Raymond Thomas Casamajor Addington (27 January 1919 – 28 October 2011) was a

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soldier who won the

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in the Netherlands in 1944/45 for his bravery as a battery captain with the 13th Honourable Artillery Company (HAC),

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(RHA).Major Tom Addington .
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'', 1 December 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015. Addington was the third son of Raymond Anthony Addington ( 6th Viscount Sidmouth 1887–1976). He was born in

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, India (now in Pakistan), where his father was serving in the 26th King George's Own Light Cavalry at

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. After retiring from the army in 1949, he became a cattle farmer until his death in 2011, aged 92.

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