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Sgt 979838 Thomas Leonard Lever

Sergeant Thomas Leonard Lever died in the crash in St. Andrews Park. He was the Wireless Operator on the night of the crash.

Unfortunately I have not been able to find out much about Thomas as I have not been able to contact his family. The official documents list him as being a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, he came from Wavertree in Liverpool and is buried in Toxteth Park cemetery, Liverpool (Sec. 8. Cons. Grave 671). Below is a photo of his gravestone.

The inscription reads:-

"In precious memory of
ALICE, aged 6 months, ETHEL, aged 8 months (twins),
DORIS, 10 months, DOROTHY 3 years, ELSIE, 8 months.
Also Sgt. Pilot T. L. LEVER, R.A.F. (LEN)
Killed night flying 30th April 1941, aged 20 years.
Dear children of MARGARET & THOMAS LEVER.
"At the end of the lane of shadows,
They will meet us with a smile"
Journey's End Len
Also THOMAS, devoted dad of the above
Died 27th November 1944
And MARGARET, wife and mother of the above
Aged 90 years"

The Liverpool Echo Death Notices for 3rd May 1941 contained the following entry:-

The Liverpool Echo Obituaries for 6th May 1941 contained the following entry:-

Len is commemorated, along with Kenneth Evans and Charlie Clarke, on the war memorial at Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire. The first photo below is reproduced with permission from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/SteepleMorden355thFighterGroup.html. This site contains a detailed description of the memorial. The second photo is reproduced with permission from Richard E Flagg from http://www.airfields.fotopic.net and shows the right hand panel of the memorial (underlining mine).

Additional Information about the Lever family

The Toxteth Park Cemetery records (see http://www.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/) have the following entries:-

Year	Name	Date	Age	Rank	Address	Folio	Entry Number	Section	Grave Number	Class Number
1915	Lever, Doris	30th November 1915	8 months	Infant	26 Portwood Street	5502	109687	8	671	352 CEM 9/1/22
1920	Lever, Dorothy	13th March 1920	2 years	-	26 Portwood Street	5709	113822	8	671	352 CEM 9/1/22
1920	Lever, Elsie	20th March 1920	7 months	Infant	26 Portwood Street	5710	113849	8	671	352 CEM 9/1/22

The 1911 Census has the following entry for Thomas Lever:-

If anyone has anymore information about the Lever family please could they contact me.