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VC1211 Leslie Thomas Manser
Name Leslie Thomas Manser No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1211 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 50 Squadron
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Flying Officer
Rank End Of Career Flying Officer
Place Of Birth New Delhi, India
Place Of Death 3 miles east of Bree, Belgium, close to the Dutch border
Buried/Location Ashes Heverlee War Cemetery, near Leuven, Belgium, Vlaams-Brabant
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot VII, Row G, Grave 1
Gazetted 23 October 1942
VC Presented 3 March 1943, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Heverlee War Cemetery, near Leuven, Belgium, Vlaams-Brabant
P Memorial Plaque, Christ Church, Radlett, Hertfordshire
P Named on War Memorial, Radlett, Hertfordshire
Named on War Memorial, Chapel, Aldenham School, Elstree, Hertfordshire
Memorial at crash site, Stamprooierbroek, Nr Molenbeersel, N.E. Belguim
P Named on RAF VC Memorial, St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
Name on Honours Board, Victoria School, Kurseong, Darjeeling, India
Leslie Manser Primary School, Kingsdown Road, Lincoln
By The Way…
He was brother-in-law to 1264 John Randle VC
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.
BORN 11 May 1922
DIED 31 May 1942 AGE 20
VC Won 30-31 May 1942 AGE 20
Place VC Won Cologne Raid, Germany
War/Campaign Second World War
