Leonard John Miles

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ARP warden Leonard John Miles was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed in leaving his air raid shelter to warn others of an unexploded bomb nearby in Ilford in Essex on the 21st of September, 1940. He was fatally wounded when the device exploded. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette on the 17th of January, 1941.[1]

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  1. ^ Royal Engineers Museum and Library - History Section - Sapper George Crosses (GCs) page
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