Leslie Richard Eyre Appleton, OBE^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1914 - 2000  (86 years)

• Name	Leslie Richard Eyre Appleton  [8]
  Suffix	OBE
  Birth	24 Apr 1914	Birkenhead, Cheshire, England   [2, 5, 6, 7]
  Baptism	29 Aug 1920	Paston, Norfolk, England   [6]
  		Leslie Richard Eyre & Peggy Appleton - baptism Media Date: 29 AUG 1920 Keywords: Picture
  		Leslie Richard Eyre & Peggy Appleton - baptism Media Date: 29 AUG 1920 Keywords: Picture
  Gender	Male
  Death	Sep 2000	Grantham, Lincolnshire, England   [2]
  Person ID	I1398	DBH Twigs
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	William Ewart Appleton,   b. 1889, Norfolk, England
  Mother	Emily Augusta Eyre,   b. 1890, Plymouth, Devon, England
  Family ID	F7522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Christine Matilda Schwardt,   b. 5 Jul 1911   d. Jan 1956, Westminster, London, England (Age 44 years)  [10]
  Marriage	Apr 1937	Greenwich, Kent, England   [4]
  Family ID	F6893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Gillian Margaret Hatton,   b. 9 Mar 1937, Brentford, Middlesex, England d. 12 Feb 2017, Lincolnshire, England (Age 79 years)  [10]
  Marriage	1959	Ealing, London, England   [3, 9]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F6892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2025

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Appleton OBE Supplement to The London Gazette Media Date: 31 DEC 1957 Keywords: Newspaper
  		Appleton OBE Media Date: 31 DEC 1957 Keywords: Newspaper
  		Leslie Appleton - 1921 Census Media Date: 1921 Keywords: Picture
  		Leslie Appleton - 1921 Census Media Date: 1921 Keywords: Picture
  		Leslie Richard Eyre & Peggy Appleton - baptism Media Date: 29 AUG 1920 Keywords: Picture
  		Leslie Richard Eyre & Peggy Appleton - baptism Media Date: 29 AUG 1920 Keywords: Picture
  		Leslie Appleton -1939 Register Media Date: 1939 Keywords: Picture
  		Leslie Appleton -1939 Register Media Date: 1939 Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Sources

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