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.
Phillipson, Leslie Featherstone, son of Sir Sidney Phillipson KBE CMG, Financial Sec. Nigeria, and Gladys, d. of Cuthbert Henry Paley of Ely; b. 3 June 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (R); left July 1937; RA 1939-46; a chartered accountant, ACA 1949, FCA; partner British Accounting Advisers to Greece 1952-5; dir. BPB Industries plc 1966-84; m. 20 Dec. 1945 Helen, d. of Angelos Misserlis of Pylos, Greece; d. 12 Sept. 1996.
Phillips, Godfrey Sidney Philip, son of Morris G. P. Phillips and Gretta Wharton; b. 21 Mar. 1921; adm. from Repton Sch. May 1935 (R); left Apr. 1938; RNVR (A) in WW2; killed in action in HMS Patia 27 Apr. 1941.
Godfrey Sidney Philip Phillips was born at Chelsea, London on the 21st of March 1921 the only son of Morris Godfrey Philip Phillips and Annie Margaretta “Gretta” (nee Wharton formerly White) Phillips of 3, Kensington House, Kensington High Street, Kensington in London.
He was educated at Repton School and at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from May 1935 to April 1938.
He enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a Leading Naval Airman 1st Class in the Fleet Air Arm before becoming an Ordinary Seaman. He was posted to the 5,500 ton naval auxiliary vessel HMS Paita which had been requisitioned by the Admiralty in September 1940 and had been fitted out as a aircraft catapult ship for the defence of convoys.
On the 27th of April 1941, HMS Patia, under the command of Commander David Marion Burton Baker RNR, set sail on her maiden voyage as part of a convoy. She was on her way to pick up a Hurricane Mk IA aircraft which was to operate from her. After nightfall HMS Patia was sailing near 20G Buoy off Coquet Island, some eight miles off Seaton Point in Northumberland when she was attacked by a Heinkel 111 bomber which dropped two 550lb bombs on her. The aircraft also fired on her with its machine guns, killing four of her crew. Both of the bombs fell short of the ship. Under heavy fire from HMS Patia’s gun crews the Heinkel turned for a second run and, although hit by anti aircraft fire, it dropped more bombs, one of which hit the ship causing a massive explosion. Hit by anti aircraft fire from the ship, the enemy aircraft was forced to ditch into the sea with the crew being taken prisoner.
HMS Patia had been badly damaged with many of her crew having been killed or wounded in the attack. As the stricken vessel began to sink the survivors climbed into lifeboats in the pitch black. The Boulmer lifeboat “Clarissa Langdon” was launched at 11pm and made for the site of the sinking where it found a great deal of wreckage but none of the crew. At daybreak they received a call from the local coastguard that three men had been seen on a life raft and these were rescued by the fishing boat “Primrose”. More men were later rescued and a number of bodies were recovered from the sea during the morning.
One of the lifeboats came ashore at Howick Burn with 41 survivors on board and another landed at Embleton Bay with 40 men on board, both making landfall at around 1am.
The Captain, seven officers and thirty one ratings had been killed during the attack.
He is commemorated on a brass plaque at Boulmer lifeboat station.
He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial 50,2.
Phillips, Eustace Dockray, son of Rev. Arthur David Phillips, Vicar of Colden Common, Hants, and Hilda Mary, d. of Rev. Osbert Fynes-Clinton, Rector of Barlow Moor, Lancs; b. 27 Sept. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (R), KS Sept. 1925; left July 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1933 (1st class hons Litt. Hum.), MA 1938; HM Office of Works 1934-7; asst lecturer in Classics Univ. of Bristol 1937-9, jun. lecturer Queen's Univ. Belfast 1939; lntell. Corps in WW2 (Lieut.); lecturer in Greek Queen's Univ. Belfast 1946, Reader 1955, Prof. of Greek Antiquities 1974-5, Emeritus 1976; FSA 1967, MRIA 197 5; author of The Royal Hordes: Nomad Peoples of the Steppes 1965, The Mongols 1969, Greek Medicine 1973; m. 9 Mar. 1935 Helen Aurelia, sister of Nigel Oliver Lucas (qv); d. 19 Mar. 1976.
Philcox, Philip George, brother of Geoffrey Vincent Philcox (qv); b. 24 July 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (R); left July 1927; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1927, BA 1930; a stockbroker; RNVR (A) 1939-40 (Lieut.); m. 27 June 1936 Constance, d. of John Hutton of Effingham, Surrey; accidentally killed on active service 12 Mar. 1940.
