Name Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire No.
VC Issue No. 1283 Awards VC OM DSO & 2 Bars DFC
Regiment Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Group-Captain
Rank End Of Career Group-Captain
Place Of Birth Chester, Cheshire, England
Place Of Death Sue Ryder Home, Cavendish, Suffolk, England
Buried/Location Ashes Cavendish Churchyard, near Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 8 September 1944
VC Presented 13 November 1945, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Cavendish Churchyard, near Sudbury, Suffolk, England
P Memorial Plaque, St Mary the Virgin, Cavendish, Suffolk
P Named on RAF VC Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
P Memorial Plaque, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
Plaque at George Gale & Co. Ltd Brewery, Horndean, Hampshire
Blue Plaque, 65 Hoole Road, Chester, Cheshire
P Cheshire Gardens, Tangmere, West Sussex
Cheshire Close, Fareham, Hampshire
P Cheshire Road, Innsworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
P Cheshire Lane, Witham-St-Hughes, Lincolnshire
Leonard Cheshire Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Leonard Cheshire Close, Amesbury, Wiltshire
Leonard Cheshire Drive, Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside
P Statue/Bust, In Grounds, Stowe School, Stowe, Buckinghamshire
P Leonard Cheshire Close, Heanor, Derbyshire
P Victoria Cross Roll of Honour, Union Jack Club, Waterloo, Southwark, London
By The Way…
He established the Leonard Cheshire Foundation Homes "to provide effective and efficient community-based services to disabled people that respond to their preferences" with over 300 homes worldwide
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
