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The Cheshire Global Alliance is one of the largest pan-disability networks in the world united by a shared history and a desire to change attitudes towards disability. In 1955, our founder Lord Leonard Cheshire travelled to India and inspired the set-up of the first Cheshire organization outside of the UK. Over 60 years later, our founder's ...
Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: 218186 (England & Wales) and no: SC005117 (Scotland). VAT no: 899322375. Registered office: Regus The News Building 3rd Floor 3 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SG
Our history. On 22 May 1948, former RAF pilot Leonard Cheshire took a dying man, who had nowhere else to go, into his home. With no money, Leonard nursed the man himself in his home of Le Court in Hampshire. They became friends and this act of kindness prompted more people to go to Leonard for help. People were keen to share a home with others ...
Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a highly decorated Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and group captain during the Second World War, and a philanthropist. Among the honours Cheshire received as a pilot was the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of ...
By 1943, aged 25 he was the youngest Group Captain in the RAF. Taking a drop in rank he went on in November 1943 to command 617 Sqn – The Dambusters. He strove for perfection. Leonard switched them from low level to high level precision bombing and personally pioneered a method of accurate marking – first in a Lancaster, then using a ...
Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: 218186 (England & Wales) and no: SC005117 (Scotland). VAT no: 899322375. Registered office: Regus The News Building 3rd Floor 3 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SG
Sue Ryder, 2e épouse. modifier. Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, né le 7 septembre 1917 et mort le 31 juillet 1992, est un militaire britannique, ayant servi dans la Royal Air Force durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il devient philanthrope après la guerre. Il fut le plus jeune colonel de la RAF et un des pilotes les plus décorés de la guerre.
