I wasn't able to reach him, but I suppose in 1968, about 48 hours before his 24th birthday, we suddenly discovered that if he didn't sign a piece of paper he was going to lose his citizenship because he had been born in England, had a war-bride mother, and so on.
Je n’ai pas réussi à le joindre, mais en 1968 je crois, environ 48 heures avant son 24 anniversaire, nous avons soudainement découvert que, s’il ne signait pas un document, il perdrait sa citoyenneté parce qu’il était né en Angleterre, que sa mère était une épouse de guerre, etc.