An acrobat from a child, Billy Bennett ran away from the halls as a youth, joined the 16th Lancers, and became the canteen comedian. Serving through most of the last war, he was wounded in 1918 and sent down to the base, met Mark Lupino , fotmed a double act and worked it on the troops.
As he made the troops laugh then, so he will makJ those in this country laugh now, and tens of thousands of us who are not in the Services, when he broadcasts tonight. Billy has appeared in three Royal Command Performances, and has been a hit whenever he has broadcast.