Trafford Leigh-Mallory was born on 11 July 1892 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England, UK. He was married to Doris Jean. He died on 14 November 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.