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{{short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}} {{more footnotes needed|date=January 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = William Robert Fountaine Addison | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = VCWilliamRobertFountainsAddison.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1883|09|16|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|01|07|1883|09|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[North Warnborough]], Hampshire | death_place = [[St Leonards-on-Sea]], Sussex | placeofburial = [[Brookwood Cemetery]] | placeofburial_coordinates = {{Coord|51.298319|-0.626347|display=inline,title}} | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom|23px}} | branch = {{army|United Kingdom|23px}} | serviceyears = 1914β1938<br>1939β1942 | rank = Chaplain | servicenumber = <!--Do not use data from primary sources such as service records.--> | unit = [[Army Chaplain's Department]] | commands = | battles = [[First World War]] *[[Middle Eastern theatre of World War I|Middle Eastern theatre]] **[[Mesopotamian campaign]] [[Second World War]] | battles_label = | awards = [[Victoria Cross]]<br>[[Order of St. George]] IV class (Russia) | memorials = | spouse = <!-- Add spouse if reliably sourced --> | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = }} '''William Robert Fountaine Addison''' (18 September 1883 β 7 January 1962) was an English Anglican priest and [[Royal Army Chaplains' Department|army chaplain]]. He was a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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