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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name = Leonard Addison <br />
|image = <br />
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1902|09|27|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place = Woolwich, London<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|1975|05|30|1902|09|27|df=yes}}<br />
|death_place = Chelsea, London<br />
|rank = [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]]<br />
|serviceyears = 1923-1948<br />
|servicenumber = 24359<br />
|allegiance = {{UK}}<br />
|branch = [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]<br />{{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Indian Army]]<br />
|commands = <br />
|battles = [[Second World War]]<br />
|awards = [[Order of St Michael and St George|Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]], [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]], [[Mentioned in Dispatches]]<br />
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[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] '''Leonard Joseph Lancelot Addison''' {{post-nominals|CMG|CBE}} (27 September 1902 – 30 May 1975) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer and diplomat.<br />
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==Early life and marriage==<br />
Addison was born in [[Woolwich]], the son of Joseph Lancelot Addison and Harriet Jowett. He was educated at [[King's College School]] and [[Dulwich College]], before attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref>'Addison, Leonard Joseph Lancelot' in ''[http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html Indian Army Officers 1939-1945]'' at unithistories.com, accessed 13 August 2015</ref><br />
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In 1927 he married Phyllis Mabel Coombs, the daughter of E.E. Coombs OBE. They had one son and one daughter.<br />
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==Career==<br />
On 1 February 1923 he was commissioned into the 1st Battalion, [[Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment]].<ref>'Addison, Leonard Joseph Lancelot' in ''[http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html Indian Army Officers 1939-1945]'' at unithistories.com, accessed 13 August 2015</ref> In June 1926 he was seconded to the Indian Army, and in July 1927 transferred to the [[Indian Army Service Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33342|date=30 December 1927|page=8374}}</ref> He served on the North West Frontier during the 1930-31 campaign.<ref>Indian Army List supplement January 1941</ref> He was promoted Captain in 1932 and Major in 1939. He served in India during the [[Second World War]], working as Assistant Director of Contracts at Army HQ in Simla before seeing action in the [[Burma Campaign]], during which he was [[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,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37977|date=6 June 1947|page=2593 |supp=y }}</ref> and in June 1947 he was invested as a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]].<br />
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In 1947 he became a Counsellor at the [[British High Commission, New Delhi|British High Commission]] 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.<ref>'Addison, Leonard Joseph Lancelot' in ''[http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html Indian Army Officers 1939-1945]'' at unithistories.com, accessed 13 August 2015</ref> He was invested as a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in June 1952.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39555|date=30 May 1952|page=3011 |supp=y }}</ref><br />
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