Jamie Darlington

Jamie was born in Moseley, Birmingham, the son of Rosaleen Helen (née Darlington) and Gregory Walters, a teacher. He is also the youngest grandchild of Rear Admiral Sir Charles Darlington. His maternal grandmother is Irish and his paternal grandmother was German, whilst both his grandfathers were English. As a boy, he grew up with the family 1901 Aveling and Porter 10 ton road roller, and developed a love of steam. At the age of sixteen, he began volunteering at Tyseley Locomotive Works and later the Severn Valley Railway, where he was first introduced to World War II reenactment. Jamie was educated at Hall Green Secondary School where he first decided to become an actor in amateur drama productions. Upon leaving, he briefly considered attending the Birmingham School of Acting but decided against it as a "waste of time, I'll never be any good", a decision he regrets to this day. At the age of nineteen, he left Birmingham to move to Derby and began to work for Tesco, where he spent th