Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37151/supplements/3365. Lieutenant Claud Raymond (273474), Corps of Royal Engineers (Seaford, Sussex). On 21st March 1945 at Talaku, Burma, 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 next day.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37151/supplements/3365. Lieutenant Claud Raymond (273474), Corps of Royal Engineers (Seaford, Sussex). On 21st March 1945 at Talaku, Burma, 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 next day.