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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Robert Ryder VC
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Robert Ryder VC
The borough was formed in 1965 from the Municipal Borough of Uxbridge, Hayes ...
This is the foundation stone of the 1928 Lloyd's building.
Princess Alexandra was laying the foundation stone for the Chelsea Hospital for Women which was here until about 1916.
In our photo the sunlit plaque can be seen inside the building, between the heads of the travellers passing through the ticket barriers.
Muswell Hill was not developed until the late 19th century so when Tegetmeier lived here he was probably surrounded by farmland. The hous...
Here, 50 years ago, Allen Lane published his first paperbacks, thereby changing reading habits throughout the English-speaking world. 30 ...
William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and dramatist, lived in this house, then known as 18 Woburn Buildings, from 1895 to 1919.
Mazzini arrived in this house in 1840 when the address was 9 George Street.
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