Researching Gordon Levett
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1316 people with the Levett surname? In that year Levett was ranked number 2314 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Gordon means "from the cornered hill" and is of English origin.
Records of Gordon Levett on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gordon Levett and the Levett Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 1760 people with the Levett surname in the UK? Levett is now ranked number 2498 for popularity in the UK. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Gordon Levett. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Gordon Levett
Gordon Levett
Gordon Levett (1921–2000) was a former Royal Air Force pilot in World War II who volunteered for a covert mission to fly supplies including dismantled fighter planes into the fledgling state of Israel in its 1948 Arab–Israeli War as part of Operation Balak. Later Levett joined the first squadron of the newly created Israeli Air Force, helping establish a permanent Israeli military and aiding in the founding of the state of Israel. Levett was the only English gentile pilot in the Israeli Air Force, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Source: Gordon Levett, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
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