Leonard Cheshire

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Leonard Cheshire was a highly decorated British Royal Air Force pilot in World War II who later became a prominent humanitarian and founder of the disability charity Leonard Cheshire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force officer
bomber pilot
charity founder
human
humanitarian
awardReceived Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Distinguished Service Order
Order of Merit
Order of the British Empire
The Victoria Cross
surface form: Victoria Cross
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath motor neurone disease
citizenship United Kingdom
commanded No. 617 Squadron RAF
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1917-09-07
dateOfDeath 1992-07-31
educatedAt Dragon School
Merton College, Oxford
Stowe School
familyName Cheshire
founded Leonard Cheshire self-linksurface differs
surface form: Leonard Cheshire Disability

Leonard Cheshire self-linksurface differs
surface form: Leonard Cheshire disability charity
fullName Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire
gender male
givenName Geoffrey
Leonard
isOneOf The Few
militaryBranch Royal Air Force
militaryRank Group Captain
notableFor being one of the most highly decorated British pilots of World War II
pioneering residential care for disabled people
notableIdea social inclusion of disabled people
notableWork development of modern disability care homes
occupation charity worker
military officer
placeOfBirth Chester
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousConversion converted to Roman Catholicism after World War II
residence Le Court, Hampshire
serviceEnd 1946
serviceNumber 40348
serviceStart 1937
spouse Sue Ryder
tookPartIn Operation Chastise-related missions
Allied bombing of Germany
surface form: RAF strategic bombing campaign

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Stowe School hasAlumnus Leonard Cheshire
Leonard Cheshire founded Leonard Cheshire self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Leonard Cheshire disability charity
Leonard Cheshire founded Leonard Cheshire self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Leonard Cheshire Disability