Source:  The Essex Chronicle, 3f
Date:  2 July 1943
Place: Brentwood

SPEECH DAYS

Brentwood

Boys cheer American Colonel

THERE was a cordial Anglo-American atmosphere about the proceedings at Brentwood Grammar School Speech Day on Saturday 26 June 1943). Col. Ewart G. Plank, commanding the Eastern Base Section of the United States Army in this country, distributed the prizes and gave a notable address. High ranking British officers were on the platform to welcome him

. . .
Colonel Plank distributed the prizes as follows:-
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Upper II.: D. H. Pluckrose, Caysor.
. . .

David (Harold) Pluckrose (PL2592 :Tree 1010) was born
in the West Ham registration district in Q4 1929.