Leadbeater, Worrall Reginald

Date of birth:: August 23rd, 1913 (Dublin, Ireland)
Date of death:: August 25th, 1992 (Norwich/Norfolk, United Kingdom)
Service number:: 131945
Nationality:: British

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Military Cross (MC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class
Unit:: attchd to 6th Motor Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Awarded on:: August 19th, 1943

Citation:
"During an attack on the 16th to 17th March 1943, the Battalion to which this officer was attached as Chaplain suffered extremely heavy casualties in concentrated minefields. The Padre undertook the duty of collecting wounded both in darkness and daylight from mined areas. He carried out his self-imposed task with complete disregard for his personal safety and with the utmost bravery, being undoubtedly responsible for the saving of many lives which otherwise must have been lost and mitigated the suffering of the wounded. Some days later the Reverend Leadbeater directed the removal of our dead from the minefields and again his inspiring example energy and personality were largely responsible for the completion of this most dangerous and distasteful task. In proof of the thickness of the minefield it should be noted that some 720 mines were lifted in order to remove 69 bodies from the mined areas."