Early Life
He was born in Hadley, Telford, Shropshire, the son of a farmworker. Both his parents died in accidents when he was eight, and he lived with relatives. He attended Wellington Grammar School in Wellington. He studied English at the Queen Mary College, University of London, but left after a year because of the emphasis on Anglo-Saxon language. He briefly became a teacher but found he was unsuitable then joined the army.
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