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Born in London on 1 December 1916, the 6th son of Sir Charles Steward Addis, KCMG, LLD, an economist, and Elizabeth Jane [Melsaac] of Frant, Sussex, Richard was educated at Rugby School (1929-1935) before coming up to Corpus where he achieved a 2nd class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1939: he was also Curator Artis Publicae (1936-1937) and Scholars’ ‘Glutton’ (1936-1937). In 1941 he married 1941 Lt Gillian [Dearmer], of the ATS, daughter of Percy Dearmer, and they had a son. He also was the author of A Gay Goodnight (1937) with D M de R Winser (also of Corpus and listed on this memorial) as well as articles on WWII; he even wrote a piece performed by Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He saw service with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Signals Branch at Dunkirk (where he was Mentioned in Despatches), with the Channel Balloon Barrage (for which he earned the Distinguished Service Cross), on HMS Mignotte off the West Coast of Africa in 1941, with the Mediterranean Fleet (1944) and aboard HMS Laforey ( - in which he died when it was sunk by U-boat off Anzio).