HAPPY HOUR

I was the youngest member of the 1st SAS and was with them for two years during the war.

On VE Day I was in a transit camp in Chesterfield and the news came at about midday.

I can sum up VE Day in two words: Getting drunk.

We went to a pub and I spent quite some time trying to strike up a conversation with another man from 1st SAS, until I realised I was actually looking at myself in a large mirror.

Alec had very boozy VE celebration