Name |
Geoffrey Edwin RYELAND |
Birth |
14 Mar 1925 |
Manchester, , Lancashire, England [2, 3] |
- 47 Edge Lane Chorlton cum Hardy U.D. Subdistrict of Didsbury
Moved away shortly after birth
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Geoffrey Edwin RYELAND Birth Certificate.jpg
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Gender |
Male |
_PPEXCLUDE |
jk |
_UID |
0C5B877066084109B79FD56CEEB521B12217 |
Address |
Address: Geoffrey (Peter) Edwin RYELAND |
Military |
20 Nov 1942-20 Nov 1942 |
Fareham, , Hampshire, England [4] |
- Released to the unpaid reserve (under age volunteer)
HMS Collingwood (Navy Base)
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Geoffrey E RYELAND RN Service pg 2.JPG
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Military |
20 Nov 1942 |
Fareham, , Hampshire, England [4] |
Vounteer |
- HMS Collingwood (Navy Base) Doesn't start service until his 18th birthday
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Geoffrey E RYELAND RN Service pg 1.1.JPG
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Military |
1 Sep 1943-15 Mar 1943 |
Largs, , Ayr, Scotland [4] |
HMS Copra |
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Geoffrey E RYELAND RN Service pg 2.JPG
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Military |
14 Mar 1943 |
Fareham, , Hampshire, England [4] |
Start Service |
- HMS Collingwood (Navy Base)
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Geoffrey E RYELAND RN Service pg 1.1.JPG
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Military |
Between 16 Mar 1943 and 24 May 1943 |
Fareham, , Hampshire, England [4] |
HMS Collingwood - Training |
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Geoffrey E RYELAND RN Service pg 2.JPG
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Military |
Between 16 Mar 1943 and 15 Mar 1944 [4] |
Rank: Ordinary Seaman |
Military |
Between 25 May 1943 and 5 Jun 1943 |
Portsmouth, , Hampshire, England [4] |
HMS Victory |
- HMS Victory was renamed to HMS Nelson and was the name of the Portsmouth Royal Naval Barracks. It was renamed due to confusion with the historical HMS Victory on display there.
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Geoffrey E RYELAND RN Service pg 2.JPG
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Military |
Between 6 Jun 1943 and 19 Jun 1943 [4] |
HMS Dundonald |
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Geoffrey E RYELAND RN Service pg 2.JPG
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Military |
Between 20 Jun 1943 and 4 Jul 1943 [4] |
Lent: Calshot |
Military |
Between 5 Jul 1943 and 7 Jul 1943 [4] |
HMS Mastodon |
Military |
Between 8 Jul 1943 and 21 Aug 1943 [4] |
Lent: Calshot |
Military |
Between 22 Aug 1943 and 30 Aug 1943 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 31 Aug 1943 and 6 Sep 1943 [4] |
Lent: Calshot |
Military |
Between 7 Sep 1943 and 30 Sep 1943 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 1 Oct 1943 and 21 Oct 1943 [4] |
HMS Dundonald |
Military |
Between 22 Oct 1943 and 25 Oct 1943 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 26 Oct 1943 and 29 Oct 1943 [4] |
HMS Paragon |
Military |
Between 30 Oct 1943 and 31 Dec 1943 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 1 Jan 1944 and 15 Mar 1944 [4] |
LCT (Landing Craft Tank) 947 |
Military |
Between 16 Mar 1944 and 26 Jun 1944 [4] |
LCT (Landing Craft Tank) 947 |
- LCT 947 was lost in June 1944 off the coast of Normandy. He said they were sunk during the D-Day invasion.
HMS LCT 947 (LCT 947)
Landing Craft Tank of the LCT (Mk 4) class
Navy The Royal Navy
Type Landing Craft Tank
Class LCT (Mk 4)
Pennant LCT 947
Built by Tees-Side Bridge (Middlesbrough, U.K.)
Ordered 13 Nov 1942
Laid down
Launched 5 Oct 1943
Commissioned
Lost Jun 1944
History
Lost off Normandy France in June 1944
https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/18581.html
https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/ron-smith/
On June 6 1944 LCT 947 was landing on Sword Beach and had the first Officer to be killed in the landings aboard at the time.
https://sites.google.com/site/frimleyandcamberley/frimley-and-camberley-2nd-world-war-1939---1945-memorial/arthur-dennis-bradford-cocks-1904---1944
Arthur was Killed in the Action during the assault on Sword Beach, D-Day, gaining the distinction of being the first British Officer Killed in the Landings.
