A celebration of the achievements of the Britain’s oldest para veteran, who died last week aged 101
Vic and his brother and sister were brought up by their mother in a two-room slum in King’s Cross. He left school at 14 and spent the next four years kicking round Soho. He joined a boxing club, formed a jazz band and got himself recruited as a grease monkey at Brooklands race track. He loved speed and was a fast, skilful driver right up until his 99th birthday.
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