Photo: B. Chandler

Photo:B. Chandler

616809 Sergeant
N.G. Riddell
Wireless Operator
Royal Air Force
20th December 1940 age 21

Never have so many
owed so much
to so few.

There is also a shield-shaped plaque which reads:

In
loving memory of
Sergt.
Norman Grey Riddell
R.A.F.
killed on active service
Dec. 20th 1940
aged 21 years.

Sgt (Wireless Operator) N G Riddell (Service Nº 616809) of 206 Sqn, Coastal Command, was lost when his Lockheed Hudson I N7333 VX-E crashed shortly after take off from RAF Bircham Newton on December 20th 1940. He is buried in Amble West Cemetery.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.1: Aircraft and Crew Losses 1939-1941; Ross McNeill; 2003; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 128 8 page 85

Acknowledgments: Simon Glancey

He is remembered in Alnwick on A11.17 and A11.53 and in Amble on A13.01 and A13.06

The CWGC entry for Sergeant Riddell