page_title: Humphrey de Verd Leigh
hierarchical_section_title: Humphrey de Verd Leigh
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Wing Commander H de V. Leigh, inventor of the Leigh Light.
context_page_description: Wing Commander Humphrey de Verd Leigh, OBE, DFC, AFC was a Royal Air Force officer.
  Leigh's idea during World War II for an anti-submarine spotlight for Coastal Command was developed and named the Leigh Light.
context_section_description: Wing Commander Humphrey de Verd Leigh, OBE, DFC, AFC (1897–1980) was a Royal Air Force officer. 
  Leigh's idea during World War II for an anti-submarine spotlight for Coastal Command was developed and named the Leigh Light.
caption: Wing Commander de Verd Leigh
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