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Rees, Herbert George Powell, son of Herbert Percy Powell Rees, of Ealing, by Marie Louise, daughter of John Randolph Dilleber, of New York, U.S.A.; b. Oct. 20, 1897; adm. April 26, 1912 (H); left July 1913; Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R. Oct. 5, 1915; Lieut. June 30, 1917; temp. Capt. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; crashed while on aircraft patrol near Gravesend Oct. 25, 1916; served in France, the Mediterranean, and on the Indian frontier; an engineer; emigrated to South Africa 1938 and was manager of the Durban branch of the Encyclopaedia Britannica; served in Great War II as Major, S.A.A.F.; m. Feb. 28, 1925, Octobera Nerquise, youngest daughter of John Meurig Edwards, of Swansea; d. Nov. 21, 1952.

Rees, Douglas Lorrain Powell, brother of Herbert George Powell Rees (q.v.); b. Oct. 17, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (H); left July 1914; 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, 34th Sikh Pioneers, Dec. 16, 1918; Lieut. Dec. 16, 1919; served in Afghanistan and Waziristan; a tea-planter in Travancore, South India, 1924-8; Capt. I.A. Reserve Dec. 25, 1924; Head Master of Clevedon College, Somerset, 1932; transferred from Indian Army Reserve to 8th Batt. Middlesex Regt. T.A. June 1928 and to 43rd Div. R.E. (T.A.) March 16, 1936; resigned March 15, 1939; Lieut. The Queen's Regt. March 9, 1940; Capt. and Transport Officer 35th Infantry Bgde., Mar. 16, 1940; transferred to 9th East Surrey Regt. April 18, 1941 and 30th Somerset Light Inf. Feb. 1943; served in France, N. Africa and Italy in Great War II, 1943-5; m. March 11, 1940, Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Reginald Alfred Rhymes, of Clevedon, Somerset; d. 30 Nov. 1982.

Reed, Hugh Atkin, brother of Henry Potter Reed (q.v.); b. Aug. 29, 1879; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (H); left April 1894.

Read, Geoffrey Ernest, son of Ernest James Read, quantity surveyor, of Upper Norwood, and Jessie Leonore, d. of James Bullpitt of South Norwood; b. 28 Apr. 1903; adm. Sept. 1916 (H); left Apr. 1920; an architect, ARIBA 1925, FRIBA 1946; m. 5 Apr. 1940 Josephine, d. of Arthur Bailey Proudman of Loughborough, Leics.; d. 1 Apr. 1993

Rayner, William Vernon, son of William Rayner, M.R.C.S., of London, by Julia, daughter of William Dentith, of Manchester; b. July 17, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); left July 1898; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1904; practised in Smith Square, Westminster; was living at Buenos Ayres in Aug. 1914 and on the declaration of war returned to England and enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, and became a Lance-Corporal; served in France, and was sent home wounded March 1916, returned to the front in June 1916, and reported 'missing' three weeks later, when the advance was made near Bethune; presumed killed in action July 23, 1916; unm.

Rayner, Herbert, brother of William Vernon Rayner (q.v.); b. May 1, 1882; adm. Jan. 16, 1896 (H); left July 1898; an engineer; enlisted in the Univ. and P.S. Corps in 1914 and served in his capacity as engineer in war work at home; m.

Rawnsley, David Willingham, son of Noel Rawnsley of Sevenoaks, Kent, and Violet Cutbill, poet, of Sidcup, Kent; b. 25 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left July 1924; ARIBA; art director and production designer for film industry, sculptor, painter and ceramicist; m. 28 Dec. 1966 Phyllis Mary, d. of Lieut.-Cdr John Lionel May RNVR, master mariner; d. 18 Nov. 1977.

Ravenscroft, Edward Gildon Strode, brother of Herbert Valentine Ravenscroft (q.v.); b. Oct. 25, 1881; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); Q.S. 1896; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1900, matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1905; a preparatory school master 1905-16; entered the Customs Service 1916, and was subsequently transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture; retired 1946; d. 1966.

Rattenbury, Robert Mantle, son of the Rev. John Ernest Rattenbury, D.D., Wesleyan minister, by Edith Mary, daughter of Robert Scampton Mantle, of Leicester; b. Dec. 9, 1901; adm. as (non-resident) K.S. Sept. 23, 1915 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1920, matric. Michaelmas 1920; open exhibition at Trin. Coll. 1920; senior scholar 1922; 1st class Classical Tripos, pt. 1, 1921; Stewart of Rannoch Scholar, Greek and Latin, 1922; 1st class Classical Tripos, pt. 2, 1923; George Charles Winter Warr Scholar 1923; B.A. 1923; M.A. 1927; Fellow 1926; assist. lecturer in Classics, Leeds Univ., Oct. 1924-7; lecturer in Classics, Trin. Coll. Camb., 1930-52; tutor 1945, senior tutor 1946-52; Univ. lecturer in classics 1932-52; Registrary of Cambridge Univ. since Jan. 1953; a Governor of the School 1951; m. July 14, 1934, Monica Mary Miller, elder daughter of Frank W. Jones, of Headingley, Leeds; d. 1970.

Rasquin, André, son of Georges Rasquin, of Liege, Belgium, advocate, by Nelly, daughter of Auguste Hock, of Namur, Belgium; b. May 3, 1903; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left Dec. 1918; Liège Univ.; an electrical and chemical engineer; under manager of S. A. Engrais et Produits Chimiques de la Meuse, Tilleur, Belgium.