...in 1939, but left at the start of [[World War II]] to serve in the [[Royal Artillery]] throughout the war.<ref name="Obituary" /> He married Patricia Coverdale ...Empire (OBE)]] in the 1969 New Year Honours list. His last project was the Royal Television Gala, recorded on the day of his death.

...then underwent officer training at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]]. [[Category:Essex Regiment officers]]

...976, Cambridge University Press, 1976, p. 600</ref> He served in the Royal Artillery during the [[Second World War]], commissioned as a second lieutenant on 20 [[Category:Royal Artillery officers]]

...turned professional, appearing on stage at [[the Old Vic]] and with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. ...in 1977 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] outside London's Cafe Royal.

...ain in 1915 and enlisted as "Robert" Weintrop; he joined the [[Royal Field Artillery]], and was sent with his unit to fight in France. In the Army, he worked as ...Surrey.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/RMH/ |title=The Royal Marsden Hospital |publisher=Royalmarsden.nhs.uk |access-date=22 April 2010

...24th Lancers]], and was seriously wounded when his armoured car was hit by artillery fire in [[w:Italy|Italy]].<ref name=independent/> In 1956, Alexander appear [[Category:Royal Armoured Corps officers]]

...phobituary"/> Demobbed and back in the UK, he trained as an actor at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA) on a serviceman's scholarship, where his c ...od]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]] as an actor working at its base, the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]].<ref name="Timesobituary"/> He remained with the company f

...tely being singled out as a troublemaker. He learns disrespect for certain officers within a few sentences and commences sniping: ...mentions a topic he returns to, the (actual) exceptional ability of their artillery battery. By August 1942 they had learned to drive and how to fire machine g

...embers of a [[Concert Party (entertainment)|concert party]] of the [[Royal Artillery]]. The sitcom ran for eight series, which were broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1] |ShortSummary=While the officers are out of the way in hospital, Williams takes the opportunity to post the

...Mum''''' is a [[BBC television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] about a [[Royal Artillery]] [[Concert Party (entertainment)|concert party]] based in [[Deolali]] in [ ...065569 }}</ref> Initially, the British soldiers are stationed at the Royal Artillery Depot in [[Deolali transit camp|Deolali]], British India, where soldiers we

...g with people who sounded right, people in theatrical circles and in the [[officers' mess]] during the war."<ref name="prime">{{cite web |title=The prime of Mr ...y commissioned as a [[Second Lieutenant|second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Artillery]] in 1943.<ref name="Oldie"/> He was transferred to the [[Durham Light Infa

...orated [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in the [[Royal Artillery]] ([[Battle of Mons|Mons]], [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]]) during the Fi ...ntioned that Captain Mainwaring and his wife have three goldfish. In [[The Royal Train]], Mainwaring reveals his desire to drive a train ever since he was a

...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:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]

| ShortSummary = The platoon is given a heavy naval artillery piece but the town's bandstand, a rare example of Victorian ironwork, stand | ShortSummary = Captain Square gets Mainwaring drunk in the officers' mess, damaging Mainwaring's reputation in the eyes of the platoon. Mainwar

...shire he was sent out to Egypt in 1942, where he soon transferred to the [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]].{{sfnp|Lord|2002|p=32}}<ref name="Oli ...s in entertainment. He was known among the troopers for his impressions of officers and crooners, and when radio equipment was stolen read the [[BBC news]] ove

...ance)|Charleston]] Champion of the World at a dancing competition at the [[Royal Albert Hall]].<ref name="Hoge" /> [[Fred Astaire]] was one of the judges.<r [[Category:Royal Artillery personnel]]