Notes
All additional information and this short biography are supplied thanks to the research of the Blackpool Grammar School Old Boys: 'He was the son of Leslie and Edith Scratcherd of Cameron Avenue in Layton, attended Claremont School, and was at the Grammar School from 1934 until 1937. He trained at Wireless School, then joined the Merchant Navy and became First Radio Officer on the SS Koranton (Newcastle on Tyne) which was lost on Friday 28th March 1941 when Les was just 18. He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.'