Who Do You Think You Are?

'WALTER WORKED FOR BRITISH INTELLIGENCE'

A yacht drifts by lighthouses and inlets on the coast of southern Norway and Denmark in 1912. On board are two men, Walter and Hugh Archer, who appear to be cruising the waters at their leisure. In reality, they are British spies who’ve been recruited to monitor German naval activity.

Both of the men are relations of Andrew Bradley, who began researching his tree in earnest

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