A Post-War C.M.G., Civil C.B.E. Group of Nine to Brigadier L.J.L. Addison, Deputy High Commissioner for the U.K. in India, Late Indian Army, The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion's (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander's (C.B.E.), 2nd type, Civil Division, neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of the arms privately engraved, 'Brigadier L.J.L. Addison, C.B.E., 12.VI.1947', in Spink, London case of issue; India General Service 1908-35, one clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Capt., R.I.A.S.C.), officially renamed; War Medal 1939-45 M.I.D. Oakleaf; India Service 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1953; Indian Independence 1947, unnamed, clasp lugs of Indian General Service Medals removed for mounting purposes, otherwise good very fine, the Medals mounted Court-style as worn (9)

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A Post-War C.M.G., Civil C.B.E. Group of Nine to Brigadier L.J.L. Addison, Deputy High Commissioner for the U.K. in India, Late Indian Army, The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion's (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander's (C.B.E.), 2nd type, Civil Division, neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of the arms privately engraved, 'Brigadier L.J.L. Addison, C.B.E., 12.VI.1947', in Spink, London case of issue; India General Service 1908-35, one clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Capt., R.I.A.S.C.), officially renamed; War Medal 1939-45 M.I.D. Oakleaf; India Service 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1953; Indian Independence 1947, unnamed, clasp lugs of Indian General Service Medals removed for mounting purposes, otherwise good very fine, the Medals mounted Court-style as worn (9)

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C.M.G. London Gazette 5.6.1952.

C.B.E. London Gazette 12.6.1947.

Mention in Despatches London Gazette 25.10.1940.

Brigadier Leonard Joseph Lancelot Addison, C.M.G., C.B.E., was born in September 1902 and was originally commissioned into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1923. Transferring to the Indian Army in 1926, he went on to witness active service on the North West Frontier in the 1930s and had attained the rank of Brigadier by the close of hostilities in 1945. Placed on the Retired List two years later, Addison opted to remain in India after Independence and held a number of appointments for both the Indian and British Governments, latterly as Deputy High Commissioner for the U.K. in Calcutta between 1949-52. Subsequently appointed a C.M.G. and C.B.E., the Brigadier died in May 1975.