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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Claud_Raymond > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Claud_Raymond.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claud_Raymond > Source revision: 1351632957 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}} {{for|the baseball player|Claude Raymond}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox military person |name=Claud Raymond |birth_date=2 October 1923 |death_date=22 March 1945 (aged 21) |birth_place= [Mottistone](/source/Mottistone), [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight), [England](/source/England) |death_place= [British Burma](/source/British_Burma) |burial_place=[Taukkyan War Cemetery](/source/Taukkyan_War_Cemetery) |image= VCClaudeRaymond.jpg |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{UK}} |service_years=1943–1945{{KIA}} |rank=Lieutenant |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |commands= |unit=[Royal Engineers](/source/Royal_Engineers) |battles= [World War II](/source/World_War_II) * [Pacific War](/source/Pacific_War) ** [Burma campaign](/source/Burma_campaign) *** [Burma campaign 1945](/source/Burma_campaign_1944-45) {{DOW}} |awards= [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross) |other_work= }} '''Claud Raymond''' [VC](/source/Victoria_Cross) (2 October 1923 – 22 March 1945) was a British recipient of the [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations) forces. As a member of an old County Kerry family with strong links to the Indian Army, Raymond is also regarded as an Irish VC. ==Details== Claud Raymond was the son of [Lieutenant Colonel](/source/Lieutenant_Colonel) Maurice Claud Raymond CIE, [MC](/source/Military_Cross), and Margaret Lilias Nancy Raymond (née Brown), of [Fulham](/source/Fulham). He was 21 years old, and a Lieutenant in the [Corps of Royal Engineers](/source/Corps_of_Royal_Engineers), [British Army](/source/British_Army) during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 21 March 1945 at [Talaku](/source/Talaku), [Burma (now Myanmar)](/source/Myanmar), Lieutenant Raymond was second-in-command of a [reconnaissance](/source/reconnaissance) patrol when they were fired on by a strongly entrenched enemy detachment and the lieutenant at once led his men towards the position. He was first wounded in the shoulder and then in the head, but continued leading his men forward, when he was hit a third time, his wrist being shattered. He still carried on into the enemy defences where he was largely responsible for capturing the position. In spite of the gravity of his wounds, he refused medical aid until all the other wounded had received attention. He died the next day, aged 21.{{London Gazette|issue=37151|supp=y|page=3365|date=26 June 1945 }} ==Legacy== Raymond grew up in [Seaford](/source/Seaford%2C_East_Sussex), Sussex, and is remembered on the town's war memorial. A road in the town is also named after him. Raymond was educated at [Wellington College](/source/Wellington_College%2C_Berkshire), and the Wellington College RFC 3rd XV is nicknamed "the Raymonds" in his honour. thumb|200px|right ==The Medal== His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [Royal Engineers Museum](/source/Royal_Engineers_Museum) in [Chatham, Kent](/source/Chatham%2C_Kent). ==References== {{Reflist}} *''[British VCs of World War 2](/source/British_VCs_of_World_War_2)'' (John Laffin, 1997) *''[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross](/source/Irish_Winners_of_the_Victoria_Cross)'' ([Richard Doherty](/source/Richard_Doherty) & David Truesdale, 2000) *''[Monuments to Courage](/source/Monuments_to_Courage)'' (David Harvey, 1999) *''[The Register of the Victoria Cross](/source/The_Register_of_the_Victoria_Cross)'' (''This England'', 1997) *''[The Sapper VCs](/source/The_Sapper_VCs)'' (Gerald Napier, 1998) ==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} *[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2262428 CWGC entry] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061218200907/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_his_vc.htm#1r Royal Engineers Museum] Sappers VCs * {{Find a Grave|8170848}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Raymond, Claud}} Category:1923 births Category:1945 deaths Category:British Army personnel killed in World War II Category:Military personnel from the Isle of Wight Category:Royal Engineers officers Category:People from Seaford, East Sussex Category:People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Category:Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Category:British World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross Category:British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Category:Burials at Taukkyan War Cemetery --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Claud Raymond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claud_Raymond) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claud_Raymond?action=history)). 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