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Lewis Lawrence Golden OBE (6 December 1922 – 27 October 2017) was a British accountant, war veteran, and a founder of Everest Home Improvement. He was present at the Battle of Arnhem in 1944. Golden volunteered for the Army soon after his 18th birthday and was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in March 1942. He was one of the first Royal Signals officers to qualify as a parachutist and joined the 1st Parachute Brigade Signal Section. He was awarded the OBE in the 1978 Birthday Honours for services to the London Library. He made various significant charitable donations in retirement.