When the war ended, his father returned, but the young Victor found him difficult and comparatively stern after having been alone with his mother. Stanshall described this early period as the happiest time of his childhood. He lived with his mother while his father served in the RAF during World War II. Stanshall was born on 21 March 1943 at the Radcliffe Maternity Home Shillingford, Oxfordshire, son of Victor George Stanshall (1909-1990 born Vivian), at the time of his son's birth an RAF corporal, later a company secretary, then company director ( FCIS), and Eileen Monica Prudence (née Wadeson). Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (as a radio series for John Peel, as an audio recording, as a book and as a film), and for acting as Master of Ceremonies on Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells.
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