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5 unusual facts about Albert Herbert


Albert Herbert

In 1984 Thames Television made a film, Albert Herbert's War, about his wartime experiences.

An old schoolfriend, Bryan Forbes, then a member of the "Stars in Battledress" forces entertainment troupe, picked him as a stage designer.

He converted to Roman Catholicism at that time although he remained fascinated by Buddhism.

He was called up in 1943, became an infantryman and took part in the Normandy landings in 1944 where he witnessed his comrades being picked off by German snipers in the Normandy bocage.

Northampton Cathedral

Albert Herbert was the architect and he oversaw the original east end being replaced by a straight east end as well as the transepts and a crossing tower being built.



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