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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leonard Cheshire canonical | 1 |
| Leonard Cheshire Disability | 1 |
| Leonard Cheshire disability charity | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Air Force officer
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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
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surface form:
Westminster Abbey
|
| causeOfDeath | motor neurone disease ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| commanded | No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
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| 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
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surface form:
Leonard Cheshire Disability
Leonard Cheshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Leonard Cheshire disability charity
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| fullName | Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Geoffrey
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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
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pioneering residential care for disabled people ⓘ |
| notableIdea | social inclusion of disabled people ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of modern disability care homes ⓘ |
| occupation |
charity worker
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military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chester ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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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
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Leonard Cheshire disability charity
this entity surface form:
Leonard Cheshire Disability