British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman Joseph Paul Ryan, Royal Navy, killed in action, serving on H.M.S. Invincible, at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916

1914-15 Star (212880 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (212880 A.B., R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Joseph Paul Ryan); Battle of Jutland Commemorative Medallion, by Spink, London, 45mm., silver, extremely fine (5) £240-280

Able Seaman Joseph Paul Ryan, Royal Navy, was killed in action when serving on the battlecruiser Invincible, during the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Aged 32 years at the time of his death, he was the son of William Joseph and Annie Paul Strickland Ryan of Swansea. His name is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

H.M.S. Invincible was the flagship of Rear-Admiral The Hon. H. L. A. Hood, R.N., commanding the 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron. The battlecruisers, in the vanguard of the Grand Fleet, came under sustained fire from battleships of the High Seas Fleet. Receiving a number of hits in quick succession, the Invincible sank with the loss of 59 officers and 961 ratings and civilians.