Robert Lionel Plowman was the younger brother of the famous Captain of the 3rd Enfield, Thomas Room Plowman. He enrolled as a leader in the Company in 1903 and served for many years. He will be remembered for training the wand squad at the Royal Albert Hall Display in 1923. He had three sons and two daughters when he died in 1945 at the age of 66. As a token of appreciation for the work he had done in the Company, a trophy called the R L Plowman Trophy was presented.
It is awarded to a Company age group (11 to 14 year old) boy who, in the opinion of his fellow Company and Senior members, has done the most for the Company during that session. The voting is done by a secret ballot. The trophy is commonly referred to as the Plowman Junior Trophy.
1943 – Pte J A S Green
1944
1945
1946
1947 – Pte F Staines
1948 – Pte S Berry
1949 – Pte B Hercock
1950 – Pte J Street
1951 – Pte R Hunson
1952 – Pte R Underwood
1953 – Pte A Spencer
1954 – Pte A Henderson
1955 – Pte G Ellis
1956 – Pte R Mosley
1957 – Pte B Hull
1958 – Pte B Barwick
1959 – Pte R Fisher
1960 – Pte B Steward
1961 – Pte A Toms
1962 – Pte R Toms
1963 – Pte A Cotogno
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978 – Pte M Stogden
1979 – Pte C Parker
1980 – Pte M Parker
1981
1982
1983
1984 – Pte M Silvey
1985 – Pte K Williams
1986 – Pte S Layzell
1987
1988
1989 – Pte D Layzell
1990 – Pte P Brewer
1991 – Pte A Freer
1992 – Pte R Mammen
1993
1994
1995
1996 – Pte S Fryer
1997 – Pte J Howard
1998 – Pte J Kitcher
1999 – Pte R Holland
2000 – Pte T Killey
2001
2002
2003 – Not awarded
2004 – Pte A Clarke
2005 – Pte A Clarke
2006 – Pte C Sanders
2007 – Pte L Halls
2008 – Pte O Newport
2009 – L/Cpl O Newport
2010 – Cpl O Newport
2011 – L/Cpl M Mogaji
2012 – Pte J Tulley
2013 – Pte C Wright
2014 – Pte J Pidgeon
2015 – Pte I Acquaye
2016 – Pte M Senpalit
2017 – Cpl I Acquaye
2018 – Pte J McDonald
2019 – L/Cpl J Purnell
2020 – L/Cpl F George
2021 – L/Cpl M Bowden
2022 – Pte J Knights
2023 – Pte T Omer
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