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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Douglas Samuel Ritchie

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Douglas Samuel Ritchie

April 17, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/104442

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

429 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 207 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

SEPTMONTS CHURCHYARD
Aisne, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 4.

Location:

Septmonts is a village 8 kilometres south-east of Soissons, and 3 kilometres east of the main road (N37) from that town to Chateau-Thierry. The churchyard is beside the church in the centre of the village, and the 5 Commonwealth burials from the Second World War are located in the front left hand side of the churchyard.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Douglas Samuel Ritchie– October 1941
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Douglas Samuel Ritchie 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
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Douglas Samuel Ritchie is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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