Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. G. Ryder, 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, late Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps, killed in action, battle of Morval, 25 September 1916
1914-15 Star (17143 Pte., Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (17143 Pte., Linc. R.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£200-250

William George Ryder was born in Middlesex and enlisted at Bermuda, serving with the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps. Ryder was one of a contingent of B.V.R.C. men who volunteered for the Western Front, being attached to the 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 June 1915. He was killed in action, along with many of his B.V.R.C. comrades in the attack on Gueudecourt during the battle of Morval, 25 September 1916. He was buried in the Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. Ryder was the son of Mrs E. Ryder of 1 Waldron Yard, Roxeth, Harrow, Middlesex.

Ryder was one of the approximately 80 Bermuda servicemen lost overseas during the Great War. A memorial to the 40 men of Bermuda who went overseas and served and died with the Lincolnshire Regiment may be found in St. James’s Church, Grimsby. With copied research.