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Birkenhead Institute Old Boys

1889 – 1994

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Remembering Old Boys Fallen 1939–1945 War

Leonard Henry Gallagher

Midshipman (A)
2nd. Qtr. 1921 – 13th. June 1940

Photographs

Leonard Henry Gallagher
Leonard Henry Gallagher
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Leonard Henry Gallagher

Leonard Henry Gallagher<br>2nd May 1940 Evening Express
Leonard Henry Gallagher
2nd May 1940 Evening Express
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Leonard Henry Gallagher
2nd May 1940 Evening Express

Leonard Henry Gallagher<br>3rd May 1940 Liverpool Evening Post
Leonard Henry Gallagher
3rd May 1940 Liverpool Evening Post
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Leonard Henry Gallagher
3rd May 1940 Liverpool Evening Post

Leonard Henry Gallagher<br>2nd May 1940 Liverpool Echo
Leonard Henry Gallagher
2nd May 1940 Liverpool Echo
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Leonard Henry Gallagher
2nd May 1940 Liverpool Echo

Service Details

Regiment Unit
Service Number Rank Midshipman (A)
Cemetery Stadsbygd, Norway

Birkenhead Institute

Started B.I.
Left B.I.
House

Notes

Awarded Distinguished Service Cross and Mentioned in Despatches.
Crashed at Stadsbygd near Fosen after being damaged by BF110's during a dive-bombing attack on the Scharnhorst at Trondheim.

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