See also

Leslie James Luscombe (1908-1999)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1908, Register Entry for Baprism of Leslie James Luscombe

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1924-1928, Recod of Service (Ledger) ADM-362-41-445

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1929-1932, Record of Service (Card) ADM-363-241-44

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1939, 1939 Register for Leslie J Luscombe in Portsmouth, Hampshire

  • Birth:

  • 21 Sep 1908

  • Keyham, Devonport, Devon1 2

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  • Address: 3 St Maws Terrace

  • Baptism:

  • 16 Oct 1908 (age 0)

  • St James the Great Parish Church1

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  • Address: Devonport, Devon

    Who else as present is not known.

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 2)

  • 1911 Census - living with parents

  • Education:

  • btw 1921 and 1924 (age 12-16)

  • secondary education; the Regent Street School3

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  • Address: Devonport, Devon

  • Military Service:

  • frm 5 Aug 1924 to 6 Apr 1932 (age 15-23)

  • Royal Navy as an Electrical Artificer; shore establishments and afloat4 5

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  • After 3 year Electrical Artificer apprenticeship at H.M.S. Fisgard he was awarded a 2nd Class Certificate on passing out in October 1928 and drafted to H.M.S.Victory and H.M.S. Defiance for specialist training. He then served in H.M.S. Rodney from 19 November 1929 to August 1931 as an Electrical Artificer 4th Class. He was drafted to H.M.S. Defiance on 5 September 1931 probably for more specialist training but was invalided out with tubercular mesenteric glands which is a common manifestation of tuberculosis in the abdomen.

  • 1939 Register:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 31)

  • Portsmouth, Hampshire6

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  • Address: 18 Ventnor Road

    Leslie is lodging in the household of Arthur Barker and his wife Lilian. There is another lodger Iris Dawes.

  • Residence:

  • frm 1951 to 1957 (age 42-49)

  • Australia7

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  • Went to Australia to do market research for British Import/Export company.

  • Death:

  • 22 May 1999 (age 90)

  • Sydney, Australia8

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  • Person Source

Marriage (1)

Marriage (2)

  • Spouse:

  • Nin Dawes (1910- )

  • Marriage:

  • 1930 (age 21-22)9

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  • Address: Portsmouth, Hampshire

  • Divorce:

  • c. 1950 (age 41-42)

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  • Pat's & Ann's recollection

Individual Note

According to HKL he changed his car every 2 years and went to Birmingham to collect it.10

Sources

1.

Parish Register for Baptism of Leslie James Luscombe, St James, Devonport, Devon, 16 October 1908, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.

2.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Leslie James Luscombe, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1908 Q4 Devonport Vol 5b, Page 279; Cit. Date: Q4 1908. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

3.

Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 4 Nov 2011, (4 Nov 2011). Custom Id: HKL 2011-11-04; Page 1. Cit. Date: "No date given". Pat Ward.

4.

Military Record for Leslie James Luscombe in the Electrical Artificer of the Royal Navy from 5 August 1924 to 6 April 1932.

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Military Record ( Record of Service ) for Leslie James Luscombe in the Electrical Artificer Branch of the Royal Navy. National Archives

6.

1939 Register: Leslie J Luscombe, 29 September 1939, National Archives.

7.

John Hartley, Les Luscombe Bookish Ardonaut 1908 - 1999, (Sydney Morning Herald 4 Jun 1999). Pat Ward.

8.

Ibid. Cit. Date: 4 June 1999. Pat Ward.

9.

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, Leslie J Luscombe and Lilian M M Dawes, Q3 1930, Portsmouth, Vol. 2b, Page 1496, General Register Office.

10.

Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Encolsure to letter from Harry Luscombe to his Niece Pat Ward dated 13 Aug 2005, (Box File Uncle Harry's Letters). Custom Id: HKL 2005-08-13 To Pat; Pat Ward.