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Rodger, George Launcelot Graham, son of William Frederick Graham Rodger, of Acton, Middlesex; b. Oct. 29, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left July 1915, a broker at Lloyds; m. Inez Howard, daughter of Herbert Augustus Budden, of Uxbridge Road, London.

Roe, Frederic Gordon, son of Fred Roe, R. I., of Kensington, painter of 'Afternoon Prayers at Westminster School in War Time', by Letitia Mabel, daughter of Sydney Williams Lee, F.R.I.B.A., of Putney Hill, Surrey; b. Sept. 24, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (A); left Easter 1912; joined the staff of The Connoisseur 1913, modern art critic of the same 1919, asst. editor Nov. 1921; served in Great War I; Gunner 1212th Battery R.F.A.; editor of The Connoisseur 1933; F.R. Hist. S. 1933; Hon. S.P.C. 1933; F.S.A. 1943; at various times art critic on the staff of the Daily Mail and The Artist; author of Sea Painters of Britain (1947 and 48); English Cottage Furniture (1949) and many other works on art and furniture; m. March 31, 1921, Eleanor Beatrice, only daughter of Cecil Reginald Grundy, of London, editor of The Connoisseur; d. 6 Jan. 1985.

Rosenfeld, Frank Laurie, son of Laurie Rosenfeld of Bayswater and Ray Dora, d. of Henry Wilenski of Bournemouth; b. 23 June 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (A); left Dec. 1930; RA in WW2 (Capt.); a co. director; m. 27 Jan. 1955 Sara, d. of Jacob Kut; d. 21 May 2001.

Ross, Gerard Chalmers, son of Frank Chalmers Ross, personnel man. Marks & Spencer, of Jordans, Bucks, and Amy, d. of Walter Fowkes of Manchester; b. 11 Dec. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (A); left July 1951; group man. Kingsway Stores (Nigeria) Ltd., Ibadan, later Bishop’s Food Stores Ltd.; asst. Bursar Harrow Sch. 1984-98; m. 16 Dec. 1961 Violet, d. of Arthur Lee of Bromley; d. 18 Feb. 2009.

Rowland, Cyril Arthur, son of Gwilym Evan Rowland of Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, and Violet Jane Owena, d. of John Hughes of Oswestry, Shropshire; b. 9 June 1905; adm. Apr. 1920 (A); left Mar. 1923; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1923, BA 1926, MA 1930; RASC, later RIASC, 1940-5 (Maj.), MBE 1945; gen. man. National Employers' Mutual Gen. Assurance Assn; m. 18 Feb. 1933 Eileen Mary, d. of Henry Augustus Pollak of Hampstead; d. 30 June 1971.

Ruddock, George, son of George Ruddock, of Richmond, Surrey; b. Aug. 2, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (A); left Easter 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.A.S.C., May 25, 1940.

Rudge, Ernest Nouaille, son of Howard Nouaille Rudge, of Weybridge, Surrey; b. June 8, 1899; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (A); left April 1917.

Rudge, Herbert Nouaille, brother of Ernest Nouaille Rudge (q.v.); b. Nov. 20, 1900; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (A); left April 1919.

Rumney, Roy Bryan, son of Robert Atkinson Rumney, of Twickenham, by Edith Ellen, daughter of Joseph Burland, of Wigan, Lancs; b. Dec. 30, 1891; adm. April 21, 1904 (A); left Dec. 1907; enlisted in Public Schools Batt., Royal Fusiliers, Sept. 3, 1914; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. Aug. 26, 1918, until demob. Aug. 1919; served in France Dec. 1915 - Aug. 1916, Salonika, and Asia Minor; foreign agent in Singapore to the Calico Printers' Assoc. Ltd. Sept. 1920 - March 1925.

Russell, Frank Everall, son of Frank Octavius Russell, of London; b. Oct. 8, 1890; adm. Jan. 19, 1905 (A); left Dec. 1905; served with the Australian Expeditionary Force in Great War I.