Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Reuben Campbell and Ethel May (nee Pollock) Riddell of Sutton Junction, Quebec. Brother of Malcolm Victor et Thelma Marguerite. Husband of Winifred Jean (nee Palmer) Riddell, of Sutton Junction, Quebec.
1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 28 October 1946.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Riddell, Keith Emerson - Warrant Officer, Class II. Born 10th January, 1919, at Montreal Educated at High School, Sutton, Que. Entered the service of the Bank 7th February, 1938. Served at Sutton, East Angus and Waterloo, Que. Enlisted 18th June, 1941, from Waterloo in R.C.A.F. Sergeant in September, 1942; Warrant Officer, Class II, in July, 1943. Trained at St. Hubert, Que. Overseas in June, 1942. Served with 404 Squadron, Coastal Command. Reported 4th August, 1943 missing after air operations over enemy territory. Officially presumed dead 7th September, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Keith Emerson Riddell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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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Riddell, Keith Emerson - Warrant Officer, Class II. Born 10th January, 1919, at Montreal Educated at High School, Sutton, Que. Entered the service of the Bank 7th February, 1938. Served at Sutton, East Angus and Waterloo, Que. Enlisted 18th June, 1941, from Waterloo in R.C.A.F. Sergeant in September, 1942; Warrant Officer, Class II, in July, 1943. Trained at St. Hubert, Que. Overseas in June, 1942. Served with 404 Squadron, Coastal Command. Reported 4th August, 1943 missing after air operations over enemy territory. Officially presumed dead 7th September, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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From the Montreal Gazette. 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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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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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