Photographers Mate Pearl (circa 1980's)?

A request from a gentleman in the UK:

Hi,

I wondered if you could help with my request about a ships photographer.

My Mother in law Mrs Simmonds (Audrey, now 85) used to work in a pub (The Wheatsheaf) in Leigh Park Near Portsmouth in the 1980s and she has a signed photo of USS ICHON which was given to her and her husband by l think the ships photographer who also invited them both on the ship.

The photographer was a real gent' and his name was Pearl ? unfortunately she can't remember his surname.

All we would like to know if possible is; Is he alive and well, how old is he or as and when did he retire and where to.

If you can't find any information, thanks anyway.

Glenn Lucas.

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