On D-Day Arthur was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 5th Assault Regiment Royal Engineers. They were a specialist unit equipped with converted vehicles such as the so called 'Hobart's Funnies' intended to clear the beaches and make exits onto the first inland road.
Arthur was aboard LCT-947 (109) which carried 2 Crabs and 4 A.V.R.E (converted Churchill tanks) which he Commanded from the A.V.R.E named Plough. An account given by Lambton Burn a Lieutenant with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who was aboard LCT-947 wrote the following;
" Shells are bursting all round. They are not friendly shorts from bombardment warships, but vicious stabs from an enemy who has held his fire until the final two hundred yards. He is shooting well shooting often. Mortar shells whine and burst with sickening inevitability. An L.C.T. to port goes up in flames.
There is a sudden jerk as our bows hit the beach. Down goes the ramp, with Sub-Lieutenant Monty Glengarry, R.N.Z.N.V.R. [Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve] and his party working like madmen at the bows.
There is a roar of acceleration and Donald Robertson in Stornoway [the first Crab, which managed to disembark] is away like a relay runner.
Dunbar [the second Crab] moves forward. Colonel Cocks leans from his turret [he had elected to command from the Plough] and motions the other tank-commanders to follow. But enemy fire is now concentrated on us. There are bursts on both sides and then snap two direct hits on our bows followed by a third snap like a whip cracking over the tank hold.
The First Lieutenant is flung sideways against a bulkhead and lies stunned. Dunbar stops in her tracks slews sideways blocks the door. Another and greater explosion as the bangalore shafts of Barbarian [the Log Carpet A.V.R.E., with Captain Fairie in command] explode with a flash of red.
Colonel Cocks is killed as he stands, and there is a scream from within his tank. Cold with anger, Tom Fairie moves Barbarian forward tries to edge Dunbar to the ramp but fails. He vaults from his turret and is joined by other tank-men who strain furiously to bring chain and tackle to bear."
The badly damaged LCT-947 (109) made a difficult return to England where the troop vehicles and survivors were transferred to another LCT, eventually reaching Normandy later in the month.
https://www.combinedops.com/D-DAY%20BEACH%20LANDING.htm
Mk4 LCT 947(i) [15] was 'Leader' of the 45th LCT(AVRE)(j) Flotilla assigned to the 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers. Only one tank managed to disembark LCT 947 that morning. The second tank in line carried Commander Royal Engineers, Lt Col ADB Cocks. As the tank moved forward, the LCT took three direct hits in her bows. The tank lurched sideways and stopped in its tracks, blocking the exit. Despite frantic efforts by engineers and the forecastle party, it proved impossible to move the tank out of the way, so the remaining tanks on board could not disembark. A greater explosion soon followed, when pipes packed with dynamite on board a neighbouring AVRE 'Carpet
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Combined Operations A Normandy Beachhead Featuring LCT 947.jpg
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Military |
Between 16 Mar 1944 and 16 Mar 1946 [4] |
Rank: Acting Able Seaman |
Military |
Between 27 Jun 1944 and 13 Jul 1944 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 14 Jul 1944 and 17 Jul 1944 [4] |
HMS Westcliff |
Military |
Between 18 Jul 1944 and 24 Jul 1944 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 25 Jul 1944 and 30 Oct 1944 [4] |
HMS Westcliff |
Military |
Between 31 Oct 1944 and 22 Nov 1944 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 23 Nov 1944 and 27 Nov 1944 [4] |
HMS Foliot III |
Military |
Between 28 Nov 1944 and 5 Feb 1945 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 6 Feb 1945 and 8 May 1945 [4] |
HMS Foliot |
Military |
Between 9 May 1945 and 19 Sep 1945 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
20 May 1945 [4] |
LCT (Landing Craft Tank) 7071 |
Military |
31 Jul 1945 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 1 Aug 1945 and 24 Sep 1945 |
Chatham, , Kent, England [4] |
Royal Naval Hospital |
Military |
Between 25 Sep 1945 and 3 Dec 1945 |
Sherborne, , Dorset, England [4] |
Royal Naval Hospital |
Military |
Between 4 Dec 1945 and 17 Dec 1945 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 18 Dec 1945 and 20 Dec 1945 |
Sherborne, , Dorset, England [4] |
Royal Naval Hospital |
Military |
Between 21 Dec 1945 and 4 Jan 1946 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
Between 5 Jan 1946 and 18 Jan 1946 |
Sherborne, , Dorset, England [4] |
Royal Naval Hospital |
Military |
Between 19 Jan 1946 and 16 Mar 1946 [4] |
HMS Copra |
Military |
16 Mar 1946 [4] |
Invalided P.U.N.S. Permanently Unfit for Naval Service |
Occupation |
22 May 1948 |
Taunton, , Somerset, England [5] |
Technical Representative |
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Marriage Certificate for Geoffrey Edwin RYELAND and Margaret Betty SNELL.jpg
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Residence |
22 May 1948 |
Taunton, , Somerset, England [5] |
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Marriage Certificate for Geoffrey Edwin RYELAND and Margaret Betty SNELL.jpg
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Occupation |
Abt 1951 [6] |
Muir Hill - excavators |
Residence |
1952 |
Malahide, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland [7] |
"Airthrey" St Margaret Road |
- Informant to father's death
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Emigration |
23 Sep 1955 |
Southampton, , Hampshire, England [8] |
to Quebec, Canada |
- On the ship SAMARIA. Went up to Sudbury and lived in a lodging house while sorting things out. Then drove down to New York to pick up the family when they arrived later.
