Description: Billy Merrin came from Nottingham, and started out as a clerk in a local warehouse. When the first world war came, he went into the Royal Naval Air Service, where his talent with the piano and the banjo and as a vocalist was much appreciated by his comrades. He made his first broadcast in 1932 and was soon a band leader (Billy Merrin and his Commanders) of national repute (information from www.wirelessworks.co.uk)