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I think prison has done me very little harm and some good. I am now far better read, far less smug and conceited, far more tolerant and considerably more capable of looking after myself. In 1930, 21-year-old Roger Mortimer was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards, and would spend the next eight years stationed at Chelsea Barracks. He lived a fairly leisurely existence, with his parents house in Cadogan Gardens a stones throw away, and pleasant afternoons were whiled away at the racecourse or a members club - officers in the battalion were even allocated soldier servants. Admittedly things got a little hairy in Palestine in 1938, when Roger, now a captain, found himself amidst the action in the Arab Uprising. The worst, however, was yet to come. While fighting the Germans in 1940, Roger was knocked unconscious by a shell explosion - he was then incorrectly reported to have been killed in action. Upon waking he was delighted to find that he had survived. Though he was somewhat les
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