This was compounded by the premature death of his father Bertie in 1931. By this point Kenneth had already attempted to become a civil engineer s apprentice in Shrewsbury after finishing school.
He also pursued careers in the RAF and at Sainsbury s, but neither was a fit. It was only after an ill-fated trip to Canada (which saw Kenneth unable to enter the country due to not having the correct paperwork) that life began to have true direction.
At 20, his star was born. A chance decision saw Kenneth ask for a job at the Windmill Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. The audacious request was granted – on the now-ironic promise that he never become an actor – and the rest is history.
This was compounded by the premature death of his father Bertie in 1931. By this point Kenneth had already attempted to become a civil engineer s apprentice in Shrewsbury after finishing school.
He also pursued careers in the RAF and at Sainsbury s, but neither was a fit. It was only after an ill-fated trip to Canada (which saw Kenneth unable to enter the country due to not having the correct paperwork) that life began to have true direction.
At 20, his star was born. A chance decision saw Kenneth ask for a job at the Windmill Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. The audacious request was granted – on the now-ironic promise that he never become an actor – and the rest is history.
This was compounded by the premature death of his father Bertie in 1931. By this point Kenneth had already attempted to become a civil engineer s apprentice in Shrewsbury after finishing school.
He also pursued careers in the RAF and at Sainsbury s, but neither was a fit. It was only after an ill-fated trip to Canada (which saw Kenneth unable to enter the country due to not having the correct paperwork) that life began to have true direction.
At 20, his star was born. A chance decision saw Kenneth ask for a job at the Windmill Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. The audacious request was granted – on the now-ironic promise that he never become an actor – and the rest is history.
This was compounded by the premature death of his father Bertie in 1931. By this point Kenneth had already attempted to become a civil engineer s apprentice in Shrewsbury after finishing school.
He also pursued careers in the RAF and at Sainsbury s, but neither was a fit. It was only after an ill-fated trip to Canada (which saw Kenneth unable to enter the country due to not having the correct paperwork) that life began to have true direction.
At 20, his star was born. A chance decision saw Kenneth ask for a job at the Windmill Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. The audacious request was granted – on the now-ironic promise that he never become an actor – and the rest is history.
This weekend the nation will remember them. As the Last Post is played at Remembrance services throughout the country on Sunday, silent tributes will be paid to those who lost their lives during both world wars and other conflicts. Gathering around cenotaphs, laying wreaths, is the traditional way of commemorating the courage and bravery of the servicemen and women who have and continue to protect the country, but technology is now playing a part too. For the first time, details of thousands of British prisoners of war from the First and Second World War are being published online. The records from 1914 to 1945, on family history website Ancestry.co.uk, include camp locations and dates of capture and release.