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Military service
Service number:
J/10092
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
401 Squadron
Birth:
March 4, 1918
Chatham, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 28, 1941
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
October 5, 1942
Malling, Rainham, Kent, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
33. B. 6.
Additional information
Son of Andrew and Margaret (nee Askin)Riddell, of Windsor. Ontario. Brother of Helen, Margaret, Grace, Anne, Winnifred and Warrant Officer I James Alexander Riddell, 239 Wing RAF, killed in a training accident on 3 August 1942. Flying Officer Riddell is also commemorated on the Masonic War Memorial at Malden Park, in Windsor, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Robert Gordon Riddell
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Grave marker
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Gordon Riddell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Gordon Riddell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Gordon Riddell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Gordon Riddell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Gordon Riddell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 110 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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