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Portrait of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC #2391043

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Portrait of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC #2391043
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Portrait of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC 1917-1992 by Juliet Pannett </em></td>
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Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and 2 Bars, DFC (7 September 1917?31 July 1992) was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War who received 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 Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Sick" for disabled people (to become later, The Leonard Cheshire Foundation and simply 'Leonard Cheshire'), Leonard Cheshire Centre for Conflict Recovery, Ryder-Cheshire Foundation, Ryder-Cheshire Volunteers and The Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief. His final battle was his courageous struggle with the debilitating effects of Motor Neurone Disease.

Leonard Cheshire was the son of Professor Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire, DCL, LLD, FBA, a barrister, academic and influential writer on English law and brother to Christopher Cheshire, a pilot. Cheshire was born in Chester but was brought up at his parents' home near Oxford. He was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, Stowe School and Merton College, Oxford. He graduated in Jurisprudence in 1939.

After the outbreak of the World War II, Cheshire applied for a commission in the Royal Air Force and was initially posted in June 1940 to 102 Squadron, flying Whitley medium bombers. In November 1940 he was awarded the DSO for flying his badly damaged bomber back to base.

In January 1941 he completed his tour ...
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#: 2942</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:20th Century</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:UK</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Juliet Pannett</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:18</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:12</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Portrait of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Drawing</td></tr>

<tr><td>Type:Charcoal</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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