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Lieut. Colonel Piers Standish Plowden, OBE
1899 - 1990 (91 years)
Generation: 1
1. Lieut. Colonel Piers Standish Plowden, OBE was born on 24 Mar 1899 (son of Roger Herbert Plowden and Minnie Jump); died on 14 Oct 1990. Notes:
He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He fought in the First World War. He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. He gained the rank of officer in the 17th Lancers. He was Aide-de-Camp to the High Commissioner to Egypt between 1925 and 1928. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Scots Guards. He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1944.
Piers married Ethel Muriel Cynthia Critchley on 28 Jun 1928. Ethel (daughter of Major Edward Ashton Critchley) was born on 18 Oct 1899; died in 1987 in Romsey, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Phyllida Lovaine Plowden was born in 1936; died on 11 Nov 1999 in Swallowcliffe, Salisbury.
2. Roger Herbert Plowden was born on 14 Oct 1853; died on 16 May 1921. Roger married Minnie Jump in 1888. Minnie died on 4 Apr 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Minnie Jump died on 4 Apr 1899. Children:
- 1. Lieut. Colonel Piers Standish Plowden, OBE was born on 24 Mar 1899; died on 14 Oct 1990.