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Sue Ryder
1924 – 2000
A Living Memorial
Since that time, the work has grown steadily in size and in its capacity to help people in need. Sue Ryder always intended that the work should be “a living memorial to the victims of tyranny and to those who suffer and die as a result of persecution”. Today it is certainly that; but it is also, in its own unique way, a splendid testimony to the compassion, the indomitable resolve and – most of all – the deep Christian faith of this apparently fragile but immensely dynamic woman.
In 1959 she married Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, one of Britain’s best-known war heroes, a bomber pilot who witnessed at close hand the destruction wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Cheshire himself had been setting up similar homes in Europe, and he and Sue Ryder, with the comfort of their strong Catholic faith, made a formidable team for over thirty years until his death in 1992.
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Sue Ryder (charity)
British palliative neurological and bereavement support charity
| Formation | 1953; 72 years ago (1953) |
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| Founder | Sue Ryder |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Registration no. | 1052076 (England & Wales), SC039578 (Scotland) |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Focus | Palliative and bereavement support |
| Headquarters | Kings House, King Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2ED |
| Location | |
Patron | Charles III[1] |
Chief Executive | Heidi Travis |
Key people | Dr Rima Makarem Chair of Trustees |
| Revenue | £112.75 million (2022)[2] |
| Staff | 2,925 (2022)[3] |
| Volunteers | 12,084 (2022)[3] |
| Website | www.sueryder.org |
Formerly called | The Sue Ryder Foundation; Sue Ryder Care |
Sue Ryder is a British palliative and bereavement support charity based in the United Kingdom. Formed as The Sue Ryder Foundation in 1953 by World War IISpecial Operations Executive volunteer Sue Ryder, the organisation provides care and support for people living with terminal illnesses and neurological conditions, as we
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Sue Ryder
British humanitarian (1924–2000)
For the charity Sue Ryder Care, see Sue Ryder (charity).
Margaret Susan Cheshire, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw, Baroness Cheshire, CMG, OBE (née Ryder; 3 July 1924 – 2 November 2000), commonly known as Sue Ryder, was a British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and a member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, who afterwards established charitable organisations, notably the Sue Ryder Foundation (now known as simply Sue Ryder).
Early life
Margaret Susan Ryder was born in 1924 in Leeds, the daughter of Charles Foster Ryder and Mabel Elizabeth Sims.[1] The family lived at Scarcroft Grange near Leeds; the house now has a blue plaque, installed by Leeds Civic Trust in 2011.[2] She was educated at Benenden School.
Year of birth
According to her autobiography, Child of My Love, Ryder was born on 3 July 1923. This was repeated by The Daily Telegraph in her obituary in November 2000, adding that "Lady Ryder of Warsaw, better known as Sue Ryder,
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