PRICE, Henry Ryan
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Known as:
Ryan Price
Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
North Staffordshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Born:
Friday, August 16, 1912
Died :
Saturday, August 16, 1986
Lieutenant Henry Ryan Price was promoted Captain, and Officer in Command of 4 Troop on 12 June 1944 during Operation Overlord at Normandy.
- 30 July 1944 Captain Price and 16 O.R.'s formed a Commando Guard at General Montgomery's Headquarters.
- Post war became a renowned Thoroughbread Racehorse Trainer. He was the champion trainer of jumpers five times between 1955 and 1967, and won a Grand National, a Cheltenham Gold Cup and three Champion Hurdles before also becoming a great Flat trainer, winning three Classics.
Sources
No.6 Commando War Diary June - Aug.1944 / Pegasus Archive.
Report in The Racing post Thursday, August 16, 2012.
[Image] CVA Gallery.
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