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Cyril Frederick 'Bob' Danvers-Walker (11 October 1906 – 17 May 1990) was an English radio and newsreel announcer best known for his broadcasts on Pathé News cinema newsreels during World War II.Born in Cheam, Surrey, Danvers-Walker spent much of his childhood in Tasmania and began his radio career in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1925, moving on briefly to ABC in Sydney in 1932 before returning to the UK that same year.From 1932 to 1939 he worked as a presenter for the International Broadcasting Company (IBC) network of commercial radio stations broadcasting in English to Britain from the continent, becoming Chief Announcer at Radio Normandy.

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  • Cyril Frederick 'Bob' Danvers-Walker (11 October 1906 – 17 May 1990) was an English radio and newsreel announcer best known for his broadcasts on Pathé News cinema newsreels during World War II.Born in Cheam, Surrey, Danvers-Walker spent much of his childhood in Tasmania and began his radio career in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1925, moving on briefly to ABC in Sydney in 1932 before returning to the UK that same year.From 1932 to 1939 he worked as a presenter for the International Broadcasting Company (IBC) network of commercial radio stations broadcasting in English to Britain from the continent, becoming Chief Announcer at Radio Normandy.
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  • British radio personality
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