Farmer’s interest in militaria grew rapidly

A childhood in Wiltshire partly spent picking up ammunition lying around as a result of the Allied preparations for D-Day helped to spark Alexander Jeremy Peckover Penrose’s (known as Jerry) interest in firearms.

His job was farming but after buying an old pistol at the age of 10 from Mr Pullen’s ‘antiques’ sh…

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