Paddy Roy Bates
Paddy Roy Bates (19212012) was a major in the British Army during WWII.
He became a pirate radio broadcaster. This is one which broadcasts without a licence. The broadcasting was based on a platform in the North Sea, which he called the Principality of Sealand.
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British people
1921 births
2012 deaths
Principality of Sealand