ARP warden Leonard John Miles was posthumously awarded the George Cross

George Cross

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 for the gallantry he showed in leaving his air raid shelter to warn others of an unexploded bomb nearby in Ilford

Ilford

Ilford is a large cosmopolitan town in East London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Redbridge. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It forms a significant commercial and retail...

 in Essex

Essex

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 on the 21st of September, 1940. He was fatally wounded when the device exploded. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette

London Gazette

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on the 17th of January, 1941.