Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC

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Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire

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Birthplace: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
Death: July 31, 1992 (74)
Cavendish, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Son of Prof. Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire and Burella Primrose Eleanor Cheshire
Husband of Susan Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw, CMG, OBE
Ex-husband of Constance Binney
Father of Private and Private
Brother of Christopher Cheshire

Managed by: Michael Lawrence Rhodes
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About Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cheshire

Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a highly decorated British RAF pilot during the Second World War.

Among the honours Cheshire received as a bomber pilot is the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. After the war, he became a charity worker, setting up the Leonard Cheshire Disability as well as other philanthropic organisations.

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Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC's Timeline

1917
September 7, 1917
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
1992
July 31, 1992
Age 74
Cavendish, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom