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Pair: Lieutenant E. St. Vincent-Ryan, Royal Marines, died 2 February 1917
1914 Star (2nd Lieut. E. St. V. Ryan, R.M. Brigade); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. E. St. V. St. Vincent-Ryan, R.M.) note variation in name and initials, good very fine (2) £160-200
Ex Jack Webb Collection, D.N.W. 16 December 2003.
2nd Lieutenant E. St.V. Ryan, Portsmouth Battalion R.M.L.I., served with the R.M. Brigade in Ostend and the Dardanelles. He was promoted Lieutenant on 9 August 1915. Taken ill whilst on the strength of H.M.S. Barham, he died of disease (heart failure and pneumonia) aboard H.M. Hospital Ship China on 2 February 1917. He was buried in the Edinburgh (Morningside) Cemetery. He was the son of Colonel and Mrs St. Vincent-Ryan of 9 Colehill Gardens, Fulham, London.
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