My name is Richard Thomas Pelzer. I was born in the village of Llansamlet near Swansea on the 20th of May 1924. I'm the third of four sons and one daughter of Mr. John Hubert Pelzer and Margaret Pelzer. In senior school I excelled in science, metal work, and woodwork so when I was fourteen I left school to begin learning trade. I was attending night school instead and learning trade with director Rosser, a builder and undertaker, until the bombings occurred and interrupted my education.