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Military service
Service number:
J/90070
Age:
20
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
426 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 25, 1923
Kenogami, Québec
Enlistment:
January 20, 1943
Quebec, Québec
Death:
July 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 4A. C. 1-3.
Additional information
Son of Stephen and Mabel Vatcher, of Kenogami, Quebec.
Brother of Mess Room Boy James Stephen Vatcher who died on November 24, 1941 while serving with the Canadian Merchant Navy.
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Grave marker
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Photo of RICHARD ROBERT VATCHER
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Photo of RICHARD ROBERT VATCHER
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Photo of RICHARD ROBERT VATCHER
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Service Book
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Attestation paper
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Document
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Richard Robert Vatcher
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 468 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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