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Military service
Service number:
J/23721
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
582 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 5826.
Additional information
Son of Ralph L. and Lottie Ritchie, of Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Brother of Charlotte.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie
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Photo of James Ritchie
From the book; …and they never came back. The story of the C. V. S (Chatham Vocational School) students who fought and died in World War 11. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me, with the permission of the author Peter N. Stanojevic. -
Photo of JAMES LEIGH RITCHIE
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JAMES LEIGH RITCHIE
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie is 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
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer James Leigh Ritchie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 428 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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