Sergeant Leonard T Kiff

Leonard Thomas Kiff was the son of Leopold and Ada Kiff, of Bromley, Kent. He enlisted into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and volunteered for airborne forces.

Sergeant Kiff successfully completed his Glider pilot training and was posted to F Squadron, 2nd Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

Sgt Kiff was killed in action on 24 September 1944, aged 21, and was given a field burial in an isolated grave 300 yards north of the Hartstein Hotel, Oosterbeek and was re-interred to Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery on 28 August 1945.

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