Auction Catalogue

30 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 354

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£1,250

Waterloo 1815 (Bt. Major M. Ryan, 2nd Batt. 30th Reg. Foot) fitted with original steel clip and replacement silver ring and bar suspension, rank corrected from ‘Capt.’ and consequently name largely retouched, light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better £1400-1800

Matthew Ryan was appointed a Cornet in the 26th Light Dragoons, without purchase, in April 1795, becoming a Lieutenant, again without purchase, the following April. He transferred to the 18th Light Dragoons in 1800 and shortly afterwards to the 53rd Foot before exchanging into the 5th West India Regiment as a Captain in May 1801. He became a Captain on half pay in the 85th Foot in October 1802. Ryan returned to full pay as a Captain in the 30th Foot on 26 May 1814, and received his brevet Majority on 4 June 1815. He served in the West Indies under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in Portugal under General Cuyler, and in Flanders at the battle of Waterloo. He was placed on half pay as a Major in 1817 and received his final promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 July 1830. Lieutenant-Colonel Ryan had died by 1840.