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

Lot

№ 907 x

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£170

British War and Victory Medal pairs (2) (323205 Pte. E. J. Ryan, 20-Can. Inf.; 919315 Pte. W. H. Ryan, 87-Can. Inf.)

British War Medal 1914-20 (3187887 Pte. J. T. Ryan, N.S.R.) good fine and better (5) £70-90

Edward John Ryan was born in Bolton, Lancashire, on 18 September 1894. A Press Photographer by occupation, he was drafted into the 1st Central Ontario Regiment at Toronto on 4 January 1918.

William Henry Ryan was born in Montreal on 1 October 1874. A Printing Pressman by occupation and a member of the 55th Irish Canadian Rangers, having previously served in No. 4 Ambulance Corps Montreal, he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 27 April 1916.

John T. Ryan was born in Canso, Nova Scotia, on 20 September 1895. A Fisherman by occupation, he was drafted into the 1st Nova Scotia Regiment at Aldershot on 3 June 1918. All with copied service papers.