 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwanakomana waAdmiral Sir Gerald Charles Dickens naKathlen Pearl Birch, Peter Dickens akaberekerwa muFulham muLondon muna 1917. Dickens akabatana neRoyal Navy semudzidzi wezvikepe munaGunyana 1934, achisimudzirwa kuva midshipman muna Chivabvu 1935, paakanga achishumira ari muHome Fleet. Dickens akanga achishanda sa sub-lieutenant muna September 1937 uye sub-lieutenant muna May 1938 paaishumira paRoyal Yacht muPortsmouth. Muna 1940 akatora rutivi mukubviswa muDunkirk. 