JoeZhang wrote:
Wereghost wrote:
Christopher wrote:
Is there any independent corroboration for these claims, though?
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My thought exactly. Pertwee would have been only about 25 when the war ended, and the Daily Mail is perhaps not he most reputable of sources. |
Without getting into the actual claims that in itself would not be usual. |
Age-wise, it was not uncommon for young personnel to get promotions if they had a 'knack' for special duties.
I just find it more amazing that prior to WWII, he served on the ill-fated H.M.S.
Hood, and had he not been re-assigned, he could well have died when
Bismark sent her to the bottom.
As he lost a lot of friends on that ship, it could well have been a motivation for him to give it his all.