Richard Ryan (Royal Navy officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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George Cross recipient
Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1903
Place of Birth: Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 21-Sep-1940
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Richard Ryan (Royal Navy officer)
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard John Hammersley Ryan, GC (23 July 1903 – 21 September 1940) was a Royal Navy officer who was posthumously awarded the George Cross along with Chief Petty Officer Reginald Vincent Ellingworth for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" they displayed while attempting to defuse a mine which had fallen on Dagenham in Essex on 21 September 1940.
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