Editing William Addison (VC) (section)

==Early life==
William Addison was born in [[North Warnborough]], Hampshire, on 18 September 1883 to William Grylis Addison and Alice Addison.<ref name=Gregory>{{cite news|url=https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/10413472.blue-plaques-honouring-two-decorated-war-heroes-unveiled-in-north-hampshire/|title=Blue plaques honouring two decorated war heroes unveiled in North Hampshire|date=13 May 2013|author= Chris Gregory|work=Basingstoke Gazette}}</ref><ref name=Gliddon>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUcTDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT134|title= VCs: The Sideshows|publisher=The History Press|author=Gerald Gliddon|date=1 August 2014|pages=134–141|isbn= 978-0-7509-5765-6}}</ref> He was educated at [[Odiham Grammar School]], Odiham, Hants.<ref name=Hammond>{{cite news|url=https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/14435302.plaque-unveiled-to-honour-the-bravery-of-war-hero-chaplain/|title=Plaque unveiled to honour the bravery of war hero chaplain|date=18 April 2016|work=Basingstoke Gazette|author=Clive Hammond}}</ref> The family moved to Kent when he was 13, leading British government authorities to believe he had been born in Kent until the error was revealed by the chair of the Odiham branch of the [[Royal British Legion]].<ref name=Gregory/><ref name=Hammond/> After his father's death in 1904, he moved to Canada, where he worked as a farmer and a lumberjack.<ref name=Gliddon/> He returned to England in 1909 and became a farmer in Devon, saving up money to train for the priesthood. He entered [[Salisbury Theological College]] in 1911, and was admitted as a student in theology at [[Durham University]] (to which Salisbury was an associated theological college) in Easter term 1912, passing the first year examination in theology in the same term.<ref name=Gliddon/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?query=addison&docId=bookreader%2FDU_Calendars%2F1914-5%2Fducal1914METS.xml&hit.rank=1#page/494/mode/1up|page=475|title=Durham University Calendar 1914–15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?query=addison&docId=bookreader%2FDU_Calendars%2F1912-3%2Fducal1912METS.xml&hit.rank=1#page/290/mode/1up|page=272|title=Durham University Calendar 1912–13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://libguides.durham.ac.uk/c.php?g=684731&p=4896623|title=Archives and Special Collections: Durham University Records: Information|at=Colleges|accessdate=27 June 2024}}</ref> He was [[ordained]] at Salisbury Cathedral in May 1913 and became [[curate]] of [[St Edmund's Church, Salisbury]] (now closed).<ref name=Gliddon/>