| 词条 | Dudley Ridout |
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|name =Sir Dudley Howard Ridout |image= |birth_date = 1866 |birth_place = |death_date = 3 May 1941 |death_place = Richmond upon Thames |placeofburial = Richmond Cemetery |nickname= |allegiance={{UK}} |branch= British Army |serviceyears= |rank=Major-General |unit=Royal Engineers |awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath, Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George }} Major-General Sir Dudley Howard Ridout KBE, CB, CMG (1866 – 3 May 1941) was a British soldier of the Royal Engineers. BackgroundHe was born in 1866. His father, Major Joseph B. Ridout was a British soldier who served on the Bhutan expedition with the 80th Regiment 1864-5. His father had been on the staff of the Hythe School of Musketry and was the captain of cadets at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario Canada. His grandfather Thomas Gibbs Ridout was deputy assistant commissary general during the War of 1812 and a cashier of the Bank of Canada from 1822 to 1861.[1] Education and careerDudley Ridout graduated at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1885.[2] He was an intelligence officer in South Africa from 1900 to 1902.[2] He served in World War I and was transferred to Singapore Command where from 1915 to 1921 he was General Officer Commanding the Troops in the Straits Settlements and a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils there.[2] He retired in 1924.[2] He died in 1941 in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames and was buried in Richmond Cemetery, Section 8, grave number 9479.[3] LegacyRidout Row, the row of two terraces of eight small four roomed cottages with an outdoor courtyard on the ground of RMC, was named in honour of Dudley Howard Ridout's father, Captain Joseph Bramley Ridout. The Ridout Row was renovated and currently houses the Canadian Defence Academy headquarters.[4] FamilyDudley Howard Ridout's father Captain Joseph Bramley Ridout was the first Captain of Cadets at the RMC from 1876 to 1882. Dudley Howard Ridout's grandfather was the Assistant Commissary-General during the War of 1812.[4] Dudley Ridout was married to Lady Maud Ridout. His son was Colonel Dudley Bramley Graham RIDOUT CBE who commanded 1/6 South Staffordshires in Normandy 1944. References1. ^Preston 'Canada's RMC: A history of the Royal Military College' Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1969 2. ^1 2 3 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 3. ^People of Note buried in the borough {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027180834/http://richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/local_history_and_heritage/people_of_historial_note_buried_in_the_borough_m_to_z.htm |date=27 October 2011 }} 4. ^1 Ridout Row {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224131701/http://www.dnd.ca/site/Commun/ml-fe/article-eng.asp?id=4523 |date=24 February 2012 }} Books
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