World War Two
At the start of World War 2, he was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Navy. Serving as a Lieutenant in motor torpedo boats based in East Anglia patrolling the North Sea, he served alongside both Owen Aisher (later a noted yachtsman/entrepreneur) and David Wickins (founder of British Car Auctions/entrepreneur). At the end of hostilities, he became a company director.
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