This memorial page is dedicated to Leonard Sandford, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

Name: Sandford
First names: Leonard
Nickname: –
Date of birth: –
Place of birth: London E
Residence: –
Rank / Occupation: Signalman
Identity tag: 14651699
Unit: Royal Corps of Signals, 11th Armoured Division Signals
Date of death: 13 November 1944
Place of death: Deurne
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: Mierlo War Cemetery
Memorial site: –

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Additional information

Grave location: VII. G. 6.

Son of Albert and Harriet Sandford; widow Joyce E. Sandford, of Finchley, Middlesex.

Leonard Sandford’s field grave was situated near the NAD camp at Wasberg, also known as Camp Wasberg, located between Langstraat and Suezlaan in Deurne

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