Ahead of the release of Pressure, a new film about the D-Day landings, family history website Ancestry has revealed research into the stars’ relatives’ own experiences of the Second World War.
Pressure tells the true story of James Stagg (played by Sherlock and Fleabag actor Andrew Scott) who, as chief meteorological officer of the D-Day landings, was responsible for predicting whether weather conditions would allow the 1944 military operation to go ahead.
It also stars Brendan Fraser (The Mummy, The Whale) as General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Damian Lewis (Band of Brothers, Homeland) as General Sir Bernard Montgomery.
Ancestry’s researchers have discovered the Pressure’s stars’ families' own surprising links to the Second World War.
Andrew Scott's great uncle, Lieutenant Colonel William Paul Andrews, served with the Royal Engineers in both World Wars. After being seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme, he was awarded the Military Cross, and received a US Bronze Star for supporting American troops during the Second World War.
Damian Lewis’ father, Watcyn Lewis, was a child evacuee who left Britain for Canada at the age of nine in July 1940.
Pressure is out in UK cinemas from 9 September.
