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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.).

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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.