| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (3) Egypt, 17/5/1915 to 11/11/18. Medal card annotated: reverts misconduct 29/5/1917. 11/1/1915 he enlisted in the MFP, age 35.3 years, occupation Pastry Cook, born Ash, Surrey, address: 5 Closewalter Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, 1/5/1916 promoted A/Cpl, 15/5/1916 promoted A/Sgt, 4/9/1919 to class Z reserve. 29/5/1917 reduced to Cpl, for absenting himself from 11.45 hrs until found in a brothel at 11.50 hrs. 20/1/1918 reduced to Pte for inefficiency. Served Home 11/1/1915 to 31/3/1915, Egypt 1/4/1915 to16/4/1915, ? 25/4/1915 to 4/2/1916, Egypt 7/2/1916 to 4/10/1917, Sinai and Palestine 4/10/1917 to 2/2/1919.
29/1/1920 he claimed a pension for Otitis Media which was rejected.
Info from Pension Index Card:- Ryan, Matthew, A/Cpl, MFP, P/789, Z/Misc/3218, SFJ.5688, A28/2 Rec. 3/2/1920, 27/11/1920, Attrib. Reject, not admitted, 25/11/1920.
Matthew Ryan. |
