RYDER, Robert Edward Dudley
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Ryder, Robert Edward Dudley Date of birth:  February 16th, 1908 (India) Date of death:  June 29th, 1986 (Yaght "Watchdog", off Guernsey) Nationality:  British             VICTORIA CROSS Rank: Commander Unit: Royal Navy Received on: 14 July 1942 Action: At the attack on Saint Nazaire in France March 28, 1942, Commander Ryder was the leader of the British Navy unit which carried out the attack. After the task, the destruction of a floating dock, which had been successfully carried out, Ryder stays behind to coordinate the retreat of his unit. When he thought that all the wounded and killed men were evacuated, he jumped as a last in the gunboat (MGB.314) and could, in spite of violently hostile fire, reach the safe waters. Details: Robert Edward Ryder's Victoria Cross is publickly displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London, Great Britain. Robert Edward Ryder, Headington Crematorium, Oxford, Great Britain.         MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES Rank: Commander Unit: Combined Operations HQ Received on: 2 October 1942 Action: Operation Jubilee (Dieppe)         MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES Rank: Commander Unit: Commander HMS Opportune Received on: 14 November 1944 Action: Operation Neptune (D-Day)         MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES Rank: Commander Unit: Commander HMS Opportune Received on: 19 December 1944         CROIX DE GUERRE (1939-1945)         CHEVALIER DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Victoria Cross Reference - The Register of the Victoria Cross - uitgegeven door This Engeland 1997 - ISBN 0906324270 - Speciale dank aan Iain Stewart van The History of the Victoria Cross - WW II Unit Histories & Officers