• Frankie Howerd
  ...becoming a serious actor were dashed when he failed an audition for the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]. He began to entertain during [[World War II]] se [[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
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• Tony Hancock
  ...istmas 1950, Hancock was in the "Red Riding Hood" pantomime at the Theatre Royal Nottingham playing the part of Jolly Jenkins, the Baron's page.<ref>{{cite ...ritish television until 1967, including a 50 minute show for BBC2 from the Royal Festival Hall, which was poorly-received. By then his alcoholism was seriou
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• Spike Milligan
  ...n Leo Alphonso Milligan, Meritorious Service Medal (United Kingdom), Royal Artillery (1890–1969), who was serving in the British Indian Army. He was baptised ...Battery (later 19 Battery), 56th Heavy Regiment, [[w:Royal Artillery|Royal Artillery]], as Gunner Milligan, 954024. The unit was equipped with the obsolete Firs
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• It's That Man Again
  ...49|pp=24–25}} The royal family were fans of the programme; a member of the Royal Household said that if the war were to end between 8.30 and 9.00&nbsp;pm on [[File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21267.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|alt=A group o
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