Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander William Astle Ryan, 1905-1942.
A small collection of papers relating to the naval service of William Astle Ryan on the Africa and China stations between 1934 and 1937.
Administrative / biographical background
Ryan was born at Cahore, County Wexford, Ireland, in 1905. After graduating from Trinity College in Dublin with degrees in medicine and surgery, he entered the Royal Navy for short service. He was commissioned as a surgeon lieutenant in 1932 and then served on the sloop HMS MILFORD (1928) on the Africa station. While in China with the Yangtze Flotilla between 1935 and 1937, his vessel HMS LADYBIRD (1916) was shelled by Japanese artillery at Wuhu. Ryan was promoted to the rank of surgeon lieutenant-commander in 1938 and just prior to the Second World War was serving on the sloop HMS HASTINGS (1930), parent ship of the Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla. He died, aged 36, while on active service at Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1942.
Administrative / biographical background
Ryan was born at Cahore, County Wexford, Ireland, in 1905. After graduating from Trinity College in Dublin with degrees in medicine and surgery, he entered the Royal Navy for short service. He was commissioned as a surgeon lieutenant in 1932 and then served on the sloop HMS MILFORD (1928) on the Africa station. While in China with the Yangtze Flotilla between 1935 and 1937, his vessel HMS LADYBIRD (1916) was shelled by Japanese artillery at Wuhu. Ryan was promoted to the rank of surgeon lieutenant-commander in 1938 and just prior to the Second World War was serving on the sloop HMS HASTINGS (1930), parent ship of the Fishery Protection and Minesweeping Flotilla. He died, aged 36, while on active service at Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1942.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HSR/Z/60 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 5 folders; 2 objects |
| Date made: | 1935-1953 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Battle of Trafalgar: including a piece of wood from the deck of HMS VICTORY and a ticket of admission to Nelson's funeral. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/1)
- Benin Expedition: press cuttings and various letters. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/2)
- Raid on Zeebrugge, 22-23 Apr 1918: chart, watercolours and press cuttings of Capt Nevil Pritchard. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/3)
- British military authority banknote and five Japanese banknotes for use in occupied Indonesia, 1939-1945. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/4)
- Mark Robinson: documents issued by and to, consisting of flag signals, lantern signal, secret rendezvous, orders of battle and sailing instructions and special signals. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/5)
- Account of the Battle of Camperdown by Joseph Brodie, 11 Oct 1797. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/6)
- Sir Edward Littleton: various correspondence. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/7)
- J.M. Matria, Consul-General at Tangier: various letters. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/8)
- Naval Volunteer Home Defence Association: minutes, leaflets and letters relating to the dissolution of the Association. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/9)
- Wreck of the ROYAL GEORGE and EDGAR: sketches of operation for raising by Col Sir C. Pasley, 1839-40. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/10)
- Various documents including a report on surveying of the Persian Gulf by George H. Bruck, surveyor to the H.E.I.C. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/11)
- Documents relating to the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/12)
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