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Private Daniel RYAN, G/17412, 6th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th October 1916, age 32.

Born London, Middlesex.

26th April 1903 / 3rd May 1903 / 10th May 1903 - Marriage Banns, Holy Trinity, Hoxton - between Daniel Ryan, bachelor, 34 Nile Street & Clara Alice Fox, spinster, 41 Britannia Street.

Children (from Pension Records) - George Andrew Ryan Fox, born 16th February 1905; Margaret Clara Ryan Fox, born 14th February 1911;

1911 Census - 114 Britannia Street, City Road, Hoxton, London EC - Daniel Ryan, head, age 29, married, general labourer, felt manufacture, worker, born Aldgate, London; Clara Ryan, wife, age 27, married 9 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, born Shoreditch, London; George Ryan, son, age 6, school, born Shoreditch, London; *Alice Ryan, daughter, age 3, born St Lukes, London; Margaret Ryan, daughter, age 1 month, born Shoreditch, London; G Branton, lodger, age 24, single, coster, own account, born Shoreditch, London.

*Alice Margaret Ryan Fox, born 1st December 1907, died 27th May 1915, 25 Britannia Street, age 7, daughter of Daniel Ryan, Private 15th Middlesex Regiment, labourer, cause tubercular meningitis, convulsions, Clara Ryan, mother, present at death,  25 Britannia Street, Shoreditch.

Children (from Pension Records) - Daniel William Ryan Fox, born 13th January 1913.

10th October 1914, Shoreditch Register Office, married Clara Fox, spinster.

Formerly served 6 years, 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, discharged 9th January 1907, on Termination of Engagement.

Enlisted Finsbury Barracks, EC. age 32, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 124lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, scar left cheek. Formerly carman & porter. Resided 2 Church Row, St Lukes, London EC / 107 Britannia Street, City Road, London EC. / 5, Poole Street, New North Road, Islington, London .

Home 19th October 1914 to 1st June 1915; BEF 14th September 1916 to  7th October 1916.

19th October 1914, enlisted 8th General Service Depot; 22nd October 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, Service No.1682; 23rd October 1914, Rochester; 29th October 1914, 15th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 27th December 1914, Snodland?,. overstaying his pass from 9.00pm till 8.15am 30th December 1914, fined 5/-, 3 days digging, forfeits 3 days pay; 5th March 1915, Snodland?, absent from 9.30pm until 11.30pm 8th March 1915, 74 hours, fined 3 days pay, forfeits 3 days pay; 8th May 1915, Gravesend, absent from Tattoo until 9.30am 11th May 1915, 3 days, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 3 days pay; 4th July 1915, Colchester, overstaying his pass from Tattoo till 9.30pm 6th July 1915, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 7th August 1915, Colchester, absent from Tattoo until 6.30pm 11th August 1915, fined 4 days pay, forfeits 4 days pay; 24th April 1916, Shoreham, overstaying his pass from midnight until 3.00pm 26th April 1916, 39 hours, 7 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 9th July 1916, Shoreham, overstaying his pass from midnight until 6.00pm 11th July 1916, 42 hours, 4 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 1st September 1916, transferred to 24th Training Reserve Battalion, Service No.TR/10/13394; 14th September 1916, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th September 1916, embarked; 29th September 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field.

14th May 1917, pension of 26/3 a week awarded to widow & three children.

27th May 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Mrs Clara Ryan, 5, Poole Street, New North Road, N1; Children - George Ryan, 16th February 1905, 5, Poole Street, New North Road, N1; Margaret Ryan, 14th February 1911, 5, Poole Street, New North Road, N1; Daniel Ryan, 13th January 1913, 5, Poole Street, New North Road, N1; Sister - Mrs Unstead, 5, Poole Street, New North Road, N1.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.