Leadley, Geoffrey Norman

Age: 21
Date of birth: c1920

Parents: Arthur William and Isobel Nellie Leadley of Warwick
Wife: Single
Address: 39 Greville Road, Warwick

Occupation:

Geoffrey was born in Medway, Kent in 1920. He had one sister Patricia (1925-2015).

According to the 1939 census the family were living at 39 Greville Road and Geoffrey’s father William (1894-1975) was a General Building Foreman. He had served in the Royal Navy from 1910-1924. Geoffrey’s mother was Isobel Nellie nee Joyce (1899-1980).

In July 1923 she travelled with Geoffrey, aged three, from Biera, Mozambique on the Modasa to Tilbury Docks, London calling at Dar-es-Salaam, Kilindini, Port Sudan, Zanzibar and Malta.

Military Service

Rank & Number: Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner), 942407
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Brigade/Division:
Date of death: 24th October 1941
Cause of death/Battle: Not known
Commemorated/Buried: Buried in Warwick Cemetery. Section 112. Consecrated Grave 25
Awards:
Commemorated locally at:

This piece, in the Warwick Advertiser on 23rd August 1940 was part of a series where the paper invited family and friends to share their news of those serving the war effort.  At the time Geoffrey had just started his training.  He died just over a year later and is buried in Warwick Cemetery:

 

Contributors

  • Unlocking Warwick Research Group
  • Warwick Advertiser excerpts courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office

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