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==Early life== Percy Pilcher was born in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] in 1867, the son of Thomas Webb Pilcher (1799β1874) and Scottish mother Sophia (nΓ©e) Robinson. In 1880, at age 13 Pilcher became a cadet in the [[Royal Navy]], and served for seven years. Thereafter he became an engineering apprentice with the shipbuilders, [[Randolph, Elder & Co|Randolph, Elder and Company]], of Govan in [[Glasgow]].<ref name="geo">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst894.html |title=Percy Sinclair Pilcher|work=The Gazetteer for Scotland|publisher=The Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh.|access-date=29 March 2009}}</ref><ref name="GGPSP">{{cite web |title=Percy Sinclair Pilcher |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Percy_Sinclair_Pilcher |publisher=Grace's Guide |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref>
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