About Leonard Berney
Lived 1920 – 2016 (aged 95). Leonard Berney was a military personnel.
Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Berney (11 April 1920 – 7 March 2016) was a British soldier who was one of the first British officers at the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. He also testified in the Belsen trial.
In 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, he published the memoir Liberating Belsen Concentration Camp – A Personal Account by (former) Lt-Colonel Leonard Berney. He attended Brighton College and then St Paul's School, London 1933–38.
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Who was Leonard Berney?
British soldier
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Leonard Berney was born on 11 April 1920 in London.
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Leonard Berney died on 7 March 2016.
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Leonard Berney was a military personnel.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Leonard Berney. https://biography.guide/leonard-berney/
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