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Digital gallery of Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Picture taken, at W. L. West studio in Regina, Saskatchewan, probably shortly after enlisting. Ervin enlisted in Regina, April 8, 1942.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Taken inside a plane and signed; "Love from your Grandson Ervin," sent to grandparents, Lewis and Mary Emma Buckmaster at Keeler, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Obituary - probably in the Saskatoon newspaper.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Official statement of service obtained in 1987, from the Public Archives.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Official record of Ervin's last mission.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
The back of a black and white postcard showing the Strand Pallace Hotel. Ervin sent the card to his Grandmother, Mary Emma Buckmaster in Keeler, Saskatchewan and is dated 9:15 am, August 30, 1943. It reads:
Dear Gram-the best in the world. Well sweetie, I'm not a very frequent writer but we're pretty busy-school-flying etc. But I sure think of you lots. All my love to all.-say Margy ( his aunt)I think I saw Earl (Margy's bother) on a newsreal the other day. or his twin. Hows tricks Nig? (his uncle) Boy you should see these back yard farmers over here-a field of grain the size of gramp's garden. How are you gramps? Well must close. Will write very soon. Loving Grandson Ervin.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler
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 Ervin Leroy Keeler
Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Image gallery
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Picture taken, at W. L. West studio in Regina, Saskatchewan, probably shortly after enlisting. Ervin enlisted in Regina, April 8, 1942.
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Taken inside a plane and signed; "Love from your Grandson Ervin," sent to grandparents, Lewis and Mary Emma Buckmaster at Keeler, Saskatchewan.
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Obituary - probably in the Saskatoon newspaper.
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Official statement of service obtained in 1987, from the Public Archives.
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Official record of Ervin's last mission.
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The back of a black and white postcard showing the Strand Pallace Hotel. Ervin sent the card to his Grandmother, Mary Emma Buckmaster in Keeler, Saskatchewan and is dated 9:15 am, August 30, 1943. It reads: Dear Gram-the best in the world. Well sweetie, I'm not a very frequent writer but we're pretty busy-school-flying etc. But I sure think of you lots. All my love to all.-say Margy ( his aunt)I think I saw Earl (Margy's bother) on a newsreal the other day. or his twin. Hows tricks Nig? (his uncle) Boy you should see these back yard farmers over here-a field of grain the size of gramp's garden. How are you gramps? Well must close. Will write very soon. Loving Grandson Ervin.
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Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Ervin Leroy Keeler is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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