Leonard was born in Coventry on 24 July 1913, the son of Henry and Amy Bourne, and was baptised on 6 August 1913 at St Mark’s Church. The family was living in Stoke Heath in Warwickshire by 1921. By 1939 they had moved to 32 Evans Street, Wolverhampton, and Leonard was working as a despatch clerk for an artificial silk works.

Leonard enlisted with the Fighter Command of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a Leading Aircraftman (service number 1102845). He died on 16 August 1941 while in Norfolk, and the value of his effects was £450 14s. 1d. He is buried in St Nicholas’s Churchyard, Droitwich.

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The research for this blog post was carried out by remote virtual volunteer, Doug Lewis.