Military service
Burial/memorial information
1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 28 October 1946.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
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Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Riddell, Keith Emerson - Warrant Officer, Class II. Born 10th January, 1919, at Montreal Educated at High School, Sutton, Que. Entered the service of the Bank 7th February, 1938. Served at Sutton, East Angus and Waterloo, Que. Enlisted 18th June, 1941, from Waterloo in R.C.A.F. Sergeant in September, 1942; Warrant Officer, Class II, in July, 1943. Trained at St. Hubert, Que. Overseas in June, 1942. Served with 404 Squadron, Coastal Command. Reported 4th August, 1943 missing after air operations over enemy territory. Officially presumed dead 7th September, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
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."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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