Erection date: 1/6/2010
Robert Edward Ryder, VC, 1895 - 1978. Born here on the 17th December 1895. Awarded the Victoria Cross for "most conspicuous bravery and initiative during an attack" at the village of Thiepval during the Battle of the Somme in September 1916. Laid to rest in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Harefield.
Hillingdon, London
UB9, Breakspear Rd North, The Old Workhouse
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Robert Ryder VC
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Robert Ryder VC
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Walter de la Mare, 1873 - 1956, poet, lived here, 1940 - 1956. English Heritage
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English Heritage Arthur Waley, 1889 - 1966, poet, translator and orientalist, lived and died here.
