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Flying Officer JAMES LEIGH RITCHIE

Service Number: J/23721
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

582 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 04 May 1944

Buried or commemorated at

MONTDIDIER FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Grave 5826.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Ralph L. and Lottie Ritchie, of Chatham, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DIE IN THE LORD. HE DIED TO SAVE HIS LOVED ONES, NOT IN VAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

MONTDIDIER FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 24
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