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Ridley-Thompson, Aubrey Percy, son of Capt. Thomas Percy Ridley-Thompson and Kathleen, d. of Frederick Swire of Hucclecote, Gloucs.; b. 18 Oct. 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left July 1939; joined Boots, chemists, 1940; RAC 1942-5 (Capt.), served Middle East and Italy; Capt. City of London Yeomanry (TA) July 1948, Maj. Leics. Yeomanry (TA) Sept. 1955, Lieut.-Col. com­manding Leics. & Derbys. Yeomanry 1961-4; TD 1960; dir. Boots Co. 1968, dir. Public and Customer Relations 1978, retd 1981; DL (Leics.) 1978; OStJ 1984; m. 11 June 1949 Jacqueline, d. of Ronald Peake, of Ashtead, Surrey; d. 9 Oct. 2013.

Ridley, John Sidney, son of George Frederick Ridley, sec. textile trade charities, of Purley, Sur­rey, and Annie Gertrude, d. of William Anderson Ogg of Forfar, Scotland; b. 29 Oct. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (H); left 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 193 7, MA 1943; ord. deacon 1939, priest 1940 (London); Curate St Saviour Pimlico 1939, St Wilfrid Brighton 1942, Goring­ by-Sea 1944, St George's Hanover Square 1945; chaplain Hurstpierpoint Coll. 1946, Roy. Wanstead Sch. 1947; Curate Holy Cross St Pancras 1949; a prep. school master 1956-64; asst master St Dunstan's Coll. Catford 1972-81, retd 1981; d. 17 Apr. 1997.

Ridgeway, Noel, eldest son of the Right Rev. Frederick Edward Ridgeway, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury, by Pauline Josephine, daughter of John Vibart, I.C.S., of Ryde, Isle of Wight; b. Sept. 22, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left April 1892, and went to Haileybury; manager on a rubber estate in Senegal; d. Feb. 5, 1905; unm.

Richmond, Sir Maxwell, son of Robert R. Richmond, by Beatrice Bernadette, daughter of James Farrell, of Wanganin, New Zealand; b. Oct. 19, 1900; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left July 1918; Sub-Lieut. R.N. May 15, 1921; Lieut. Dec. 15, 1922; Lieut.-Cmdr. Dec. 15, 1930; Cmdr. June 30, 1936; Capt. Dec. 31, 1942; Rear-Admiral Jan. 8, 1952; Vice-Admiral Dec. 16, 1954; Assist. Chief of Supplies, Admiralty, 1946-8; Naval Liaison Officer, New Zealand, 1948-50; Naval Director, Joint Naval and R.A.F. Anti-Submarine School, London­derry, 1950-2; Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Training) and Director of Naval Training 1952; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1940; D.S.O. for services in convoys to Murmansk July 30, 1942; Soviet Order of Red Banner Nov. 17, 1942; mentioned in despatches (Withdrawal from Dunkirk) L.G. Oct. 25, 1940, and (Advance in Franco-Italian Border) L.G. Aug. 8, 1945; C.B. Jan. 1, 1954; K.B.E. June 12, 1957; m. May 6, 1929, Jessie Messervy Campbell, daughter of James Joseph Craig, of Auckland, New Zealand; d. 15 May 1986.

Reynolds, Russell John, only son of John Reynolds, M.D., of Brixton, by Caroline Harriet, daughter of William Francis Nott, M.R.C.S., of Kennington, Surrey; b. May 10, 1880; adm. May 3, 1894 (H); left April 1898; London Univ.; M.B. and B.S. 1907; Guy's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1907; Consulting Radiologist; Physician-in-Charge of the Electro­ Therapeutic Dept., Charing Cross Hospital; practises in London; Capt. R.A.M.C. July 12, 1918; served in Great War I and was Consulting Radiologist in India; demob. Feb. 1919; M.I.E.E. 1923; M.R.C.P. 1933; F.R.C.P. 1938; Adviser in Radiology to the Ministry of Pensions; Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons, 1936-7; C.B.E. 1932; manager of the Royal Institution, 1943-5; Consulting Radiologist to the Charing Cross Hospital; a pioneer in radiology who took his first X-ray picture while still a boy at the school only a few months after Rontgen's discovery; received in 1957 the Medal of the Centre Antoine Bédère des Relations Internationales en Radiologie Medicale, the first British recipient; m. Feb. 1, 1908, Anne Thelka Henrietta, only daughter of Adolph Römer, of Tulse Hill, Surrey; d. 5 Nov. 1964.

Restler, James Douglas Kendall, only son of Sir James William Restler, K.B.E., of South Kensington, by Janet Ferguson, eldest daughter of Joseph Creighton, of Kirkcaldy, Fife; b. July 22, 1880; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (H); left Nov. 1895; King's Coll. London; chief engineer, Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Co., 1903; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E. Dec. 5, 1905; M.Inst.C.E. Feb. 10, 1914; M. l. Mech. E. 1918; M.l.E.E. 1918; chief mechanical and electrical engineer R.A.F. since 1918; O.B.E. Oct. 10, 1919; m. July 15, 1916, Violet Mary, only daughter of Herbert Haynes Twining, of South Kensington; d. Nov. 13, 1949.

Rentoul, Mervyn Audley, son of His Hon. James Alexander Rentoul, L.L.D., K.C., M.P., of Wallington, Surrey, by Florence Isabel, youngest daughter of David William Young, of Wallington Lodge; b. Sept. 20, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left July 2, 1902.

Remington-Hobbs, Edward, son of Albert Remington-Hobbs MD MRCS MRCP MRCOG, and Marguerite, d. of Sir Joseph Loftus Wilkinson, gen. manager GWR; b. 7 Feb. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (H); left July 1934; RMC Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. Roy. Scots Fusiliers Jan. 1936, Lieut. Jan. 1939; transf. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, served 1939-47 North Africa, NW Europe (wounded) and SEAC; instr. Staff Coll. Camberley 1944; War Office 1947-9; Capt. Jan. 1944, Maj. Jan. 1949, retd as Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1950; DSO (NW Europe) May 1945, OBE (Netherlands E. Indies) June 1947; Gold Staff Officer Coronation of HM the Queen 1953; OStJ 1963, CStJ 1972, KStJ 1976; an underwriting member of Lloyd's 1959; Freeman City of London 1960; chairman and man. dir. Polyseal Ltd 1960- 75, Bellfax Internat. Ltd 1975-84; chairman Snuff­ers Ltd 1984-; m. 1st 7 Dec. 1950 Angela Susan, d. of Capt. Marshall Owen Roberts; 2nd 24 Jan. 1957 Ann Campbell, formerly wife of Charles Edmund Peczenik; 3rd 1972 Susan Mary Sheila, d. of Hon. Charles Winn, formerly wife of Geoffrey Denis Erskine Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill CBE; d. 29 July 1997.

Reid, Desmond Kenelm, son of James Kenelm Reid MB, of Beckenham, Kent, and Dorothy Carrie, d. of Lieut.-Col. William Locking Price of Edinburgh; b. 21 Aug. 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (H); left July 1929; sen. examiner Patent Office 1946; m. 18 Sept. 1948 Elizabeth Jill, d. of John Stuart Chorlton MB, of Buxton, Derbyshire.

Reid, Alexander Daniel, son of William T. Reid, of Kensington; b. Feb. 2, 1882; adm. Jan. 16, 1896 (H); left Dec. 1897; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1899; 2nd Lieut. unattached July 28, 1900; Lieut. Black Watch Oct. 28, 1902; temp. Major Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Feb. 26, 1915; d. 31 July 1917.