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style="white-space:nowrap;province">Date of death</th><td class="infobox-data">16 October 1957<span style="display:none">(1957-10-16)</span> (aged 70)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Place of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guildford" title="Guildford">Guildford</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">School</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uppingham_School" title="Uppingham School">Uppingham School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">University</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Durham_University" title="Durham University">Durham University</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Rugby union career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link 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right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">–</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Northumberland_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Northumberland Rugby Football Union">Northumberland</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1908</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/British_and_Irish_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="British and Irish Lions">British Isles</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 1</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">1910–1913</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 8</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (6)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>  </p><p><b>John Anthony Sydney Ritson</b> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> & <a href="/wiki/Medal_bar" title="Medal bar">Bar</a>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a></span></span> (18 August 1887 – 16 October 1957)<sup id="cite_ref-lions_rugby_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lions_rugby-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> mines inspector and engineer who became professor of mining at <a href="/wiki/Leeds_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds University">Leeds University</a> and at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_School_of_Mines" title="Royal School of Mines">Royal School of Mines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial College, London">Imperial College, London</a>. In his early life he was a <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> player of note playing international rugby for both <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/British_and_Irish_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="British and Irish Lions">British and Irish Lions</a>, and was a member of the first ever English <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(rugby_union)" title="Grand Slam (rugby union)">Grand Slam</a> winning side. During the First World War he served in the <a href="/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry" title="Durham Light Infantry">Durham Light Infantry</a> and later commanded a battalion of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots" title="Royal Scots">Royal Scots</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_history">Personal history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Anthony_Sydney_Ritson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ritson was born in 1887 in <a href="/wiki/Chester-Le-Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Chester-Le-Street">Chester-Le-Street</a>, Durham to W. M. P. Ritson, of <a href="/wiki/Gullane" title="Gullane">Gullane</a>, East Lothian.<sup id="cite_ref-Durham_Mining_Museum_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durham_Mining_Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Uppingham_School" title="Uppingham School">Uppingham School</a>, later matriculating to <a href="/wiki/Durham_University" title="Durham University">Durham University</a>, where he attended Armstrong College. At Durham he graduated with distinction in mining and surveying.<sup id="cite_ref-Durham_Mining_Museum_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durham_Mining_Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ritson joined the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> as a young man and in 1906 he was made <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry" title="Durham Light Infantry">Durham Light Infantry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1912 he gained a First Class Certificate of Competency as Manager of a Mine and the following year took on the post of junior mines inspector, and factories and workshops inspector, in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-Durham_Mining_Museum_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durham_Mining_Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ritson's career as an inspector of mines was placed on hold when he was called for active service with the outbreak of the First World War, where as a former soldier he was recalled to the Durham Light Infantry serving in the Territorial Army. At the end of the war Ritson returned to Scotland where he continued his work as a mining inspector. In 1921 he was given his first post as a senior inspector working in <a href="/wiki/Penarth" title="Penarth">Penarth</a> in the South Wales Division.<sup id="cite_ref-Durham_Mining_Museum_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durham_Mining_Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1923 Ritson had returned to the North of England to take up the position of Professor of Mining at <a href="/wiki/Leeds_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds University">Leeds University</a>. In 1935 he was appointed an <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> and the following year, after 12 years at Leeds, he accepted the role of Professor of Mines at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_School_of_Mines" title="Royal School of Mines">Royal School of Mines</a>, a department of <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial College, London">Imperial College, London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ICL_Bio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICL_Bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ritson took over the post at Imperial College from Professor S. J. Truscott, who had desired that the department focus more on coal and iron mining. Ritson's background in coal was seen as taking the Royal School of Mines in the correct direction but his lack of practical understanding of hard rock metalliferous mining resulted in him spending time in copper and gold mines in South Africa before being allowed to take up the post.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ritson remained at Royal School of Mines until 1952 when he was succeeded by J.C. Mitcheson, and in 1955 he was made a fellow of Imperial College in recognition of his work.<sup id="cite_ref-ICL_Bio_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICL_Bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was dogged by ill health in his later life, due to an injury sustained during his service during the First World War. Ritson died in 1957 at the age of 70.<sup id="cite_ref-ICL_Bio_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICL_Bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rugby_career">Rugby career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Anthony_Sydney_Ritson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rugby career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ritson was a keen <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> player as a youth and as an adult he played club rugby as a <a href="/wiki/Forward_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (rugby union)">forward</a> for <a href="/wiki/Northern_Football_Club" title="Northern Football Club">Northern Football Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1908 Ritson was approached to join and Anglo-Welsh team, a fore-runner of the <a href="/wiki/British_and_Irish_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="British and Irish Lions">British and Irish Lions</a>, to tour <a href="/wiki/1908_British_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand_and_Australia" title="1908 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia">Australia and New Zealand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lions_rugby_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lions_rugby-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A seven-month tour, run on a strictly amateur basis, would suggest that Ritson was independently wealthy to accept a place on the team. He played in the first three matches of the tour, scoring a try in the first game, a win over <a href="/wiki/Wairarapa_Bush_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union">Wairarapa</a>. On 6 June he was selected for the first Test match against <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">New Zealand national team</a>. The British team lost heavily, and although Riston played in a further five games of the tour he was not selected to play in the final two Test matches.