Sir Huw Pyrs Wheldon (1916-1986), Welsh broadcaster and BBC executive: letters home recording his experiences as a teenager in Germany in 1934; travelling in Austria, Italy and France in 1938; his enlistment to The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) at Canterbury in 1940; posting to 12th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers in Yorkshire, and then to 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles 1934-1945 (Documents.27465)
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