Philip George Philcox was born at Streatham, South London on the 24th of July 1909 the third and youngest son of George Ernest Philcox, a stock and share dealer, and Edith (nee Vincent) Philcox of 9, Aldrington Road, Streatham Park, later of Stone Court, Staplefield in Sussex. He was christened at St Alban’s Church, Streatham Park on the 3rd of October 1909.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from April 1923 to July 1927. He matriculated for Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1927 from where he graduated with a BA in 1930. On leaving university he worked as a stockbroker’s clerk from 1933 before becoming a stockbroker and a Member of the London Stock Exchange. He became a Partner his father’s firm of Philcox & Co of 1, Copthall Chambers, Angel Court, London where he became prominent in the West African market and later in the South African market.
He was married at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton on the 27th of June 1936 to Constance (nee Hutton later Belchem) of South Lodge, Effingham, Surrey; they lived at Tunmore Farm, The Street, West Horsley in Surrey.
He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the Reserve of Air Force Officers on the 19th of March 1928 and was promoted to Flying Officer on the 19th of September 1929. He passed onto the non active list on the 3rd of March 1935 and relinquished his commission on the 19th of March 1938, retaining the rank of Flying Officer.
Following the outbreak of war he was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant (A) in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on the 27th of September 1939 and was later promoted to Lieutenant (A). He was posted to 758 Naval Air Squadron and was attached to HMS Raven, the Royal Naval Air Station at Eastleigh as an instructor.
George Philcox took off from RNAS Eastleigh at 10am on the 12th of March 1940 in Proctor Mk 1A P6008 with trainee air gunner, Able Seaman Douglas Lucas, for a wireless training exercise. Shortly after taking off the aircraft experienced trouble with its engine and George Philcox decided to make a forced landing. Having made an attempt to land in a field which he had been forced to abandon he was making a turn at low level when the aircraft stalled, the port wing tip struck the ground and it crashed at Stanmore Lane, Winchester, to the south of Worthy Down airfield in Wiltshire. George Philcox was killed on impact with Douglas Lucas being mortally injured and dying later in the day.
His wife received the following telegram dated the 12th of March 1940: - “From Admiralty. Deeply regret to inform you that your husband Lieut. P.G. Philcox was killed in an aircraft accident this morning near Worthy Down.”
An inquiry was convened at RNAS Eastleigh under the chairmanship of Commander R. Poole RN to determine the cause of the accident and it reported its conclusions in a report dated the 18th of March 1940: - “The reason which caused the pilot to forced land cannot be definitely established from the evidence, but the Board is of the opinion that it was most probably due to the loss of engine revolutions or irregular running of the engine, which may have been caused by the water which was found in the petrol system on examination after the crash.”
The Surrey Advertiser wrote of him: “He was very popular in all sections of the “House “and was held in high esteem by all with whom he came into contact by his endearing nature and kindly disposition. His tragic and untimely death is deeply regretted.”
His funeral took place on the 16th of March 1940 in a service which was conducted by the Reverend W. A. Dengate.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at St Mark’s Church, Staplefield.
He is buried at St Mark’s Church, Staplefield.
Philcox, Geoffrey Vincent, son of George Ernest Philcox, stockbroker, of Streatham, and Edith, d. of George Henry Vincent; b. 16 Feb. 1903; adm. Sept. 1916 (R); left Dec. 1920; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1921, BA 1924, MA 1930; farmed in Hams 1925-9; a malster for Guinness 1930-3; Johannesburg and London Stock Exchange 1933-9; farmed in Kent 1939-79, top dairy herd SE England 1951; m. 1 May 1933 Nancy Mary Maunsell, d. of Louis Henry Gollock of Cork, Eire; d. 20 Aug. 1990.
Pewtress, Michael Ernest, brother of Herbert Leslie Pewtress (qv); b. 17 Jan. 1932; adm. Sept. 1945 (R); left July 1949; dir. East Marlborough & Co. and Holt Jackson Book Co; chmn. of both cos. 1981-92; m. 19 Apr. 1958 Vivian Ann, d. of Wilham Mitchell Kidman of Barnet, Herts; d. 20 July 2006.
Pewtress, Herbert Leslie, son of Bernard Leslie Pewtress of New Barnet, Herts, and Winifred Beatrice, d. of Herbert James Scott of Highbury; b. 8 Apr. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left Apr. 1938; RAFVR 1942-5 (Flt Lieut.), AFC Jan. 1944; diR.E. Marlborough & Co., wholesale newsagents, until 1974; later chairman Holt Jackson Book Co.; a member of Lloyd's until 1968; m. 4 Sept. 1943 Margaret Elsie, d. of G. C. Sanderson of Barnet, Herts; d. 11 Dec. 1981.