Rayment, Leonard Silvester Henry
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Leonard Silvester Henry |
Surname | Rayment |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-08-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Richard Charles Leslie and Enid F A Rayment (née Cox), who married in Holborn in 1911 and resided in Peckham. Step-son of Mildred Mary Rayment (née Simmons). Husband of Violet Elsie Rayment (née Passmore), whom he married in 1940 in Camberwell. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AE223 |
Markings | OL-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Camberwell New Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Square 91. Col. grave 6888. Screen wall. Panel 10. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 1122 (Block 102, Column 24, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 88 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 908502 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Ground Staff |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of L.S.H. Rayment 83 Sqn |
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 29 Dec 1915, Camberwell, Southwark, London. Occupation in 1939: Pure silk dyer. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/40 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/39 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-08-1941 |
End Date | 25-08-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (6% moon) |
Operation | Wesel |
Reason for Loss | Minutes after returning the bomb bay doors were opened and it is believed a bomb fell out and exploded |