Local WW2 Memorials
Cobham Tilt Memorial
Leonard Thomas Faulkner
| Surname: | Faulkner |
| Forename: | Leonard Thomas |
| Age: | 37 |
| CWGC Date of Death: | 14 Jun 1942 |
| Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Regiment / Service: | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Service Number: | 1224821 |
| Cemetery: | Delhi War Cemetery |
| CWGC Plot Reference: | 1. B. 8. |
| Additional Information: | Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Faulkner; husband of Margaret Edith Faulkner, of Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire. Died from heatstroke almost immediately after arriving in India, having joined the R.A.F. eighteen months previously. An R.A.M.C. pharmacist who worked in a heatstroke hospital at Allahabad recalled in 2005 that aircraftmen were required to work in high temperatures and could do so for only 20 minutes to limit the risk of heatstroke. |
| Memorial: | Cobham |
| Links: | People's War: One Man's War |
| CWGC Website Link: | https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2177193/ |
| Memorial Tree Number: | 19 |
