Peter Dollar was born in 1899 and died on 27th May 1984, at the age of 84.
He joined the 19th Hussars from Sandhurst in 1919, and following the amalgamation with the 15th Hussars, joined the 4th Hussars in 1922, in which he served both in India and the United Kingdom until the end of the War.
He was Second in Command when the Regiment moved to North Africa in 1940, and subsequently to Greece. He was captured by the Germans at the Corinth Canal, and after sojourns in several POW Camps, ‘graduated’ (in his own words) to Colditz, where he spent substantial periods in solitary confinement.
After his final release in 1945, he married and went to live in Guilsborough, and for the next four years filled a number of appointments in this country, including command of a POW Camp in Sheffield.
Although he took part in most field sports — he was a fine shot and a keen fisherman — his first love was always Polo, and he became an outstanding player with a six-goal handicap, and played for the Army in India and Australia. He was, naturally, the mainstay, and enthusiastic promoter of Polo within the Regiment, and a very good horseman. He played for many years for Lord Cowdray at Cowdray Park and made a very considerable contribution to the organization and successful promotion of international Polo there.
From 1949, he played a very active part in local affairs in Northamptonshire, serving on the County Council, and becoming an Alderman, and for over twenty years devoting a great deal of his time and inexhaustible energy as Governor and later, Vice-President, of St.Andrew’s hospital in Northampton.
In many ways, he was a perfectionist, and this was born out of his meticulous eye for detail and turnout, both in himself and others.
He was a curious mixture of irascibility, kindness, fun, and patriotism, and will long be remembered by a host of friends from all walks of life.
