Ryder Memorial Prize: Difference between revisions
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|1922||[[Charles Hardinge Drage|Charles H. Drage]]<ref>"Ryder Prize Awarded." ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, May 28, 1923; pg. 18; Issue 43352.</ref>|| | |1922||[[Charles Hardinge Drage|Charles H. Drage]]<ref>"Ryder Prize Awarded." ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, May 28, 1923; pg. 18; Issue 43352.</ref>|| | ||
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| | |1927 (1928?)||[[Geoffrey Dennis St. Quintin Marescaux|Geoffrey D. St. Q. Marescaux]]<ref>"Ryder Memorial Prizes" ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Mar 12, 1928; pg. 20; Issue 44839.</ref>|| | ||
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|1927 (1928?)||[[John Gunthorpe Hunt|John G. Hunt]]<ref>"Ryder Memorial Prizes" ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Mar 12, 1928; pg. 20; Issue 44839.</ref>|| | |||
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|YEAR||[[Richard Iwan Alexander Sarell|Richard I. A. Sarell]]|| | |YEAR||[[Richard Iwan Alexander Sarell|Richard I. A. Sarell]]|| | ||
Revision as of 23:35, 17 May 2018
The Ryder Memorial Prize founded in memory of the late Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Alfred Phillipps 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.
See Also
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 2333.
- ↑ "Ryder Prize Awarded." The Times (London, England), Monday, May 28, 1923; pg. 18; Issue 43352.
- ↑ "Ryder Memorial Prizes" The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 12, 1928; pg. 20; Issue 44839.
- ↑ "Ryder Memorial Prizes" The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 12, 1928; pg. 20; Issue 44839.
