Plowman, John Frederick, 1916-1987
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.
Pollard, Hugh Bertie Campbell, 1884-1966
Pollard, Hugh Bertie Campbell, only son of Joseph Pollard, M.R.C.S., of St. Marylebone, by Helen Dora Colebrook, daughter of Frederick Hendricks, F.F.A., F.S.A., of Kensington; b. Jan. 6, 1884; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (R); left Dec. 1903; 2nd Lieut. 25th Cyclist Batt. London Regt. May 9, 1912; Lieut. Nov. 6, 1914; Capt. June 1, 1916; special correspondent of the Daily Express 1912-20; Staff Officer (Intelligence) War Office 1916-18; at the Irish Office 1920-2; sporting editor of Country Life 1922; an authority on ancient and modern fire-arms; admitted to the Middle Temple Oct. 24, 1918; Major, General Staff (War Office) 1940; Chevalier, Imperial Order, Red Arrows of Spain; author of The Secret Societies of Ireland (1922) and other works; m. 1914 Ruth Marie, daughter of Francis Gibbons, of Penn Hall, Staffs.; d. Mar. 1966.
Pollock, Edward Denis, son of Rev. Edward Downing Pollock, Vicar of Oxton, Cheshire; b. 13 Aug. 1910; adm. May 1924 (R); left July 1924.
Ponder, Frank Vaulouve, 1895-1929
Ponder, Frank Vaulouve, brother of Eric Milton Ponder (q.v.); b. June 5, 1895; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (R); left Easter 1912; a clerk in the Local Government Guarantee Soc. 1912; 2nd Lieut. Bucks Batt. (T.F.) Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Sept. 16, 1917, attached M.G.C.; served in France and Flanders; m. May 30, 1925, Mary Mona, younger daughter of John Patterson, of Beckenham, Kent; d. June 6, 1929.
Poole, Gerald Richard, 1939-2015
Poole, Gerald Richard, son of John Sydney Philip Poole LDS, dental surgeon, of Hayes, Kent, and Helen Dora, d. of Richard Charles Cockerill of Leigh, Essex; b. 11 June 1939; adm. Jan. 1953 (R); left July 1957; an insurance broker 1960-4; sales man. of steel co. 1965-76, man. dir. 1977-; retd. to Aberporth, Ceredigion, and ran holiday cottages; m. 12 Sept. 1964 Angela Claire, d. of John Henry Snell, co. dir., of Harbledown, Kent; d. 6 Jan. 2015.
Poole, Herbert Henry, 1882-1961
Poole, Herbert Henry, son of Herbert James Poole, solicitor; b. May 13, 1882; adm. Jan. 16, 1896 (R); left Jan. 1899; d. Jan. 10, 1961.
Powell, Palgrave Dawson Turner, 1897-1985
Powell, Palgrave Dawson Turner, son of Edward Turner Powell, of West Brompton, by Florence, daughter of the Rev. John Davis Letts, Vicar of St. Ann, Stamford Hill; b. Nov. 4, 1897: adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. Welsh Regt. Aug. 16, 1916; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1918; served in Great War I; a motor agent; served in Great War II as Capt. R.A.O.C. (T. A.); transferred to R.E.M.E. Oct. 1, 1942; Major; M.B.E. (Italy) June 28, 1945; m. Elsie Clarice, daughter of George Carpenter, of Highgate; d. 1985.
Power, John Charles, 1924-2008
Power, John Charles, son of Charles Montague Power OBE MC, sec. Westminster Hosp., and Rosalind, d. of Francis Rawlings of Woodside, Surrey; b. 14 Aug. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left July 1942; Magdalene Coll. Camb., matric. 1942, BA 1949, MA 1951; RE 1942-7 (2nd Lieut. ), served NW Europe and Middle East; SASR (TA) 1949-60 (Maj. ); ERD 1960; a civil engineer, AMICE 1955, FICE 1966; civil engineer George Wimpey & Co. 1954-64; managing estimator George Wimpey & Co. Ltd. 1974-84; m. 27 Apr. 1957 Jean Helen, d. of Stuart Revels MB, med. practitioner, of Quarndon, Derbs; d. 23 Apr. 2008.
Powers, Carol, son of Orville Watson Powers, of Brooklyn, Mass, U.S.A., by Carolyn, daughter of Charles John Stickney, of Connecticut, U.S.A.; b. Dec. 18, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (R); left July 1903; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1916; asst. master, St. Edmund's School, Canterbury, May 1907; d. Dec. 22, 1959.
Poynter, Edward John, 1836-1919
POYNTER, SIR EDWARD JOHN, BART., only son of Ambrose Poynter FRIBA, Park Street, Westminster, architect and Inspector, HM Schools of Design, and his first wife Emma, dau. of Rev. Edward Forster; b. 20 Mar 1836; adm. 3 Jun 1847 (Rigaud's); Min. Can. 1849; left Whitsun 1849; went to Ipswich GS and then to Brighton Coll.; studied art in England 1854-6, Paris 1856-9; a painter; ARA Jan 1869, RA 29 Jun 1876, President Royal Academy 4 Nov 1896-1918; member, Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours 1883; Slade Professor of Art, University Coll. London 1871-5; Director for Art and Principal of National Art Training School, South Kensington 1875-81; Director, National Gallery 1894-1905; FSA 7 Jun 1894; member, Society of Dilettanti 1895; knighted 25 Nov 1896; created baronet 2 Aug 1902; KCVO 3 Jun 1913; GCVO 3 Jun 1918; Hon. DCL Oxford 1898; Hon. LittD Cambridge 1898; author, Ten Lectures on Art 1879; m. 9 Aug 1866 Agnes, dau. of Rev. George Browne Macdonald, Wolverhampton, Staffs., Wesleyan Methodist minister; d. 26 Jul 1919.