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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.

Rankin, William Sewell de Guibe, son of Richard Henry Rankin, attorney, of Newark, NJ, USA; b. 4 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (H, non-res. KS); left July 1924; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1924, Boden Sanskrit schol. 1927, BA 1928, MA 1952; education officer Nigerian Civil Service 1928-51, retd Nov. 1951; worked for UNESCO Liberia 1952, Ethiopia 1956-7; taught in Scotland 1958-67; m. 15 Sept. 1938 Elizabeth Louisa, d. of Edward Hope Waterfield (qv); d. Jan. 1987.

Ranalow, Frederick Baring, only son of Joseph George Miles Parker Ranalow, music master at the school, by Ellen Frances, daughter of Francis Baring Atkinson, of Morland Hall, Westmorland; b. Nov. 7, 1873; adm. May IO, 1888 (H); left Dec. 1890; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music 1906; appointed a Lay Vicar of Westminster Abbey Aug. 1, 1900; resigned Dec. 1908; Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music; for many years leading baritone of the Beecham Opera Company; played the part of Macbeth in the revival of The Beggar's Opera in 1920, which ran for 1,000 performances; m. Jan. 21, 1909, Lilian Mary, elder daughter of William Edward Oates, of Gestingthorpe Hall, Essex; d. Dec. 8, 1953.

Quertier, John Reginald, son of Reginald Lawrence Quertier AMICE, ofBeckenham, Kent, and Gweneth Muriel, d. of Henry John Wright, architect, of Ipswich; b. 21 Apr. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (H); left July 1935; Imp. Coll. Lond., BSc 1938; AFRAeS; tech. asst Rolls-Royce Ltd 1938- 46; chief devel. engineer Rennell & Co., Ipswich, 1946-54; chief engineer Consolidated Pneu­matic Tool Co., London, 1954-82; pres. Brit. Compressed Air Soc. 1954; m. 10 May 1941 Geraldine Helen Gillies, d. of Maj. J. Shields, quarry owner, of Isley Walton, Derbyshire; d. 1 Dec. 2004.