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Revision as of 19:20, 11 April 2018
The Ryder Memorial Prize founded in memory of the late Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Alfred Phlllipps Ryder, K.C.B., who died on the 30th April, 1888 was a prize of books awarded to the Sub-Lieutenant who placed highest in the examination in French at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
The Navy List describes the Prize as follows:[1]
The Ryder Memorial Fund consists of a sum of about 160 pounds invested in Government securities.
The dividend arising from this sum is employed annually in the provision of a prize of a book or books, to be awarded to the Lieutenant who takes the first place in French at the annual examinations in foreign languages, a colloquial knowledge of the language being necessary to render a candidate eligible for the award of the prize.
The Ryder Prize may be withheld in any year it is considered advisable.
Recipients
The recipients are denoted in Navy Lists by a [R] appearing after their name in the Navy List's seniority list. The year of the award is often found on their Service Record.
| Year | Recipient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | Horace L. A. Hood | |
| 1893 | Wilfred Henderson | |
| 1894 | Charles D. Carpendale | |
| 1896 | Herbert N. Garnett | |
| 1897 | George F. S. Bowles | |
| 1898 | Barry E. Domvile | |
| 1898 | Geoffrey B. Spicer-Simson | |
| 1899 | Cecil V. Usborne | |
| 1901 | George T. C. P. Swabey | |
| 1902 | Vivian R. Brandon | |
| 1903 | Alexander H. Gye | |
| 1906 | Hobart W. T. R. Seymour | |
| 1908 | William O. Hozier | |
| 1910 | Donald J. S. Oswald | |
| 1911 | Arthur H. L. Terry | |
| 1914 | Alexander G. Murray | |
| 1916 | Roland Leeds | |
| c. 1918 | Geoffrey E. L. Veale | |
| c. 1918 | Malcolm G. Saunders | |
| YEAR | Arthur R. Halfhide | |
| YEAR | Neville F. Usborne | |
| YEAR | Bryan G. Scurfield | |
| YEAR | Geoffrey D. St. Q. Marescaux | |
| 1922 | Charles H. Drage[2] | |
| YEAR | John Dreyer Shaw-Hamilton | |
| YEAR | Dermot Grove-White | |
| YEAR | John G. Hunt | |
| YEAR | Richard I. A. Sarell | |
| YEAR | William F. R. Segrave | |
| 1931? | Robert G. Norfolk | |
| 1932? | Edward K. U. Clark | |
| 1933? | Robin C. B. Buckley | |
| 1934? | George G. A. F. Butler | |
| 1935? | George E. P. Milburn | |
| 1936? | Robert Scott | |
| 1937? | Gerald W. L. A. Bayly | |
| 1938? | Hugh Wake | |
| 1939? | Ralph A. St. C. Sproul-Bolton |
See Also
