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Military service
Service number:
R/259938
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
1659 Conversion Unit
Birth:
August 19, 1924
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 16, 1943
London, Ontario
Death:
October 22, 1944
Carrs Hill, Cumberland County, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 1028.
Additional information
Son of Andrew and Georgina Riddoch, of Sarnia, Ontario. Brother of Andrew, John, Gilbert, Robert, Elsie and Jessie.
Additional citations
Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Riddoch
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Crash site
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Memorial
The WW2 Halifax Bomber Memorial on Great Carrs, The Lake District National Park Cumbria England<P> Photo from www.go4awalk.com courtesy Chris Leonard. -
Memorial
The WW2 Halifax Bomber Memorial on Great Carrs, The Lake District National Park Cumbria England<P> Photo from www.go4awalk.com courtesy Chris Leonard. -
Grave Marker
Photo of grave marker courtesy of Alan Clark, England. See "Halifax on Great Carrs" http://www.allenby.info/aircraft/ll505.html -
Photo of GEORGE RIDDOCH
From the research work done by Margaret Rose and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE RIDDOCH
From the research work done by Margaret Rose and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Permanent memorial erected at the crash site. -
Memorial
Sergeant George Riddoch is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant George Riddoch 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 -
Photo of GEORGE RIDDOCH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE RIDDOCH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE RIDDOCH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Other
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Riddoch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Riddoch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Riddoch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Riddoch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Riddoch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Riddoch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Riddoch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Riddoch
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Riddoch
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 427 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Cheshire, United Kingdom
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