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Son of James Harrison and Lottie Mae Jaycox (formerly Harrison). Husband of Lola Mae Harrison (née Kennedy) of Brooklyn, Queen's county, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
He was a member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and he was killed in the same crash with Gordon Harrison.
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
The crew: They are from Left to Right: Sgt Arthur Cox RAFVR W/Op, F/Sgt William A Burgum RAAF Pilot, F/Sgt Harley C Harber RAAF
R/Gunner. In front, Sgt Donald R Hempstock RAFVR B/Aimer.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
He served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and he served with Gordon Rudolph Harrison.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
He is seen here boarding a train in Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison
Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Image gallery
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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He was a member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and he was killed in the same crash with Gordon Harrison. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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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The crew: They are from Left to Right: Sgt Arthur Cox RAFVR W/Op, F/Sgt William A Burgum RAAF Pilot, F/Sgt Harley C Harber RAAF R/Gunner. In front, Sgt Donald R Hempstock RAFVR B/Aimer.
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He served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and he served with Gordon Rudolph Harrison.
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He is seen here boarding a train in Nova Scotia.
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Gordon Rudolph Harrison is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 168 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
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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