Another great story from Clydach

Tony’s digital story was made by St John Wales volunteers Ceres Tucker and Bethan Hewitt, Clydach Division. View transcript of Tony’s story

In 1941, aged 15, Tony enlisted in the RAF Cadets in Swansea. He went 2 nights a week until he was 16, when he became an Air Raid messenger in 1942. After recovering from his accident, Tony worked as an Air Raid messenger for over 2 years before going into air crew training with the RAF when he was 18 ½ . In 1945 after his training, he went to India to fight against Japan and was in different stations in Japan and the Himalayas throughout his time there. Whilst in India, Tony served as a Cypher Sergeant and remained in India with the RAF until 1947.