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Geoffrey Edwin Ryeland Passage to Canada.jpg
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SS Samaria.jpg The Samaria had passenger accommodation for 315 passengers on 1st class, 350 2nd, and 1500 3rd class. She had a crew of 434. Rigging : steel twin screw steamer : 2 steel decks; steel shelter deck partly sheathed with wood and steel shade deck sheathed in wood; 3rd steel deck in forward and after holds; 10 partly cemented bulkheads to shelter deck; flat keel; equipped with wireless, electric light, submarine signaling device and refrigerating machinery; fitted for oil fuel with a flash point above 150 |
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SS Samaria2.jpg
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Residence |
23 Sep 1955 |
Taunton, , Somerset, England [8] |
42 Greenway Cres |
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42 Greenway Cres Taunton.jpg (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
Residence |
Abt 27 Sep 1955 |
Sudbury, , Ontario, Canada [6] |
Occupation |
1958 |
Sudbury, , Ontario, Canada [9] |
Salesman |
Residence |
1958 |
Sudbury, , Ontario, Canada [9] |
18 Drinkwater Street |
Residence |
Abt 1959 |
Sault Sainte Marie, , Ontario, Canada [6] |
138 Elgin Street |
Residence |
May 1956-1959 |
Sudbury, , Ontario, Canada [6] |
Drinkwater Street |
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Drinkwater Street Sudbury.jpg (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
Occupation |
1962 |
Richards Landing, , Ontario, Canada [9] |
Collector |
Residence |
1962 |
Hilton Beach, , Ontario, Canada [6] |
Residence |
1962 |
Richards Landing, , Ontario, Canada [6] |
- We rented this property (a 100 acre farm) from Mr Ross who also ran the ferry between the island and the mainland (ferry since discontinued once a bridge was in place)
The house is no longer there, it was demolished and a municipal park/bandstand now stands there
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Dec 1961 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
Residence |
1962 |
Richards Landing, , Ontario, Canada [9] |
Residence |
1962 |
Sault Sainte Marie, , Ontario, Canada [6] |
70 Paladin Ave |
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70 Paladin Avenue Sault Ste Marie.jpg (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
Occupation |
1963 |
Sault Sainte Marie, , Ontario, Canada [9] |
Credit Manager |
Residence |
1963 |
Sault Sainte Marie, , Ontario, Canada [6] |
190 Church Street |
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190 Church Street Sault Ste Marie.jpg (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
Residence |
1963 |
Sault Sainte Marie, , Ontario, Canada [9] |
190 Church Street |
Occupation |
1965 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
Credit Manager |
Residence |
1965 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
22 Webster |
Residence |
Aug 1964-1967 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [6] |
22 Webster Drive |
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22 Webster Drive Aurora.jpg (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
Occupation |
1968 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
Accountant |
Residence |
1968 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
120 Temperance Street |
Occupation |
1972 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
Accountant |
Residence |
1972 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
120 Temperance |
Residence |
1967-1972 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [6] |
120 Temperance Street |
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120 Temperance Street Aurora.jpg (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
Occupation |
1974 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
Provincial Government |
Residence |
1974 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
80 St Andrews Court |
Citizenship |
7 Jan 1975 [6] |
Canadian Citizenship |
Military |
- WWII Royal Navy, Tank landing craft on D-Day. His boat was blown up on D-Day.
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Military |
Year in Hospital |
- Spent a year in hospital after his Royal Navy ship was blown up off the coast of France in World War II.
