According to a bible he was given, Dad joined the Royal Navy in 1943. By this time the war had been on for 4 years and he was 27, why he wasn't called up before I can only put down to him being in a reserved occupation. But I don't know for sure and he won't tell me.
I do know that he saw action in the East and I think he was taken as a prisoner of war for a while, but again I'm not sure about that.