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Riddell, G.R.S., Sgt., 1943
On the Runnymede Memorial is the name of 1777038 Sergeant George Robert Sawhill Riddell, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died 21/11/1943.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt. Riddell was killed when Short Sunderland L2168 of 1 C.O.T.U. (Coastal Operational Training Unit) crashed near Nigg, Ross and Cromarty, on a night time training flight, with the loss of five crew members.

He is remembered in Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27) and A17.43 and at Hirst on H62.02


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Riddell

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