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Name |
Peter RYELAND |
Occupation |
Revenue Canada |
Religion |
Christian, Anglican |
Residence |
1972-Feb 1979 |
Aurora, York County, Ontario, Canada [6] |
80 St Andrews Court |
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80 St Andrews Court Aurora.jpg (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) |
Death |
19 Feb 1979 |
Newmarket, York County, Ontario, Canada |
- York County Hospital - 12:15am
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Geoffrey Edwin Ryeland Proof of Death Certificate.jpg
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Burial |
Bosham, , Sussex, England |
- Cremated, Ashes spread here
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Person ID |
I9226 |
Ryeland Family Tree |
Last Modified |
11 Dec 2023 |
Father |
Albert Edwin RYELAND, b. 30 Jan 1897, Fareham, , Hampshire, England d. 2 Oct 1952, Holborn, , Middlesex, England (Age 55 years) |
Mother |
Nora Amy Florence GATES, b. 21 Dec 1899, Dover, , Kent, England d. Jan 1986, Reading, , Berkshire, England (Age 86 years) |
Marriage |
21 Dec 1920 |
Dover, , Kent, England [2, 10] |
- RYELAND - GATES - On December 21st, at St. Mary's Church, Dover, Albert Edwin, second son of Capt. A. E. and Mrs. Ryeland of "Ailsa Brae" Shepherdswell, to Nora Amy, younger daughter of Captian and Mrs. W. H. Gates, of 197 Folkestone Rd., Dover. - Dover Express, Friday 31 December, 1920
MR. A. E. RYELAND - MISS N. A. GATES
The wedding took place on Tuesday last week, at St. Mary's Church, of Miss Nora Amy Gates, youngest daughter of Captain and Mrs. W. Gates, to Mr. Albert Edwin Ryeland, second son of Captain and Mrs. Ryeland. The Rev. O. F. R. Strickland officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, was attired in a dress of white satin and georgette, and silver trimmings. The bridesmaids were miss Ryeland (sister of the bridegroom) and Miss G. Martin (cousin of the bride), who wore pale blue crepe-de-chine dresses, and black picture hats. They carried shower bouquets, and wore gold brooches (the gifts of the bridegroom). The best man was Mr. Henry Ryeland (brother of the bridegroom). The honeymoon was spent at Blackpool. The bridegroom's gift to the bride consisted of furs, and the bride's to the bridegroom a gold watch. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ryeland were the recipients of many useful presents, oh which the following is a list; - Bridegroom's father and mother, household effects; bride's father and mother, cheque; Mr. H. Ryeland, dinner service; Mr. C. Ryeland, tea service; Miss A. Ryeland, chamber service; Mr. Frank Ryeland, set of jugs; Mr. Fred Ryeland, towels; Master E. Ryeland, towels; Mrs. J. Gates ("Grandma"), blankets; Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Gates, bedspread; Mr. W. Gates, cheque; Mr. R. Gates, stainless knives; Mr. and Mrs. Stoneman, white quilt; Mr. E. S. R. Gates, stainless knives; Mrs. E. S. R. Gates, forks; Miss Peggy, forks; Mr. and Mrs. Webster, case of silver spoons and sugar tongs; Mr. and Mrs. Elcome, eiderdown; Mr. and Mrs. G. Tuthill, pillow cases; Mr. and Mrs. Everett, marble clock; Mr. and Mrs. B. Martin, table cloth; Miss G. Martin, duchesse set; Mrs. Marcus Allen and family, linen sheets and pillow cases; the staff and works, silver cake basket and silver dishes; Miss Austin, cruet; Mr. Humphreys, silver cruet; Mrs. Davis, copper scoop; Mr. and Mrs. Geodgeon, silver vases; Mr. and Mrs. Elworthy, silver butter dish; Mrs. Briggs, afternoon tea cloth; Miss Thompson, fancy cloth; Miss Allen, fancy cloth; Mrs. England, pickle fork; Mr. Gunn, butter dish; Miss Nightingale, bread dish; Majorie, silver jam scoop; Miss Day, tea cosy; Mr. Newberry, serviettes; Mr. and Mrs. A. Holmes, silver pickle jar and spoon; Aunt Fan, duchesse set; Mr. and Mrs. H. Elworthy, silver bread board; Mr. and Mrs. Harrison and family, teapot and set; Miss A. Webb, hand-painted picture; the Misses M. and E. Linns, apostle tea spoons; Miss M. Linn, table centre; and Miss Ravenscroft, Wedgewood art pot. - Dover Express, Friday 31 December 1920 [10]
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Family ID |
F778 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |