Notes
Born in Roehampton, Surrey, on 16 August 1914, the 2nd son of Sir George Frederick Paddison, KBE, of Guildford. He was educated at Rugby School (1928-1933) and achieved a 2nd in Literae Humaniores at Corpus in 1937. He then spent time at Grenoble University before becoming a Master at Hilton College, Natal in 1938. He enlisted when Italy entered the war in 1940 and served with the 1st Royal Natal Carabineers in Somaliland and Abyssinia before in 1941 transferring to the Intelligence Department in Egypt and Libya.