Leigh, John Lewis
Title
Leigh, John Lewis
John Lewis Levy
Description
101 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer John Lewis Leigh (1912 - 1943, 135451 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs in three albums.
Album one contains photographs taken during his training.
Album two contains photographs of his service.
Album three contains photographs of his pre war civilian life and his service life.
He flew operations as a wireless operator / air gunner with 150 and 180 Squadrons and was killed 22 January 1943.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Rosalind Marshall and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Additional information on John Lewis Leigh is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
Album one contains photographs taken during his training.
Album two contains photographs of his service.
Album three contains photographs of his pre war civilian life and his service life.
He flew operations as a wireless operator / air gunner with 150 and 180 Squadrons and was killed 22 January 1943.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Rosalind Marshall and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Additional information on John Lewis Leigh is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
Date
2019-03-17
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Leigh, JL
Collection Items
Woman, two girls and donkey
One of the girls has been cropped. The donkey is in the middle of a woman and a girl.
On the reverse 'Sally and I at Whipsnade'.
On the reverse 'Sally and I at Whipsnade'.
Wendy Leigh's school sports day
Schools port's day. Eight young girls being supervised by an older girl.
On the reverse 'Wendy's school sport press photograph June 1945, Wendy 6 years'.
On the reverse 'Wendy's school sport press photograph June 1945, Wendy 6 years'.
John Leigh
A head and shoulders portrait of John in school uniform. Handwritten on the front is 'Very sincerely, John'.
Three Boy Scouts
Three boys sitting on a street bench in front of a church. On the reverse 'May 1929'.
John Leigh and Penny
John, squatting, holding Penny. On the reverse 'John and Penny'.
There is a second, slightly cropped version.
A third photograph has John standing holding Penny.
There is a second, slightly cropped version.
A third photograph has John standing holding Penny.
John Leigh and Wendy
John is lying on the grass with Wendy sitting on top of him. On the reverse 'Wendy & Daddy 11 mths Dawlish'.
John Leigh and Charlie
A head and shoulders portrait of John and Charlie. On the front is handwritten 'To John From his pal Charlie'.
On the reverse is a photographer's stamp 'W R Buckley'
On the reverse is a photographer's stamp 'W R Buckley'
John Leigh
A half-length portrait of John standing beside a sign post 'Stoneykirk 1 1/2 Stranraer 7'.
On the reverse 'Nov 1939 When on Air Gunners' course at No4 AOS West Freugh Scotland'.
On the reverse 'Nov 1939 When on Air Gunners' course at No4 AOS West Freugh Scotland'.
Ship's dinner menu
Dinner menu onboard John's transit to United States. The flag is the house flag of Glen line shipping.
John Leigh Commemorative scroll
A scroll commemorating the sacrifice that John gave to his King and Country.
MV Glenstrae entertainments
A list of entertainments on the ship. John Leigh was on the organising committee.
John Leigh birth certificate
John's birth certificate. His birth surname was Levy and he changed it later by deed poll.
Letter to John Leigh's wife from RAF Foulsham
The letter advises that he has no further news about her husband.
Telegram from John Leigh to his wife
John writes that he landed safely in Scotland and will be home soon.
Letter to John Leigh from Corporal EG Humphrey
The writer thanks John for helping him out of the aircraft and enabling him to make a safe landing.