Editing Bill Pertwee (section)

==Early life==
Pertwee was born in [[Amersham]], [[Buckinghamshire]], on 21 July 1926.<ref name=BBC>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22680499 "Dad's Army star Bill Pertwee dies aged 86"], BBC News, 27 May 2013</ref> Born the youngest of three boys of a Brazilian mother and an English father, James Francis Carter Pertwee, who travelled the country as a salesman until he became ill and died in 1938, when Bill Pertwee was 12. The family moved home many times during Pertwee's childhood and he lived in [[Hereford]], [[Glasbury]], [[Colnbrook]], [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]], [[Erith]], [[Belvedere, London|Belvedere]], [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], [[Storrington]], [[Westcliff-on-Sea]], [[Wilmington, Kent|Wilmington]] and [[Worthing]].

His education was disrupted by the moves and he attended many schools including an independent convent school, a small independent school, followed by [[Frensham Heights School]] in Surrey, Dartford Technical College and Southend College.

Pertwee left school during the [[Second World War]] and worked for a company that made parts for [[Spitfire]] cannons. He was declared unfit for RAF service as he was on medication following a swimming accident, but was a member of the Air Training Corps (UK Air Cadets). He later worked as an accounts clerk at the Stock Exchange and as a salesman for the clothing retailer [[Burberry]] in [[London]].