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Pite, Ion Beresford, elder son of Arthur Beresford Pite, F.R.I.B.A., of Regents Park, London, by Mary Kilvinton, only daughter of William Rutley Mowll, of Dover, Kent; b. Jan. 30, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1920; served in France 1917-9; Capt. R.E. June 1, 1916; an architect; Assoc. R.I.B.A. 1919; F.R.I.B.A. 1929; m. Feb. 20, 1923, Charlotte Brooke, second daughter of Commander Arthur Penry Williams, R.N., of Sandhurst, Kent; d. Oct. 10, 1957.

Piper, Denis Edwin, son of Henry Mansell Piper CBE, sec. Nat. Fedn of Employers' Organisations, and Ivy Minnie Olive, d. of Albert Edwin Taperell of Sutton, Surrey; b. 10 Oct. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (H); left July 1937; Roy. Coll. of Science, BSc 1940; FRAS; an engineer and co. director; retd Oct. 1981; m. 9 Aug. 1941 Joy Margaret, d. of Sidney Herbert Gellatly ISO MBE; d. 22 Dec. 2001.

PIGGOTT, SIR GEORGE BETTESWORTH, second son of Fraser Piggott, Fitz Hall, Iping, Sussex, employee Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and his first wife Fanny Margaret, only child of George Bush, The Priory, Clifton; b. 30 Apr 1867; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (H); left Dec 1883; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1884, called to bar 13 Jun 1888; South-Eastern Circuit; Judicial Officer and Vice-Consul, Blantyre, British Central Africa 14 Aug 1896, Chief Judicial Officer 28 Oct 1898; acting Judge, Zanzibar 9 Aug 1900, Senior Judge 14 Aug 1901-3; President, Court of Appeal for East Africa, and Legal Member, Eastr Africa Protectorate Council 1903-4; Assistant Judge and acting Judge, Consular Court for Dominions of Sublime Ottoman Porte, Constantinople 20 Dec 1904-10; Chairman, Special Military Service Tribunal for London, and Deputy Chairman, House of Commons Section of Appeal Tribunal for London, during 1914-8 War; CBE 7 Jan 1918; KBE 1 Jan 1919; member London County Council (Municipal Reform) 1917-22; JP London 1918; m. 1st, 12 Jul 1904 Amy, younger dau. of Maj. Harvey Spiller, Brunswick Square, Hove, Sussex; m. 2nd, 15 Sep 1915 (divorced 1921) Nadine, widow of Edward Graves Brinkley, Fortland, co. Sligo, and younger dau. of Sir Reginald William Proctor-Beauchamp, Bart.; m. 3rd, 30 Nov 1927 Winifred Lathbury, dau. of Edward J. Dove, Riding Mill, Northumberland; m. 4th, 19 Jul 1947 Constance Louise, widow of Enrique Juan Penard-Fernandez (she had had two previous husbands), and dau. of Herbert E. Kennaird; d. 14 Mar 1952.

Pierson, Peter Douglas Humphrey, son of George H. Pierson, manufacturing chemist, and Hel­ena Marion, d. of William Edward Jones of Eastnor, Herefordshire; b. 12 July 1919; adm. May 1933 (H); left July 1936; enlisted Gunner HAC, transf. RHA 1940 (L/Bdr), p.o.w. Greece 1941; d. as prisoner in Germany 18 Oct. 1942.

Peter Douglas Humphrey Pierson was born at St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire on the 12th of July 1919 the son of George Humphrey Pierson, a manufacturing chemist, and Helena Marion (nee Jones) Pierson of 94, Queensway, Bayswater, London W2.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from May 1933 to July 1936.
He enlisted as a Gunner in the Honourable Artillery Company in 1939 where he served with D Battery. He transferred to the 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery in 1940. He was posted to Egypt and later to Greece.
He was captured at the fall of Greece on the 28th of April 1941 and was taken to Germany where he was interned at Stalag XVIIIA at Wolfsburg from the 24th of September 1941 as POW No. 1208. On his arrival there it was recorded that he was six feet four inches tall and that he had brown hair.
He was admitted to the hospital at Wolfsberg on the 18th of October 1942 suffering from typhus. He died there the following day.
He was buried at Wolfsberg Cemetery II, Grave 24 on the 21st of October 1942 but his body was later exhumed and moved to its present location.
He is buried at Klagenfurt War Cemetery Plot 6, Row A, Grave 4.

