Background
Claud Raymond was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Claud Raymond International Commission on Illumination, Military Cross, and Margaret Lilias Nancy Raymond (née Brown), of Fulham.
Claud Raymond was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Claud Raymond International Commission on Illumination, Military Cross, and Margaret Lilias Nancy Raymond (née Brown), of Fulham.
Wellington College; Trinity Hall.
He was 21 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 21 March 1945 at Talaku, Burma (now Myanmar), Lieutenant Raymond was second-in-command of a 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. Raymond grew up in Seaford, Sussex, and is remembered on the town"s war memorial.
A road in the town is also named after him.
As a member of an old County Kerry family with strong links to the Indian Army, Raymond is also regarded as an Irish Venture capital.
