Peter Ronald Wastell Poyser
Person details
| Forename(s) | Peter Ronald Wastell |
|---|---|
| Surname | Poyser |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Queen's Regiment |
| Age | 22 |
| Death | Killed in action |
| Place of Death | Western Europe > Italy |
| Date of Death | 09/09/1943 |
| Year of Entry | 1934 |
| House Letter | H |
| School Notes | Junior Scholar; Hetherington Prize |
| Comments | War Memorial Fund Ctte minutes 23.3.1940: 'The Hon Treasurer raised the matter of the Hetherington Scholarship, the holder of which (PRW Poyser) might be going down in the summer after the completion of only one year at Oxford, owing to the Military Service Act. As he might wish to go up to Oxford again after the War, it was decided that his scholarship monies should be kept for him intact and that no further election should be made until the normal time, namely 1942.' |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 2/7th Battalion |
| Prefect | School Prefect; Head of Social |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 23 |
| Battle | |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | Italy > Salerno |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Brasenose College, Oxford (Exhibitioner) - Classics |
| Prep School | |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary |
November 21 1943. In September, 1943, killed in action, Peter Ronald Wastell Poyser, Lt., The Queen's Regt. (Smale's, H, 1934-39). Simple and sincere, he made many friends both here at Radley and while he was at Oxford. His gifts were perhaps not of the conspicuous kind, but he was a most conscientious and reliable person and dealt very competently with all the situations which came his way. His activities were many. He was an excellent Head of his Social and School Prefect, he was in the 1st VIII of 1939 and the winner of several Sixth Form Prizes. He was awarded the Hetherington Scholarship and obtained an Exhibition at B.N.C. where he read Classics for a year before obtaining his commission in The Queen's Regiment. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. |
| Service Number | 180520 |
| Place of Birth |
