Leonard Cheshire
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Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire was a British Royal Air Force pilot, officer and philanthropist.
Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire in January 1943
A blue plaque marks the house in which he was born in Chester, which at the time was a nursing home for expectant mothers.
Hugh "Lofty" Long (centre) with pilot officer Cheshire (second row, right) in group photo of 102 Squadron, 1940
Cheshire's fire-damaged Whitley bomber, November 1940
Sue Ryder
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Margaret Susan Cheshire, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw, Baroness Cheshire,, commonly known as Sue Ryder, was a British volunteer with the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and a member
Leonard Cheshire
…In 1953, Cheshire founded the Raphael Pilgrimage to enable sick and disabled Christians to travel to Lourdes on pilgrimage. In 1959 with wife Sue Ryder, Ryder-Cheshire. This charity was set up for joint projects that did not fall under their respective foundations, and began with the founding of Raphael…
Sue Ryder, portrait from charity's website
A garden square in Warsaw named after Sue Ryder. It is a part of the Greater Poland Park.
Plaque at "Sue Ryder Square" in Gdynia, Poland, stating that she was an honorary citizen of the city and that her Foundation had helped fund a cancer ward there
Lady Ryder Blue Plaque