He presided over a number of high-profile cases including that of the serial killer Graham Young and the former MP John Stonehouse.
[1] He was a member of his school's Officer Training Corps, the forerunner to the Combined Cadet Force.
[2] Following a break in his studies when he was called up at the start of WW2, he graduated in 1940 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.
Eveleigh was commissioned into the reserve of the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 29 August 1936 as a second lieutenant.
[5] On 25 April 1961, he was appointed a Recorder, a part-time judge, sitting at the magistrates' court of Burton-upon-Trent.