Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
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Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial Entrance
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Ervin Keeler
Picture taken, at W. L. West studio in Regina, Saskatchewan, probably shortly after enlisting. Ervin enlisted in Regina, April 8, 1942. -
Photo 2 of Ervin Keeler
Taken inside a plane and signed; "Love from your Grandson Ervin," sent to grandparents, Lewis and Mary Emma Buckmaster at Keeler, Saskatchewan. -
Press Clipping
Obituary - probably in the Saskatoon newspaper. -
Military Service Records
Official statement of service obtained in 1987, from the Public Archives. -
Record of last mission
Official record of Ervin's last mission. -
Post Card
The back of a black and white postcard showing the Strand Pallace Hotel. Ervin sent the card to his Grandmother, Mary Emma Buckmaster in Keeler, Saskatchewan and is dated 9:15 am, August 30, 1943. It reads: Dear Gram-the best in the world. Well sweetie, I'm not a very frequent writer but we're pretty busy-school-flying etc. But I sure think of you lots. All my love to all.-say Margy ( his aunt)I think I saw Earl (Margy's bother) on a newsreal the other day. or his twin. Hows tricks Nig? (his uncle) Boy you should see these back yard farmers over here-a field of grain the size of gramp's garden. How are you gramps? Well must close. Will write very soon. Loving Grandson Ervin. -
Memorial
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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