Leslie Ronald Eades was born and lived in Birmingham. He enlisted in the Royal Tank Regiment and volunteered for Airborne Forces.

He successfully completed parachute training at RAF Ringway on course number 99 from 19 January to 3 February 1944. His course report stated “Slow, morale good, reliable, average jumper”. He was posted to B Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment, Army Air Corps.

He was murdered by a Nazi firing squad on 7 July 1944, aged 22 and is now buried in Rom Communal Cemetery, Southern France.