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Roy Walton Ledger

In memory of:

Flying Officer Roy Walton Ledger

March 30, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/35826

Age:

29

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of Vernon Walton Ledger and Willow Ledger, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 362 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Panel 246.

Location:

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."

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Roy Walton Ledger is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Roy Walton Ledger is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Memorial – Flying Officer Roy Walton Ledger is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Photo of Roy Walton Ledger – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Roy Ledger– Ledger, Roy Walton - Flying Officer. Born 16th January, 1915, at Vancouver. Educated at Lord Selkirk Public School and John Oliver High School, Vancouver. Entered the service of the Bank 3rd July, 1934. Served at Vancouver city branches and others in British Columbia. Enlisted 26th September, 1942, from Lilboet in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in September, 1943; Flying Officer 17th March, 1944. Trained at Edmonton, graduating as Navigator. Overseas in November, 1943. Missing on 30th March, 1944, when the training aircraft in which he was flying crashed into the sea at Spey Bay near Lossiemouth. Officially presumed dead March, 1945. Flying Officer Ledger was a brother of Mr. G. W. Ledger, of the Robson District, Vancouver, branch of the Bank. While stationed at the Grand Forks branch in the summer of 1940, he, in company with Flight Lieutenant N. G. Russell, D.F.C., gallantly attempted the rescue of a swimmer, going down a rope twenty-five feet into the water. From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

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    Photo of Roy Ledger – Ledger, Roy Walton - Flying Officer. Born 16th January, 1915, at Vancouver. Educated at Lord Selkirk Public School and John Oliver High School, Vancouver. Entered the service of the Bank 3rd July, 1934. Served at Vancouver city branches and others in British Columbia. Enlisted 26th September, 1942, from Lilboet in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in September, 1943; Flying Officer 17th March, 1944. Trained at Edmonton, graduating as Navigator. Overseas in November, 1943. Missing on 30th March, 1944, when the training aircraft in which he was flying crashed into the sea at Spey Bay near Lossiemouth. Officially presumed dead March, 1945. Flying Officer Ledger was a brother of Mr. G. W. Ledger, of the Robson District, Vancouver, branch of the Bank. While stationed at the Grand Forks branch in the summer of 1940, he, in company with Flight Lieutenant N. G. Russell, D.F.C., gallantly attempted the rescue of a swimmer, going down a rope twenty-five feet into the water. From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
  • Memorial Entrance– Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial Entrance – Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Memorial – Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Memorial – Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Inscription– Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Inscription – Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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