Col. , 23 Mar 1915; Lieut. -Col. , 19 Aug 1919; employed with Army Pay Dept. , 12 May 1898 – 1 May 1903; served in South African War 1899-1902, and in Flanders and France in 1914-8 War; taken prisoner at battle of Loos; despatches LG 15 Jun 1916; of Malpas Court, Monmouthshire, and Abbey Dore Court, Herefs. ; JP Herefordshire 1920; m. 29 Jan 1898 Lavinia, sister of Albert James Hemmerde (qv); d. 15 Jan 1929.