Leeds
48 veterans in the registry
Leeds is the hub of Yorkshire & Humber, a commercial and engineering city that grew on textiles and manufacturing. Its industry supplied the wartime economy. On Immortal Regiment UK, explore the veterans, memorials and stories recorded in and around Leeds.
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Veterans
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Johnson Amy
1903 – 1941
First Officer
Air Transport Auxiliary
Mannock Edward Corringham
1887 – 1918
Major
No. 74 Squadron RFC
Harris Arthur Travers
1892 – 1984
Marshal of the RAF
RAF Bomber Command
Deans Agnes
1920 – 2012
Civilian
Bletchley Park / Hut 3
Lawrence Dorothy
1916 – 2009
Sister (QA)
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Chapman Edward
1914 – 1997
Agent
MI5 / Abwehr (double agent)
Cavell-Webb Edith
1919 – 2012
Petty Officer Wren
HMS Western Approaches
Dmitriev Vasily Stepanovich
1913 – 1975
Major
62nd Army (later 8th Guards Army)
Sharma Gopal
1917 – 1945
Jemadar
5th Mahratta Light Infantry
Green Norman
1920 – 2009
Sergeant
1st SAS Regiment
Evans Peter
1916 – 1941
Sub-Lieutenant
HMS Hood
Singh Gurnam
1920 – 1998
Havildar Major
2nd Punjab Regiment
Hartley Elizabeth Anne
1919 – 2008
Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Barraclough Arthur
1925 – 2013
Bevin Boy
Fryston Colliery, Yorkshire
Oduya James
1919 – 1997
Corporal
Royal West African Frontier Force
Armitage Betty
1920 – 2011
Driver
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
Okonkwo Wilfred
1921 – 2001
Leading Aircraftman
Royal Air Force
Kowalski Tadeusz
1920 – 2003
Corporal
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Barker Elsie
1923 – 2015
Lance Bombardier
ATS 481 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
Whitaker Harold
1922 – 2010
Sapper
79th Armoured Division RE
Kuzmina Vera
1924 – 2016
Partisan
Bryansk Forest Partisan Brigade
Green Percy
1921 – 1944
Private
1st Airborne Division
Briggs Walter
1920 – 2000
Bombardier
Royal Artillery - Anti-Aircraft Command
Hansen Erik
1914 – 1987
First Mate
Norwegian Merchant Fleet (Nortraship)
Adebayo Samuel
1920 – 1998
Corporal
Royal West African Frontier Force
Goldstein Hannah
1922 – 2010
Civilian
Government Code and Cypher School
Hartley Norman
1918 – 2001
Staff Sergeant
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Rhodes Edith
1924 – 2016
Volunteer
Women's Land Army
Kovalev Yuri Dmitrievich
1917 – 2003
Engineer Lieutenant
Soviet Military Mission (London)
Blackwood Margaret
1925 – 2019
Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Sykes Arthur
1913 – 1943
Warrant Officer
No. 78 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command
Hartley Joan
1923 – 2011
Corporal
ATS, Royal Corps of Signals
Blackburn Walter
1922 – 2005
Flight Sergeant
No. 158 Squadron RAF
Thackray Irene
1924 – 2017
Corporal
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Greenwood Harold
1917 – 1991
Sergeant
Royal Tank Regiment
Hussain Mohammed
1918 – 1996
Naik
8th Punjab Regiment
Ahmed Rashid
1917 – 1993
Sepoy
4th Indian Division
Morton Edith
1919 – 2006
Leading Wren
WRNS
Sykes Herbert
1916 – 1990
Warrant Officer
RAF Bomber Command
Barker Ida
1923 – 2017
Private
ATS
Ustinov Ivan
1904 – 1945
Private
Kolishev S.
1945
Private
Kapalil Petr
1919 – 1945
Private
Yusabov Dulat
1905 – 1945
Private
Yegoryan I.S.
1919 – 1945
Private
Steklov Roman
1919 – 1945
Private
Greenwood Harold William
1911 – 1993
Brigadier
8th Army
Korolev Viktor Ivanovich
1921 – 2010
Captain
1st Guards Cavalry Corps