# Leonard Addison > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Leonard_Addison > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Leonard_Addison.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Addison > Source revision: 1353431103 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British Army officer and diplomat (1902–1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person |name = Leonard Addison |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1902|09|27|df=yes}} |birth_place = Woolwich, London |death_date = {{death date and age|1975|05|30|1902|09|27|df=yes}} |death_place = Chelsea, London |rank = [Brigadier](/source/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)) |service_years = 1923–1948 |service_number = 24359 |allegiance = {{UK}} |branch = 23px [British Army](/source/British_Army)
{{flagicon|British Raj}} [British Indian Army](/source/British_Indian_Army) |commands = |battles = [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) |awards = [Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George](/source/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George), [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire), [Mentioned in Dispatches](/source/Mentioned_in_Dispatches) }} [Brigadier](/source/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)) '''Leonard Joseph Lancelot Addison''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG|CBE}} (27 September 1902 – 30 May 1975) was a [British Indian Army](/source/British_Indian_Army) officer and diplomat. ==Early life and marriage== Addison was born in [Woolwich](/source/Woolwich), the son of Joseph Lancelot Addison and Harriet Jowett. He was educated at [Strand School](/source/Strand_School) in Elm Park, followed by [Ardingly College](/source/Ardingly_College).{{cite web |last1=Palmer |first1=Robert |title=A concise biography of: Brigadier L. J. L. AddisonDIER L. J. L. ADDISON |url=https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/124/2019/12/ADDISON-Brigadier-Leonard-Joseph-Lancelot.pdf |website=British Military History |date=1 December 2019}} In 1912, he moved to [King's College School](/source/King's_College_School), and in January 1916, to [Dulwich College](/source/Dulwich_College). Leaving Dulwich College in December 1920 at the age of eighteen years, Addison entered the [Royal Military College, Sandhurst](/source/Royal_Military_College%2C_Sandhurst) as a Gentleman Cadet. In 1927 he married Phyllis Mabel Coombs, the daughter of E.E. Coombs OBE. They had one son and one daughter. ==Career== On 1 February 1923 he was commissioned into the 1st Battalion, [Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment](/source/Queen's_Own_Royal_West_Kent_Regiment).'Addison, Leonard Joseph Lancelot' in ''[http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html Indian Army Officers 1939-1945] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817061221/http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html |date=17 August 2015 }}'' at unithistories.com, accessed 13 August 2015 In June 1926 he was seconded to the Indian Army, and in July 1927 transferred to the [Indian Army Service Corps](/source/Indian_Army_Service_Corps).{{London Gazette|issue=33342|date=30 December 1927|page=8374}} He served on the North West Frontier during the 1930-31 campaign.Indian Army List supplement January 1941 He was promoted Captain in 1932 and Major in 1939. He served in India during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), working as assistant director of Contracts at Army HQ in Simla before seeing action in the [Burma Campaign](/source/Burma_Campaign), during which he was [Mentioned in Dispatches](/source/Mentioned_in_Dispatches). In May 1945, Addison was transferred to the Home Department of the Indian Government. In April 1946 he became Chief Director of Purchase at the Indian Department of Food,{{London Gazette|issue=37977|date=6 June 1947|page=2593 |supp=y }} and in June 1947 he was invested as a [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire). In 1947, he became a Counsellor at the [British High Commission](/source/British_High_Commission%2C_New_Delhi) in Calcutta. In March 1948, Addison was promoted to honorary brigadier and retired from the army. Between 1949 and 1952 he was Deputy High Commissioner in India.'Addison, Leonard Joseph Lancelot' in ''[http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html Indian Army Officers 1939-1945] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817061221/http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html |date=17 August 2015 }}'' at unithistories.com, accessed 13 August 2015 He was invested as a [Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) in June 1952.{{London Gazette|issue=39555|date=30 May 1952|page=3011 |supp=y }} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Addison, Leonard}} Category:1902 births Category:1975 deaths Category:People educated at the Strand School Category:People educated at Ardingly College Category:People educated at King's College School, London Category:People educated at Dulwich College Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II Category:Diplomats for the United Kingdom Category:British Indian Army officers Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Category:Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment officers Category:People from Woolwich Category:Military personnel from the Royal Borough of Greenwich Category:20th-century British Army personnel --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Leonard Addison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Addison) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Addison?action=history)). 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