Cheshire was also concerned about future remembrance and was influential in the concept of the National Memorial Arboretum, founded by David Childs. The amphitheatre at the Arboretum is dedicated to the memory of Leonard Cheshire. He was absolutely determined to be present at the unveiling of Arthur "Bomber" Harris's memorial on the 31 May 1992. He was to die only two months later and attended against the advice of his doctors, he said "I would have gone even if I had to be carried on a stretcher".