During the Second World War William Leslie Green trained a Home Guard company in Sheffield. In his spare time Capt Green was a fund-raiser for the Royal British Legion and a patron of the Old Contemptibles Association. In 1944 he was shot again and seriously injured in an accident on the rifle range at Totley outside Sheffield. A round was accidentally discharged and ricocheted off a wall injuring a group of officers including Leslie who was shot in the stomach and lost an eye. In 1947 the Home Guard was stood down. William Leslie Green was presented with a Silver Tureen and a testimonial letter which speaks for itself. William Leslie Green died on September 5, 1951, in Sheffield, at the age of 55 of heart failure exacerbated by his injuries. As the cause of death included “gun shot wounds”, an inquest was held resulting in a verdict of "Death by Misadventure". The family Dr Joseph Warner (himself an ex-Army MO) wrote … "… the wounds received in the First World War caused a condition in Captain Green’s legs for which he had been treated in hospital each year from 1932 to 1945. It had been coupled with a heart disease which had been the final cause of death." His son John, born 1935, said' "My mother told me that he had the most terrible nightmares but as children we never knew about it - to us, he was just Dad. He was also a very devoted Christian and I know his faith helped him overcome these things. When I think about it I just can't imagine how he coped. It was announced at his funeral that he'd been considered for a Victoria Cross but we never found out any more as many records were lost during the Blitz. It just shows the calibre of the chap he was, although he was the most gentle man you could ever hope to meet. We weren't a well off family by any means but he always insisted our clothes were handed to people in need."