Early Years
Pitcher was born in Naini Tal in Uttarakhand (then called the East Indies), the son of Major Duncan G Pitcher and his wife Rose. His father was on active service with the Bengal Staff Corps of the British Indian Army. At the time of the 1881 Census the family are living in Hendon, North London. In the 1891 Census Pitcher is a 13-year old scholar at the Sedbergh School in Yorkshire.
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