Addiscombe

Addiscombe Military Seminary, where Raymond Dewar was a student, 'was established in 1809 and continued until 1861 when was superseded by the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich following the amalgamation of the Company's forces with the British Army'. See http://www.invaluable.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotTitle=%5B+Medals+%5D+Addiscombe+Military+Seminary%2C+Pollock+&lotRef=P0WKQHDV2V for further information.

'In 1809 Emelius Ratcliffe sold Addiscombe Place to the British East India Company, whereupon it became a Military Seminary - the Addiscombe Military Academy. The company dealt in the importation of tea, coffee, silk, cotton and spices, and maintained its own private army. The officers of this army were trained at Addiscombe before setting off for India.' See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiscombe for further information.