MONTGOMERY RIDGE
On November 11, 1993 the British Columbia Government named a ridge to honour, RCAF Warrant Officer Donald Montgomery, R101199, from Ladner, a 415 Squadron wartime fatality. He was killed in a training exercise out of Ford RAF Station, Sussex England, 3 April 1943. Buried at Littlehampton Cemetery, Sussex, grave D- 4273. Montgomery's father, William Montgomery had purchased a farm adjacent to Boundary Bay before WWI; the farm was expropriated early in WWII to become the RCAF Boundary Bay Flying School, and after the war the site became the Boundary Bay Airport.
| Official Name | Montgomery Ridge | ||
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| Feature Type: | Ridge (2) | ||
| Latitude: | 49°17'22" | Position at: CENTRE | |
| Longitude: | 120°55'35" | ||
| Gazetteer Map: | 92H/7 | ||
| Relative Location: | E side of Paradise Valley in Cascade Recreation Area, just NW of E.C. Manning Provincial Park, SE of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District | ||
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