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GB-2014-WSA-14802 · Person · 1912-?

Robertson, Douglas Hartridge, son of Frank Robertson of Sydenham, Kent; b. 28 Nov. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (H); left July 1928.

GB-2014-WSA-14799 · Person · 1897-1984

Robertson, Charles Albert Amherst, brother of William Strowan Amherst Robertson (q.v.); b. June 8, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left July 1916; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards May 1, 1917; Lieut. Nov. 1, 1918; Capt. Nov. 11, 1925; served in Flanders and at Arras; Asst. Adjt. Jan. 3, 1918, until wounded May 14, 1918, near Arras; Croix de Guerre Nov. 6, 1917; Major May 20, 1933; retired Dec. 1938; re-employed in Great War II; Bgde. Major 35th Inf. Bgde. T.A.; France April to June 1940; Bgde. Major 36th. Inf. Bgde. T.A. Aug. 1940 to Jan. 1941; G.S.O. 2 H.Q. Western Command Jan. 1941 to Sept. 1945; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1945; farmed in Angus 1947-54; m. 1st Aug. 12, 1929, Joan Seymour, daughter of A. H. Campbell, of Toronto, Canada; 2nd Aug. 28, 1940, Ivy Delphina, daughter of Alex­ander Dewar, M.D., of Montreal; d. 30 Aug. 1984.

GB-2014-WSA-14794 · Person · 1875-1897

Roberts, Stuart Kenyon, son of T. A. Roberts, of Bloomsbury; b. March 2, 1875; adm. Jan. 13, 1887 (H); left March 1893; d. Aug. 28, 1897.

Roberts, John Wood, 1898-?
GB-2014-WSA-14786 · Person · 1898-?

Roberts, John Wood, son of Thomas William Wood Roberts, of Croydon, by Mabel Maud, daughter of Henry John Dore, of Mayfair; b. Jan. 29, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left Dec. 1914; served in Great War I; Lieut. Royal Marines Nov. 21, 1915; Capt. Jan. 6, 1921 retired but was re-employed in Great War II; acting Major July 16, 1940 to Feb. 20, 1942. m. May 2, 1923, Joan Elspeth, daughter of Harold Macfarlane (q.v.).

GB-2014-WSA-14773 · Person · 1896-1980

Roberts, Arthur Evan Tudor, son of Harry T. Roberts, of Tooting; b. Aug. 28, 1896; adm. May 4, 1911 (H); left July 1911; served in Great War I; Capt. Labour Corps June 3, 1918; d. 28 Oct. 1980.

GB-2014-WSA-01697 · Person · 1911-1988

Robbins, Edgar Carmichael, son of John Haldeman Robbins of Beckenham, Kent, and Enid Amy, d. of Edgar Rowe Everington, solicitor, of Upper Norwood; b. 22 Mar. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left July 1928; LLB (Lond.) 1933, John Mackrell Prizeman of the Law Soc.; adm. a solicitor 1933; joined BBC legal staff 1934, solicitor BBC 1945, legal adviser 1959, retd 1974; CBE 1957; asst clerk and treasurer City of London Solicitors' Company 197 5; m. 26 Dec. 1936 Alice Eugenia, sister of Humphrey Norman Nash (qv); d. 1 Sept. 1988.

Ritherdon, Robert, 1899-?
GB-2014-WSA-14753 · Person · 1899-?

Ritherdon, Robert, son of Robert Ritherdon, of Bromley, Kent; b. Aug. 18, 1899; adm. May 2, 1913 (H); left April 1916; served in Great War I; Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; m.

GB-2014-WSA-14741 · Person · 1894-1958

Riley, Christopher John Molesworth, son of John Athelstan Laurie Riley, of Kensington, by the Hon. Andalusia Louisa Charlotte Georgina Molesworth, eldest daughter of Samuel, 8th Viscount Molesworth; b. Feb. 20, 1894; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (H); left July 1908; at Lancing Coll. 1908-11; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards Jan. 23, 1914; Lieut. April 29, 1915; Capt. Sept. 3, 1916; A.D.C. to the Governor of Newfoundland Nov. 27, 1916; served in Great War I; mentioned in despatches; M.C. Jan. 14, 916; succeeded his father as Seigneur de La Trinité, Jersey; a Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey; re-employed in Great War II as Lieut.-Col. 162nd O.C.T.U. Oct. 1939; seconded for duties with the R.A.F. Oct. 1940; m. 1st Feb. 2, 1922, Bridget Maisie, eldest daughter of Col. Lionel Hanbury, C.M.G., of Burnham, Bucks; 2nd Jan. 2, 1931, Yvonne, daughter of Regi­nald Raoul Lemprière, C.B.E., Seigneur de Rosel, Jersey, and widow of Capt. Harold Robin; d. Oct. 15, 1958.

GB-2014-WSA-14738 · Person · 1874-1937

Rigby, James Philip Clayton, elder son of the Rev. Francis William Clayton Rigby, of Newington, by Sarah Elisa, daughter of Anthony Allen, of Preston, Lancs; b. Aug. 21, 1874; adm. Sept. 26, 1889 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1893 (adm. pensr. Sept. 29, 1893), matric. Michaelmas 1893; called to the bar at Lincolns Inn July 5, 1916; Malayan C.S.; acting deputy registrar, Singapore, Aug. 1898; acting magistrate Larut 1902; acting asst. registrar lpoh 1916; registrar, Kuala-Lumpur, 1920; d. July 29, 1937.

GB-2014-WSA-14736 · Person · 1876-1943

Ridsdale, Alfred Cyril, son of Alfred Ridsdale, of South Kensington; b. April 14, 1876; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (H); left April 1892; L.R.I.B.A. 1931; in practice at Chertsey, Surrey; d. May 1943.