Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Colonel C. J. Ryan, Manchester Regiment, who Commanded the 1st Battalion, 1888-90

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Maj: C. J. Ryan. 1/Manch: R); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (2) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Constantine Joseph Ryan was born at Galway, Ireland, on 3 March 1843. He was appointed Ensign, by purchase in the 63 Foot on 28 October 1864, and served in India from 1870 to 1873, and again from 1874 to 1879, being promoted Lieutenant in 1867; Captain in December 1873; Major in 1881; and Lieutenant Colonel on 28 August 1885, all by selection rather than purchase. In August 1882 the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment landed at Suez, and on 7 October 1882 the battalion went by rail to Alexandria to Ras El Tin Barracks, joining with 2nd Battalion; for this brief entry into Egypt he was awarded the medal, without clasp and Khedive’s Star.

On 1 January 1884 Ryan was seconded as Military Secretary to Major General H. R. Browne, C.O.C. West Indies, rejoining his battalion on 31 March 1885. He took over command of 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment on 19 March 1888. He was promoted full Colonel on 28 August 1889 but resigned his commission to take up retired pay on 31 May 1890, aged 47. He died aged 54 at Monkstown, Dublin, on 30 April 1897.

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