An Englishman born just after the Great Depression has the misfortune to grow up in the normal state of poverty for that time as the world goes into the Second World War. These experiences shape his perspective as he survives the war and a very disrupted education then soon afterwards is conscripted into the RAF. after a short stint of working down a Coal Mine as directed labor. His experiences in the service were a mixture of farce and folly. He was sent to Germany by the RAF and returned later as a civilian to work with the Americans. He has a mixture of careers, travells extensively, survives three bad marriages, makes a fortune and is robbed in the final Divorce by fraudulent documents and what he had left was taken by a so called friend who also defrauded him. The subject is however a survivor and does finally find some peace.