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MEMORIAL SERVICE
For Col. A P Ridley-Thompson TD DL
14:00 hrs, Sunday, 1st of December at St. Andrew's Parish Church,
Kegworth.
The Yew Lodge Hotel, Packington Hill, Kegworth
DE74 2DF has offered the use of their car park, for those attending
the service, and the family has invited everyone back there for
refreshments afterwards.
Colonel Aubrey Ridley-Thompson died on 9th of October
aged 91. He fought with the 4th Hussars in Italy and was
commanding a Squadron in Austria before the Regiment returned to England
in 1946. He had been working for Boots before the war and he rejoined
them on demobilisation but continued soldiering as a territorial with
The City of London Yeomanry.
When Boots moved him to Nottingham in 1955 Colonel Tony Murray-Smith
offered him command of C Sqn the Leicestershire Yeomanry based in
Loughborough with outstations in Melton and Burbage. Following
their amalgamation he subsequently commanded the Leicestershire and
Derbyshire Yeomanry from 1961 until his retirement in 1964. He had a
great sense of humour and made sure that soldiering was fun for all
involved. As Chairman of The Leicestershire Yeomanry Association he
remained an enthusiastic and dedicated supporter of the Regiment.
He was a director of Boots a Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire and
President of the Carillon War Memorial Trust.
Regimental parade at Bellerby Camp in 1964, Hon. Col. Lord Brassey
(standing on a B Sqn Ferret) takes
the salute from Lt. Col Ridley-Thompson the commanding officer.
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