File:Lord Piercy 1945.jpg

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Description	The Right Honourable William Piercy, Baron Piercy, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Author or copyright owner	Walter Stoneman
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Unknown Immediate source: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw228379/William-Piercy-1st-Baron-Piercy-of-Burford?LinkID=mp81602&search=sas&sText=william+piercy&role=sit&rNo=0
Date of publication	November 1945
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	William Piercy, 1st Baron Piercy
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	There are no free-licence photographs of Lord Piercy known to exist and none can be created fifty-three years after his death.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Single appearance, not full file.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	It is a reduced-resolution crop of a very old photograph, whose owner displays it for free online.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 7th July 1966
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
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	18:50, 17 July 2019	No thumbnail	375 × 477 (24 KB)	Robin S. Taylor (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

File:Lord Piercy 1945.jpg

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