Charles Leaf | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1895 |
| Died | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". 19 February 1947 (aged Error: Need valid year, month, day) |
| Nationality | British |
| Children | 2 including Freydis Sharland |
| Education | Harrow School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
British Army Royal Marines |
| Years of service |
1914–1918 1943–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars |
First World War Second World War |
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! colspan="3" | Sailing
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| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 
|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1936 Berlin || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 6 metre class
Charles Symonds Leaf, FSA (13 November 1895 in Marylebone – 19 February 1947) was a British sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography[]
Leaf was educated at Harrow School, an all-boys independent boarding school, and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]
Leaf was an amateur archaeologist.[3] On 11 January 1934, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA).[4] He donated the majority of his archaeological finds to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.[2]
In 1936 he was a crew member of the British boat Lalage which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class. On 22 August 1917, Leaf married Catherine Blanche Kay-Shuttleworth, daughter of Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth.[5] They had two children. His daughter Freydis went on to be one of the first women to qualify for RAF wings.[6]
Military service[]
Leaf served in the British Army during the First World War. On 18 October 1914, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).[7] He was promoted to temporary lieutenant on 22 January 1916.[8] He was seconded to the Machine Gun Corps (MGC) on 3 April 1917.[9] He was promoted to substantive lieutenant on 12 May 1917 with seniority in that rank from 1 June 1916.[10] He ceased to be employed by the MGC on 30 December 1918,[11] and rejoined his regiment the same day.[12]
He served in the Royal Marines during the Second World War. He was commissioned in the Royal Marines as a probationary temporary lieutenant on 21 June 1943.[13] His commission was confirmed on 21 December 1943 and he became a temporary lieutenant.[14] His commission was terminated on 27 July 1945.[15]
References[]
- ↑ "C". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Charles Leaf" (in en-gb). https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/charles-leaf/Uu4HsS1i7GdXrEffywHFI.
- ↑ "Person Details: Charles S Leaf B. A., F. S. A." (in en). https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/personDetails.xhtml?personId=38078.
- ↑ "Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries". 1934. pp. 233-234. Digital object identifier:10.1017/S0003581500051362.
- ↑ "Life story: Charles Symonds Leaf". Imperial War Museum. https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2335991.
- ↑ Fountain, Nigel (10 June 2014). "Freydis Sharland obituary" (in en). the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/freydis-sharland.
- ↑ "No. 28941". 16 October 1914. p. 8331. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28941/supplement/8331
- ↑ "No. 29605". 30 May 1916. p. 5443. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29605/supplement/5443
- ↑ "No. 30024". 17 April 1917. p. 3714. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30024/supplement/3714
- ↑ "No. 30063". 11 May 1917. p. 4585. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30063/supplement/4585
- ↑ "No. 31229". 11 March 1919. p. 3464. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31229/supplement/3464
- ↑ "No. 31470". 22 July 1919. p. 9406. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31470/supplement/9406
- ↑ "No. 36077". 2 July 1943. p. 2996. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36077/supplement/2996
- ↑ "No. 36352". 28 January 1944. p. 543. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36352/page/543
- ↑ "No. 37296". 5 October 1945. p. 4906. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37296/page/4906
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