Acting Able Seaman - Hostilities Only

<p>The story starts with a fourteen-year-old boy living with his family in Portsmouth during the Blitz of World War Two. It follows him as he leaves school finds work and eventually joins the Royal Navy.</p><p>We find out about his tough upbringing in Portsmouth surviving hit-and-run bombings by German fighter planes; volunteering for the Royal Navy and enduring the rigour and discipline of training preparing for D-Day and protecting shipping from pirates in the South China Seas. </p><p>Sometimes sad sometimes funny always fascinating – this is the true story of a young man living in extraordinary times.</p>