In the novel Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, “Badger” Beadon is the nervous, stammering friend of Bobby's and owner of a garage in London. He went to Oxford University at the same time as Roger Bassington-ffrench.
Badger doesn't have a head for business. He had tried to be a chicken farmer, but it went bust. Later he tried to be a stockbroker, but he got fired after a month. After that his parents sent him to Australia, but he came back.
He inherited a garage with space for six cars, and three rooms over it, from an aunt. His parents gave him £100 to buy secondhand cars.