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Ryan was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1888.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25837/pages/3826 no. 25837. p. 3826.] 13 July, 1888.</ref> | Ryan was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1888.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25837/pages/3826 no. 25837. p. 3826.] 13 July, 1888.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 07:16, 23 May 2011
Admiral Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan, C.B.E., Royal Navy, Retired (6 August, 1865 – 15 February, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan was born in India on 6 August, 1865, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. B. Ryan, of the Indian Army. He was educated at Bromsgrove School.
Ryan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1888.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1900.[2]
Ryan was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1905.[3]
Great War
He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 9 June, 1916, and was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 10 June.[4]
Post-War & Retirement
He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 31 July, 1920,[5] to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 May, 1925.[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25837. p. 3826. 13 July, 1888.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29629. p. 6066. 20 June, 1916.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32017. p. 8408. 13 August, 1920.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.
Bibliography
- "Admiral F. E. C. Ryan" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 17 February, 1945. Issue 50070, col G, pg. 6.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- 1865 births
- 1945 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1879
- Royal Navy Naval Attachés at Washington, D.C.
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Astraea (1893)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Mars (1896)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cornwallis (1901)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
- Royal Naval Reserve Captains
