... Rangoon and Penang, Willy being bom in India. Horatio died in Djakarta in 1936. and his sons were in Singapore during the Second World War, enlisting in the British Army and being captured by the Japanese. They were repatriated to Britain and demobilised in ...

... the spell. Born on August 19, 1927 in south London, Owen had a variety of jobs before serv ing in the RAF during the Second World War. With aspirations from an early age to be an actor, he trained at LAMDA on being demobbed, then joined Watford Reper ...

... Bryanston and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he studied languages. Invalided out of the Intelligence Corps early in the Second World War, he joined the BBC French Service. After the war, he became a radio producer but transferred to television in the mid-fifties ...

... broadcasting and recording with the band and also making some recordings under his own name. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Munn took up work in an aircraft factory, but was soon allowed to continue his musical career, which he did with the ...

... Klot into a large family of Russian descent on April 1 1923 in London's East End. After serving in the RAF dur ing the Second World War, he entered showbusiness as Issy Bonn's dresser, and was allowed to sing one song dur ing Bonn's show. His big break ...

... in 1938 (Duchess) with a cast that included Williams him self and Sybil Thorndike. It was an overnight success. In the Second World War he joined the Gordon Highlanders, served in France and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He was made a major at ...

... Glyndebourne chorus for the 1938 season, singing alongside Peter Pears, and had some minor roles at Covent Garden before the Second World War put an end to opera for the duration. In 1941, she married the musician and record producer Walter Legge and had a daughter ...

... continual promotion of contemporary music. Glock combined these activi ties with his service with the RAF during the Second World War, and in 1947, prompted by Schnabel, he set up a summer school at Bryanston in Dorset. It offered a wide range of musical ...

... Glory, Catherine the Great, The Prisoner of Zenda (as the roguish Rupert of Hentzau) and The Young in Heart. During the Second World War, Fairbanks served in the US Navy, rising to the rank of commander. He saw active service in several theatres of war, ...

... guitarist, and Theresa (Tern) Quaye, a singer of distinction and also a notable percussionist. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Quaye was playing at the Paramount Ballroom, Tottenham Court Road, with Ivor Kirchin's band, and then joined Ken 'Snakehips' ...

... England in 1935, joined touring revues and played extensively in France, Germany, Italy and Belgium. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was arrest ed while attending Leipzieg Conservatoire, and spent the duration in various prisoner of war camps. He ...

... at only 14 years of age, Gifford was drawing for Dandy and then Beano. After serving in the RAF towards the end of the Second World War, Gifford worked as a freelance artist and also wrote for radio. Work included The Light Optimists (BBC) and People Are ...