<sup id="cite_ref-lions_rugby_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lions_rugby-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1910, two years after returning from his time representing the British team, he was selected for the <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a> team, to play France in the <a href="/wiki/1910_Five_Nations_Championship" title="1910 Five Nations Championship">Five Nations Championship</a>. One of eight new caps, Ritson experienced his first international win as England overcame a strong French performance to take the match 11–3.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was reselected for the next and final game of the championship, when England faced Scotland at Edinburgh. In the match he scored his first international points with one of four English tries, set up for him by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pillman" title="Charles Pillman">"Cherry" Pillman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Griffiths_'82_p127_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffiths_'82_p127-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The win gave England their first Championship title since 1892.<sup id="cite_ref-Griffiths_'82_p127_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffiths_'82_p127-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1911 Ritson accepted an invitation to play for touring rugby team <a href="/wiki/Barbarian_F.C." title="Barbarian F.C.">Barbarian F.C.</a> He played two matches of their Easter tour, facing <a href="/wiki/Penarth_RFC" title="Penarth RFC">Penarth RFC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swansea_RFC" title="Swansea RFC">Swansea RFC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also played at county level, representing <a href="/wiki/Northumberland_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Northumberland Rugby Football Union">Northumberland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who's_Who-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ritson was recalled to the England squad for the <a href="/wiki/1912_Five_Nations_Championship" title="1912 Five Nations Championship">1912 Five Nations Championship</a>, but played in only one game, the away fixture to France which England won 18–8.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England played in five international matches in 1913 and Ritson represented his country in all. The first game was against <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a> in their <a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_South_Africa_rugby_union_tour" class="mw-redirect" title="1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour">1912–13 tour of Great Britain</a>. Although England started the match stronger, the South African pack dominated in the second half to win the match.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two weeks later England began the <a href="/wiki/1913_Five_Nations_Championship" title="1913 Five Nations Championship">1913 Five Nations Championship</a> with a game against Wales. A fairly inept Welsh performance saw England win 12–0 to begin the tournament with a victory. Ritson faced France for a third time in his career, when the French came to Twickenham. As in his previous two encounters Ritson finished on the winning side as a strong English first half turned into a rout as the French team disintegrated to lose 20–0.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two weeks later England travelled to Lansdowne Road to face Ireland, their fourth game in just six weeks. England wore down the Irish in the first half to open up a nine-point lead, with Ritson scoring his second international try to open the scoring. The game finished 15–4 to England which opened up the prospect of the country's first possible <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(rugby_union)" title="Grand Slam (rugby union)">Grand Slam</a> if they could secure a win over Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ritson started the game against Scotland, his final international match, in a fairly unchanged England side. The game was dominated by strong defensive play from both teams which resulted in just a single score, an England try from prop <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Brown" title="Bruno Brown">Bruno Brown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gave England the win and made Ritson a member of the first English Grand Slam team. Ritson ended his international career with nine games, and never on the losing team in a Five Nations Championship match. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_games_played">International games played</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Anthony_Sydney_Ritson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: International games played"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>British Isles</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, 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<li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> 1913</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a> 1910, 1913</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a> <a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_South_Africa_rugby_union_tour" class="mw-redirect" title="1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour">1913</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> 1913</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Anthony_Sydney_Ritson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1916 while a captain in the Durham Light Infantry, Ritson was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">Military Cross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, acting as a temporary lieutenant colonel, he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a> (DSO).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 April 1917 he was placed in charge of the 12th Battalion of the Scots Guard, replacing Lieutenant Colonel Harold Underhill Hatton Thorne, who had been killed at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1917)" title="Battle of Arras (1917)">Battle of Arras</a>. Ritson remained in charge of the 12th Battalion until 15 July 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ritson was later awarded a <a href="/wiki/Medal_bar" title="Medal bar">Bar</a> to his DSO, and was <a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_Despatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentioned in Despatches">Mentioned in Despatches</a> four times during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-Durham_Mining_Museum_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durham_Mining_Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ritson was the commanding officer of the 12th Battalion at Zonnenbeke, when on 20 September 1917 he was charged with clearing out several strongpoints which included five pillboxes and a fortified farmhouse. The resulting combat saw one of his Company's commanding officers, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Reynolds_(VC)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Reynolds (VC)">Captain Henry Reynolds</a>, receive the Victoria Cross.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Written_works">Written works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Anthony_Sydney_Ritson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Written works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Modern Machine Mining in Great Britain</i> (1938)</li> <li><i>Mine Supports During War Time</i> (1940) with A. M. Bryan and M. A. Hogan</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Anthony_Sydney_Ritson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGriffiths1982" class="citation book cs1">Griffiths, John (1982). <i>The Book of English International Rugby 1872–1982</i>. 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