Ronald Surridge was born on 29 October 1928 at the family council house in the coal mining town of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. His mother was a Seventh-day Adventist, though his father was not. At the age of 14 Ron left home and came to work as a shoe repairer in Watford. It was here that he made Adventist friends, was baptised, and decided to study for the ministry. He spent seven years at Newbold College, which is where he married Rachel Phillips, the daughter of lecturer Pastor E B…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-11-23/death-of-pastor-ronald-surridge/