Lance Corporal Leonard Fitzpatrick

Leonard Fitzpatrick was the son of John Thomas and Eliza Ann Fitzpatrick, of Mount Pleasant, Batley, Yorkshire, he enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps and volunteered for Airborne forces.

Lance Corporal Fitzpatrick successfully completed parachute training at RAF Ringway on course number 102, from 7 to 18 February 1944. His course report stated “Cheerful, hard worker, jumped well.” He was posted to 716 (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).

L/Cpl Fitzpatrick was killed in action on 23 June 1944, aged 21, and was buried in Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France.

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