Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Squadron Leader Geoffrey Berrington Warnes DSO, DFC (22 October 1914 – 22 February 1944) flew with No. 263 Squadron RAF during World War II. He was described by Group Captain J E \"Johnnie\" Johnson as a \"gay, cheerful character\" who was a \"leader of men\".He was the son of Clifford and Dorothy Warnes, as a child he lived in Headingley, Leeds; he was educated at Cockburn High School, leaving in 1931 \"to work in an office\". He was a member of the Civil Air Guard where he learnt to fly with the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club at Yeadon Aerodrome, his instructor was \"Ginger\" Lacey (later Squadron Leader). He played rugby with Headingly Rugby Club (now Yorkshire Carnegie) from 1936 until the outbreak of war."@en }
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- Geoffrey_Warnes abstract "Squadron Leader Geoffrey Berrington Warnes DSO, DFC (22 October 1914 – 22 February 1944) flew with No. 263 Squadron RAF during World War II. He was described by Group Captain J E \"Johnnie\" Johnson as a \"gay, cheerful character\" who was a \"leader of men\".He was the son of Clifford and Dorothy Warnes, as a child he lived in Headingley, Leeds; he was educated at Cockburn High School, leaving in 1931 \"to work in an office\". He was a member of the Civil Air Guard where he learnt to fly with the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club at Yeadon Aerodrome, his instructor was \"Ginger\" Lacey (later Squadron Leader). He played rugby with Headingly Rugby Club (now Yorkshire Carnegie) from 1936 until the outbreak of war.".