Personal Life
Ride's marriage to Mary ended because of WWII. He married for the second time on 12 November 1954 at the Union Church in Hong Kong. Violet May Witchell, his second wife, had been his secretary before the war and had been interned in Stanley camp in Hong Kong during the war. Sir Lindsay died on 17 October 1977 in Hong Kong and was cremated. He was survived by his wife, May, Lady Ride, and two sons and two daughters from his first marriage.
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