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Group Captain Harry Melville Arbuthnot Day GC, DSO, OBE (3 August 1898 – 11 March 1977) was a Royal Marine and later an RAF pilot during the Second World War. As a prisoner of war, he was senior British officer in a number of different camps and a noted escapee. ==Early life== Day was born in Sarawak on Borneo and grew up there. His grandfather had been a major in the 66th Foot before forming a private army for Charles Brooke the second White Rajahs of Sarawak, which became known as the Sarawak Rangers. Day's father had joined the Rajah's service and became a Sarawak resident.〔'Wings Day' by Sydney Smith page 26〕 Day's great-uncle was George Fiott Day, who had won the Victoria Cross during the Crimean War. He is also a descendant of George Miller Bligh, who was an officer on during the Battle of Trafalgar.〔 Day was sent to England and was educated at Haileybury College, where he joined the Officers Cadet Corps. Whilst on manoeuvres, he was wounded when shot in the back with a blank cartridge. He joined the Royal Marines in 1916 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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