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Son of Edward and Jessie Switzer, of Sundre, Alberta. Brother of Clifford, Stanley, Myron, Laurence, Eva, Ruth and Clayton. He enjoyed hockey, baseball, football, rugby, swimming, played the occasional game of lacrosse and basketball. He also included building model planes as a hobby. He attended Strathcona High School during the school year 1937-38.
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings posthumously awarded on 15 July 1946.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
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Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
This ID bracelet was found October 2001 with a metal detector in Edmonton, Alberta. It was found in an old school field at 8 inches depth.
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Full Panel from Runnymede Memorial
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Front of Memorial June 2017
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
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
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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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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This ID bracelet was found October 2001 with a metal detector in Edmonton, Alberta. It was found in an old school field at 8 inches depth.
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Full Panel from Runnymede Memorial
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Front of Memorial June 2017
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer 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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Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 218 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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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."
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