Editing Alan Walters (section)

== Early life ==
Walters was born in [[Leicester]]. His father was a [[Communism|Communist]] and a grocer who sold goods from a van. He failed his [[Eleven-plus|11-Plus]] and attended [[Alderman Newton's School]] in Leicester, leaving at fifteen to work as a machine operator in a shoe factory.<ref name = Telegraph>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4126227/Sir-Alan-Walters.html | title = Sir Alan Walters | date = 5 January 2009 | access-date = 5 January 2009 | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> During World War II, he was called up and joined the British Army as a [[private soldier|private]].