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|name = Ralph Risk |fullname = Ralph Risk[1] |birth_date = 28 July 1891 |birth_place = Cathcart, Scotland |death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|1961|5|24|1891|7|28}}[2] |death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland |position = Outside forward |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = |years1 = 1913–1914 |clubs1 = Queen's Park |caps1 = 17 |goals1 = 0 }}Ralph Risk CBE, MC and Bar (28 July 1891 – 24 May 1961) was a Scottish solicitor, lawyer and president of the Law Society of Scotland.[1] He also briefly played as an outside forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and was later the president of the club between 1935 and 1938.[2][5] Personal lifeRisk was educated at Queen's Park School and Mount Florida School in Glasgow and later studied law at Glasgow University, eventually becoming a solicitor.[1] He was married with three sons and two daughters and his elder brother Charles also played football for Queen's Park.[1][5][3] Risk was a member of the General Council of Solicitors in Scotland between 1933 and 1939, a senior partner in Maclay Murray & Spens and president of the Law Society of Scotland.[1][4] He died in hospital in Edinburgh in 1961.[4] War serviceIn June 1915, nearly a year after Britain's entry into the First World War, Risk received his commission as a second lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders.[5] He won an MC and Bar,[1] for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty" in actions at Rœux Chemical Works during the Battle of Arras in spring 1917 and during the Battle of the Scarpe in August 1918.[6][7] Risk rose to the rank of captain during the course of his war service, having been promoted to lieutenant in July 1917 and to captain in April 1918.[5] He left his battalion on special leave to Britain on 25 September 1918 and would see no further action before the Armistice.[5] Risk served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and established the barrage balloon defence of Scapa Flow in 1939.[4] He later rose to the rank of wing commander and was superintendent of balloon development at RAF Cardington.[4] Career statistics
Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.queensparkfc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Queens-Park-A4-Pamphlet.pdf|title=Queen's Park and the Great War 1914 to 1918|website=|page=9|accessdate=11 October 2016}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | access-date=11 October 2016 | url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/r/riskr.htm | title=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website | publisher=qpfc.com}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/r/riskcd.htm|title=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website|publisher=qpfc.com|access-date=11 October 2016}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web | access-date=11 October 2016 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19610525&id=qRI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=wqULAAAAIBAJ&pg=2718,3839473&hl=en | title=The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search | page=10 | publisher=Google News}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.queensparkfc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Appendix-1.pdf|title=The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As at October 2016|website=|pages=11–12|accessdate=19 October 2016}} 6. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30188/supplement/7242 |title=Page 7242 – Supplement 30188, 17 July 1917 – London Gazette}} 7. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30950/supplement/12060 |title=Page 12060 – Supplement 30950, 11 October 1918 – London Gazette}} 8. ^Appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup. 9. ^Appearances in Glasgow Cup. References{{reflist|30em}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Risk, Ralph}}{{Scotland-footy-forward-stub}} 17 : 1891 births|Scottish footballers|Scottish Football League players|British military personnel of World War I|Gordon Highlanders officers|Sportspeople from Glasgow|Association football outside forwards|Queen's Park F.C. players|Recipients of the Military Cross|1961 deaths|Alumni of the University of Glasgow|British military personnel of World War II|Royal Air Force personnel of World War II|Royal Air Force officers|Scottish solicitors|Scottish lawyers|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire |
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