I was pleasantly surprised to find out that there is a Mount Playter in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia (Canada). It is located at N 51°53' 12.1" W 126°55' 27.8" and has a height of 2137 m (7011 ft). It's relative location is north of the head of Chuckwalla River, north east of the community of Rivers Inlet. In a bigger picture, it is 400 km (250 mi) north west of Vancouver. And it is named after Ross Playter. On February 8, 1918, Earl William and Edith May (nee Alexander) Playter gave birth to their fifth child, Ross Alexander Playter. Ross later married Mary Isabella Bell of Moosehorn, Manitoba, and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served overseas during World War II.
On February 3, 1945, 26 year old Ross Playter was serving as an Air Gunner with 428 Squadron (6 Group) when his Lancaster KB-725 crash landed at Sandy Tees, England, shortly after take-off. Both gunners were killed in the crash. The photo below is one of a Lancaster similar to the one in which Ross Playter was killed.Pilot Officer Ross Playter was buried at Stonefall Cemetery, Harrowgate, UK, section H, row F, grave 13. He was survived by wife and parents.
On March 28, 1967, Mount Playter was named to remember Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot Officer Ross Alexander Playter, J92187.
Links:
RCAF Report on P/O Playter's death
