Claim: Welsh actor Peter Halliday began a career as an auctioneer before joining the army.
Evidence: The son of an auctioneer and estate agent, Halliday was brought up in Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, and attended Oswestry School in Shropshire. Peter Halliday (2 June 1924 – 18 February 2012) was a Welsh actor. He worked briefly for Rolls-Royce in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire before being called up by the Army during the Second World War, serving in Iraq, Palestine and Egypt.