75th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.

Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in the London Gazette of 3 September 1919.

Ryder was a native of Barrowford, Lancashire.

The citation for the Distinguished Conduct Medal published in the London Gazette reads, "For continuous good work as No. 1 of his gun team, and in particular for conspicuous gallantry, initiative and resource on two occasions near Rafat".

An award for Eygpt .