Trafford Leigh-Mallory was born on July 11, 1892 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England, UK. He was married to Doris Jean. He died on November 14, 1944 in France.
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal killed en route to Burma in a plane crash on 14th November 1944. He was due to take up the post of Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command.
Leigh-Mallory's wife Lady Doris was killed alongside him but as the elder Leigh-Mallory was deemed to have died first.