Rea, Anthony Archibald Wyndham, son of Cecil William Rea, Air Min. official, and Alma Helen, d. of Charles Ernest Farr of Hove, Sussex; b. 17 July 1929; adm. Sept. 1944 (R); left July 1947; d. Oct. 1998.

Read, John Watson Foster; b. June 27, 1898; adm. May 2, 1913 (R); left Dec. 1913.

Redman, Harry Eastland, son of Joseph Henry Redman, of St. Marylebone; b. Feb. 9, 1880; adm. May 3, 1894 (R); left April 1896; 2nd Lieut. Royal Warwicks Regt. Jan. 5, 1901; Lieut. Feb. 8, 1905; Indian Army May 15, 1905; Capt. Oct. 20, 1909; Major Oct. 20, 1915; served in South Africa 1901; d. 3 Jan. 1950.

Reece, Geoffrey Howard Wilson, son of Charles Howard Augustine Reece (qv); b. 26 May 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (R); left July 1924; a leather factor; RAF Regt in WW2 (FO); d. 17 Oct. 1962.

Regendanz, Rene Christian, brother of Guido William Paul Regendanz (qv); b. 6 Feb. 1930; adm. Sept. 1944 (R); left July 1947; a farmer in Sussex; m. 20 Apr. 1960 Mechtild, d. of Count Prokop Lazansky, of Salisbury, S. Rhodesia; d. 1 Mar. 2011.

Reid, Clive Ronald, brother of Douglas Houstoun Rupert Reid (q.v.); b. Feb. 13, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (R); left Easter 1915; enlisted in 28th Batt. London Regt. June 29, 1917; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. Aug 5, 1918; d. 1995.

Reid, Douglas Houstoun Rupert, son of Sir George Houstoun Reid, K.C.M.G., by Flora, daughter of John Bromby, of Cressy, Tasmania; b. April 27, 1895; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1911; Lieut. R.F.A. July 1, 1917; served in France; sustained shell-shock at the battle of Arras and invalided home; assist. secretary to the Allied Nitrate of Soda Executive in London.

Rice-Stringer, Peter Gerald Fitzgerald, son of Harold James Rice-Stringer, mining engineer, and Helen Josephine, d. of Herbert Bayley Mack of Liverpool; b. 26 Oct. 1916; adm. Apr. 1931 (R); left July 1935; trooper Life Guards 1939, RASC 1940-5 (Maj.), despatches (twice), Polish Cross of Valour; a racehorse trainer; d. 27 June 1984.

Richards, Francis Ashburner, son of Francis Gardiner Richards, of Gardiner, Maine, U.S.A., by Anne, daughter of Samuel Ashburner, of London; b. Feb. 22, 1880; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (R); left July 1894; readm. Sept. 27, 1895; left Nov. 1898; New Coll. Oxon., matric. Michael­mas 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1912; an architect; served in Great War I; Lieut. R.N.V.R. Aug. 19, 1914; m. 1st Jan. 11, 1921, Lilian Mary, daughter of William Francis Hungerford Grey, of London; 2nd Veronica; d. June 13, 1961.

Richardson, Albert Butler, son of Arthur Berry Richardson, chairman and pres. Chesebrough­ Ponds Inc., of New York, and Annah Parkman, d. of Albert Wheaton Butler, shipbuilder, of Rockland, Maine, USA; b. 5 Apr. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left July 1932; Andover Acad., Mass., 1932-5; Princeton Univ., AB 1939; USNR 1943-6 (Ltjg), served Atlantic and Pacific the­ atres; vice-pres. and dir. Chesebrough-Ponds Inc. 1946-73, retd 1973; m. Nov. 1949 Joan Alice, d. of Leon Edward Thompson, builder and land developer USA; d. 10 Mar. 1999.