| awards = [[w:Military Cross|Military Cross]] ...dshire and Hertfordshire Regiment]] and was awarded the [[w:Military Cross|Military Cross]] for his actions during [[w:Operation Market Garden|Operation Market

...cated at [[Dunstable Grammar School|Dunstable School]] in [[Dunstable]], [[Bedfordshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/sam-kydd-p39699|title ...hese years he was awarded a pair of drama masks, made by the [[Red Cross]] from barbed wire.

| birth_place = [[Bedford, England|Bedford]], [[Bedfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]] ...nrolled at the [[Fay Compton|Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art]] in 1933. From there he took a position in [[repertory theatre]] and made his stage debut