A Memorial Cross to Cpl.Riddell; Royal Canadian Air Force
A Memorial Cross to Cpl.Riddell; Royal Canadian Air Force- GRV (CPL. J.M. RIDDELL 10578). Naming is engraved. Dark patina, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: 10578 Corporal James MacCallum Riddell was born on December 22, 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of James A. Riddell and Jean Riddell (nee McKellar) of Toronto. He was the husband of Beatrice Amelia Riddell (nee Livie) of Toronto and enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force on September 20, 1939 in Toronto, at the age of 24. He was with RCAF Manning Pool and died on July 6, 1941 at Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, at the age of 26. Riddell is buried in Toronto (Prospect) Cemetery, Toronto, Grave Reference: Military Plot, Section 1, Grave 393. He is commemorated on page 42 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and on the Western Technical School Memorial Plaque in Toronto, dedicated to those that served during the war and did not return.