Military service
Service number:
133
Age:
25
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Enlistment:
St-John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Catherine Ryan, of Southside West, St. John's.
Digital gallery of Corporal William Joseph Ryan
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Photo of W.J. Ryan
Son of William and Catherine Ryan of Southside West, St. John's, Newfoundland -
Photo of WILLIAM JOSEPH RYAN
In memory of the men who served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. -
Photo of WILLIAM JOSEPH RYAN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
The Danger Tree
It was erected in remembrance of those Newfoundlanders that died on that fateful day of July 1, 1916 at Beaumont Hamel during the First World War. Other Newfoundlanders who died on July 1, 1916 are also commemorated on this site. -
The Trenches
The Trenches of Beaumont-Hamel -
Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Entrance
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Royal Newfoundland Regiment Insignia
In memory of the men who served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. -
Biography
In memory of the men who served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. -
Newspaper clipping
From the St. John Daily Star July 27th 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Joseph Ryan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Joseph Ryan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Joseph Ryan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Joseph Ryan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Joseph Ryan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Joseph Ryan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Joseph Ryan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Joseph Ryan
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Joseph Ryan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 110 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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