- SURNAME
Leonard
- FORENAME
Richard
- UNIT
62 Commando (Small Scale Raiding Force)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
13801849
- DATE OF DEATH
13th September 1942
- AGE
42
- GRAVESITE
St Laurent-sur-Mer Churchyard,France Grave 1
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
true name Lehniger,Richard
parent unit Pioneer Corps
born 9.6.1900 Petschau,Bohemia
son of Gustav and Gisela (nee Buxbaum) Lehniger
husband of Lilly (Julie) (nee Dorfler) Lehniger,Yeovil,Somerset (married November 1939)
served in WW1 in Austrian Forces
slater,tiler and steeplejack
educated Prague University 1930
escaped to Norway March 1939 and then to England
Pioneer Corps
SOE 1941
Small Scale Raiding Force May 1942
KIA Normandy (Op.Aquatint)
DATE OF DEATH:
13-Sep-1942
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