Ryder, Robert Edward Dudley
- Date of birth:
- February 16th, 1908 (India)
- Date of death:
- June 29th, 1986 (Yaght "Watchdog", off Guernsey)
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Robert Edward Ryder was cremated in the Headington Crematorium, Oxford, Great Britain.
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Victoria Cross (VC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- HMS Campbeltown (I42), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- May 21st, 1942
- Awarded for:
- Operation Chariot
"For great gallantry in the attack on St Nazaire. He commanded a force of small unprotected ships in an attack on a heavily defended port and led H.M.S. Campbeltown in under intense fire from short range weapons at point blank range. Though the main object of the expedition had been accomplished in the beaching of Campbeltown, he remained on the spot conducting operations, evacuating men from Campbeltown and dealing with strong points and close range weapons while exposed to heavy fire for one hour and sixteen minutes, and did not withdraw till it was certain that his ship could be of no use in rescuing any of the Commando Troops who were still ashore. That his Motor Gun Boat, now full of dead and wounded, should have survived and should have been able to withdraw through an intense barrage of close range fire was almost a miracle."
Robert Edward Ryder's Victoria Cross is publickly displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London, Great Britain.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- HQ, Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1942
- Awarded for:
- Operation Jubilee
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- HMS Opportune (G80), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- November 14th, 1944
- Awarded for:
- Operation Neptune
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Unit:
- HMS Opportune (G80), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- December 19th, 1944
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo: Wikimedia Commons
- - Victoria Cross Reference
- The Register of the Victoria Cross - uitgegeven door This Engeland 1997 - ISBN 0906324270
- Speciale dank aan Iain Stewart van The History of the Victoria Cross
- WW II Unit Histories & Officers
- Page 2225 | Issue 35566, 19 May 1942 | London Gazette | The Gazette
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