Quintin Theodore Petroc Molesworth Riley (27 October 1905 – 25 December 1980) was a British Arctic explorer who was awarded the Polar Medal.
This expedition consisted in a team of fourteen men led by Watkins with the mission to survey and monitor weather conditions in the little explored east coast of Greenland.
[4] Riley next joined the 1934-1937 British Graham Land Expedition led by his former Greenland teammate John Rymill.
In 1938 Riley joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and became active in Norway and Iceland – among other places – during World War II.
[5] Riley died in a road accident on Christmas Day 1980 while he was living in retirement in Essex.