Pickering, Cuthbert Edward, son of the Rev. Arthur Milner Pickering, Rector of Woolwich, Kent, by Louisa, daughter of Charles Darbyshire Mills, of Newton Grange, Yorks; b. Nov. 21, 1903; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (H); left Dec. 1921; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1922; B.A. 1925; M.A. 1929; M.R.S.T.; asst. master at the King's School, Gloucester, Sept. 1925; student at Bishops Coll. Cheshunt 1931-2; asst. master at Warriston Moffat 1933-6; Harrow View House, Ealing, 1936-9; Ovingdean Hall, Brighton, 1939-41; Bedford School 1941; m. Oct. 7, 1939, Joan Guyon, only daughter of R. F. Guyon-Smith, of Ealing, Middx.; d. 23 Dec. 1986.

Phillips, Richard Percival, brother of Gerald William Phillips (q.v.); b. Sept. 8, 1887; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (H); left July 1906; Queen's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1909; M.A. 1919; ordained 1910; Curate of Whitkirk, Yorks, 1910-4; D.D. Angelico Univ., Rome, 1921; Professor of Philosophy, St. John's Seminary, Wonersh, 1921-35; Rector of Haywards Heath (Roman Catholic), 1935-43; Parish Priest of St. Elizabeth's, Richmond, Surrey, since 1943; Canon of Southwark Roman Catholic Cathedral 1956; author of Modern Thomistic Philosophy (1934-5) and other works; d. Sept. 4, 1963.

Phillips, Percy Hepburn, son of James Cross Phillips, of Hampstead, by Anna, daughter of James Hepburn, of Hampstead; b. March 13, 1892; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (H); left Dec. 1910; 2nd Lieut. 11th Batt. London Regt. July 15, 1912; Lieut. Jan. 22, 1914, Welch Regt. April 1, 1921; Capt. Jan. 1, 1923; served in Gallipoli July - Sept. 1915, Egypt April 1916 - Oct. 1918; Waziristan 1923-4; wounded at Suvla Bay Aug. 15, 1915; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 5, 1919; Major Nov. 28, 1936; Lieut.-Col. July 1940; Col. 1943; retired Oct. 1946; O.B.E. Jan. 1945.

Phillips, Gerald William, son of Arthur Phillips, of Ashtead, Surrey, barrister-at-law, by Emma Pratt, of Cambridge; b. July 19, 1884; adm. Jan. 21, 1897 (H); Q.S. (non-resident) 1899; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1907; M.A. 1920; ordained 1909; Curate of St. Thomas's, Oxford, 1909-11, of St. Andrew's, Worthing, Sussex, 1911-2; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry May 30, 1915; Lieut. Feb. 4, 1917; temp. Capt. Sept. 4, 1918; assist. master at Wells House, Springfield, Malvern Wells, 1925; received into the Roman Catholic Church; succes­sively an asst. master at Stowe School and principal of Shoreham Grammar School, Sussex 1931-40; a Shakespearean scholar; author of Sunlight in Shakespeare's Sonnets (1935) and other works; d. June 19, 1956.

Phillimore, John Hugh Bouchier, son of Capt. Hugh Bouchier Phillimore AMICE and Lucy Mary, d. of Edward Bedford; nephew of John Ernest Phillimore (qv); b. 7 July 1911; adm. Apr. 1925 (H); left July 1929; 9 Lancers in WW2, (Maj.), wounded (NW Europe); m. 1st 1933 Marjorie Isabel, d. of James Summerhill of Berkhamsted, Herts; 2nd 30 June 1955 Mrs Alison Russell, d. of Sir Nigel Campbell; d. 26 May 1973.

Phillimore, Denis Cottingham, son of William Ernest Phillimore of Stoke Newington and Violet Isobel, d. of John Henry Sadler Dyke of Liverpool; b. 20 Nov. 1904; adm. Sept. 1919 (H); left Mar. 1921; Eastern Telegraph Co. and Cable & Wireless Ltd; m. 24 June 1931 Christine Marjorie Elizabeth, d. of Henry George Porter of Maida Vale, London.