Douglas (Dougie) Byng (1893 – 1987)

A teenage Douglas Byng in early performance piece c. 1912
A teenage Douglas Byng in early performance piece c. 1912

Description

Douglas (Dougie) Byng (1893 – 1987) was a born performer. This early photograph shows the teenage Dougie ready to forge his professional career that would span over 70 years and see him perform in revues across the West End for the social elite including the Bright Young Things in Café de Paris in the 1920s, to right across the Fare East in WWII entertaining the troops.

The photograph is from date C1912