| birth_place = [[w:Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton-on-Tees]], County Durham, England | death_place = [[w:Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton-on-Tees]], County Durham, England

...g with people who sounded right, people in theatrical circles and in the [[officers' mess]] during the war."<ref name="prime">{{cite web |title=The prime of Mr ...ery]] in 1943.<ref name="Oldie"/> He was transferred to the [[Durham Light Infantry]] in 1944 but was later declared unfit for service just before [[D-Day]] af