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Leonard Stanley Carpenter

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Leonard Stanley Carpenter

February 13, 1943
Charlecote, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Military Service

Service Number:

R/73173

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Citation(s):

Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

July 26, 1919
Moncton, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

October 10, 1940
Moncton, New Brunswick

Son of Urban Wilfred Carpenter and Bessie Humphries Crawford, of Moncton, New Brunswick.

He had service in Canada, Great Britain, and in Egypt. He had 857 days of service, including 574 days overseas.

Commemorated on Page 144 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY
Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 4232.

Location:

Startford-Upon-Avon Cemetery contains 22 First World War burials, made mainly from the hospital at Clopton House. During the Second World War, there was a contingent of the Royal Canadian Air Force based at nearby Wellesboune Mountford and of the 137 Second World War burials (most of them forming a war graves plot), 97 are of Canadian airmen. The cemetery also contains 15 war graves of other nationalities.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Leonard Stanley Carpenter is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Leonard Stanley Carpenter is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Leonard Stanley Carpenter is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Leonard Stanley Carpenter is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of LEONARD STANLEY CARPENTER– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of LEONARD STANLEY CARPENTER – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail in Feb. 1942. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail in Feb. 1942. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury

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    Grave Marker – Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury

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