Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wing_Commander_Leonard_Cheshire
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Merton_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Cross
gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthDate 1917-09-07
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Leonard_Cheshire
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chester,_England
gptkbp:causeOfDeath motor neurone disease
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Cheshire Homes International
Leonard Cheshire Disability charity
blue plaque in Cavendish
gptkbp:deathDate 1992-07-31
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cavendish,_Suffolk,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Stowe_School
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Leonard_Cheshire_Disability
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Leonard_Cheshire
gptkbp:genre autobiography
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
VC OM DSO DFC
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire
gptkbp:knownFor Victoria Cross recipient
RAF service
charity work for disabled people
gptkbp:memorial Cheshire Home, Cavendish
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Wing_Commander
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent witnessed Nagasaki atomic bombing
gptkbp:notableWork establishing homes for disabled people
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philanthropist
RAF officer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Geoffrey_Cheshire
Vera Cheshire
gptkbp:portrait Imperial War Museum photograph
gptkbp:publishedWork The Face of Victory
Bomber Pilot
Pilgrimage to the Shroud
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:religiousChange Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism
gptkbp:restingPlace St Mary's Church, Cavendish
gptkbp:serviceNumber 39013
gptkbp:signature Leonard Cheshire signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sue_Ryder
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:BBC_documentaries
biographies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:IX(B)_Squadron_RAF
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