Leonard John Stanford[1] (26 September 1896 – 20 November 1967) was Archdeacon of Coventry[2] from 1946 to 1965.
He was wounded on the Somme and spent 18 months recovering in hospital.
[3][4] After a curacy in Royston he was Priest in charge of Brierley until 1931, then Rector of, Norton Lindsey from 1931 to 1940; Vicar of Newbold-on-Avon from 1940 to 1947 (during which time he was an honorary Chaplain in the RAF from 1941 to 1945); Rector of Bilton from 1947 to 1959; and, finally, Great with Little Packington from 1959 to 1966.
[3][5] Stanford was married twice: in 1927 to Dora Kathleen Timms (she died in 1939), with whom he had three sons and a daughter; and in 1941 to Hilda Kathleen Cooke.
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