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Ronald Chipman Archibald

In memory of:

Captain Ronald Chipman Archibald

April 3, 1968
Nevers, France

Military Service

Service Number:

RA/43643

Age:

32

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

441 Strike/Reconnaissance Squadron

Citation(s):

Canadian Forces Decoration

Additional Information

Born:

February 28, 1936
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

May 20, 1953
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of Clyde and Hazel Fettery of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Husband of Helen. Father of Edward, Alan and Ronald. Brother of Elizabeth and Barbara.

Commemorated on Page 141 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 5, Row A, Plot 5

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker

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  • Photo of Ronald Chipman Archibald– Ron sitting in the cockpit of a CF-104 Starfighter, probably taken by an RCAF photographer in Marville, France about 1966.

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    Photo of Ronald Chipman Archibald
    Photo of Ronald Chipman Archibald – Ron sitting in the cockpit of a CF-104 Starfighter, probably taken by an RCAF photographer in Marville, France about 1966.
  • Group photo– The 1966 1 Wing participants in the annual NATO Royal Flush reconnaissance competition. Ron Archibald is second from left.

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    Group photo – The 1966 1 Wing participants in the annual NATO Royal Flush reconnaissance competition. Ron Archibald is second from left.

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