Robert Edward Ryder
Robert Edward Ryder VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Ryder was 20 years old, and a private in the 12th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
He later achieved the rank of sergeant.His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Lord Ashcroft VC Gallery in the Imperial War Museum in London, England.
