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Military service
Service number:
J/7425
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
406 Sqdn.
Death:
October 18, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 633.
Additional information
Son of Dr. G. E. Richards and Lila I. Richards, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Gordon Stewart Richards
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Soldiers' Tower Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “F/L G.S. Richards R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on p. 57 reads: “F/L Gordon Stewart RICHARDS 406 Sqn RCAF. Graduate UTS 1939. Former student in Applied Science and Engineering – Architecture, 1939-40. Killed when his aircraft crashed north of Tycross, Engelsey, England, 18 October 1943. Buried in the Blacon Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England.” -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Stewart Richards
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Stewart Richards
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Stewart Richards
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Stewart Richards
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Stewart Richards
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Stewart Richards
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Stewart Richards
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Stewart Richards
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Stewart Richards
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Cheshire, United Kingdom
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