Auction Catalogue

31 March 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 589 x

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£230

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.