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Raymond, Cyril William North

Date of birth:
February 13th, 1899 (Rowley Regis/Staffordshire, Great Britain)
Date of death:
March 20th, 1973 (Ripe/Sussex, Great Britain)
Service number:
73361
Nationality:
British

Biography

Cyril Raymond was a British character actor.
Of dozens of film and television appearances, probably his best-remembered role was as Fred Jesson, the husband of Celia Johnson's Laura Jesson in Brief Encounter (1945).

Promotions:
24 May, 1917: Temporary Second-Lieutenant (on probation) Royal Flying Corps
24 May, 1917: Temporary Second-Lieutenant (on probation) Royal Flying Corps
16 mei 1939: Pilot Officer Administrative and Special Duties Branch
11 September, 1939: Flying Officer
? Flight Lieutenant
24 August, 1943: Temporary Squadron Leader
10 August, 1954: Commission relinquished, retaining rank as Wing Commander

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Squadron Leader
Awarded on:
June 2nd, 1943
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Wing Commander
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Wing Commander
Awarded on:
June 14th, 1945
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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