George Arthur William Elvy

George Elvy was a looker, the Romney Marsh name for a shepherd:
“I was in the Home Guard at Snargate under the command of Dick Body. As a shepherd I knew the district well. Dick took me to one side around 1941 and asked me to come down to his place. When I did there were some of the other lads. He told us what he needed. When we all agreed we were told to report to The Garth where we signed the Official Secrets Act. We were told we were no longer in the Home Guard. Not even my mother and father knew what I was doing. I came in for a lot of stick from people who thought I wasn’t doing anything and, of course, I couldn’t tell them. We were all very determined and one thing I am sure about is that we wouldn’t have run away.”