Television personality and author. Born Raymond Paul Mears in Kenley, Croydon. Presenter of several television programmes about bushcraft and survival techniques.
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Crystal Palace
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Stephen John Fry
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Sir David Attenborough
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Jimmy Edwards DFC
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Vice Chairman of the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
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