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  • ...the [[Royal Artillery]] during the Second World War, acting with the Royal Artillery Depot Players in India.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.th ...roductions on tour. The company's permanent base became London's [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]] in 1953, the opening production being ''[[Twelfth Night]]'
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  • ...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.
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  • ...then underwent officer training at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]]. [[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
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  • ...storical drama ''The Conscience of the King'' was remounted at the Theatre Royal Windsor, starting on 14 March 1955; Sharp himself played 17th century parli ...1940 to 1946 he served with the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] and the [[Royal Artillery]] in North Africa, Italy and [[Austria]]. "Once the war was over," he recal
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  • ...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
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  • ...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:British Army personnel of World War II]]
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  • During the war Phipps served in the [[Royal Artillery]] from 1940 to 1943. He then appeared for [[ENSA]] in a concert party at Gi *''[[Forbidden Cargo (1954 film)|Forbidden Cargo]]'' (1954) – Royal Navy Information Officer (uncredited)
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  • ...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.
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  • | unit = Royal Artillery ...Second World War, becoming a warrant officer (sergeant major) in the Royal Artillery.<ref name=independent-obituary-arthur-mullard>{{cite news|url=https://www.i
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  • He served in the [[Royal Artillery|Royal Artillery]] from March 1940 to June 1942 during the [[Second World War|Second World W [[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
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  • ...nd jungle warfare instructor. Awarded an Emergency Commission in the Royal Artillery on 13 March 1942, Merryfield was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant ...for a Nightingale]]''. Merryfield did much work for charities such as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. He wrote his autobiography, ''During the War
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  • ...tle=The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=16 September 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefi [[Category:Royal Armoured Corps officers]]
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  • ...Granada TV's ''[[Coronation Street]]''. In 1955 Bill was chosen for the [[Royal Variety Performance]], and when American stars such as [[Frankie Laine]], [ ...he war: "When you've prepared spotted dick and custard for 150 under heavy artillery fire, you can do anything," was one of his characters more memorable lines.
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  • ...nt, Royal Artillery|No.132 Field Regiment]] of the [[Royal Artillery|Royal Artillery]].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne ...es of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]], [[Anne, Princess Royal|Anne]], [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]] and [[
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  • ...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
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  • ...gerty]] at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]], then based at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]] and first acted on stage in 1921.<ref>V&A, Theatr ...d III]], [[Othello]] and [[Macbeth]]. In only his second season with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] Laurie got the chance to play [[Hamlet]], which was a
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  • ...and white photograph of Joan Littlewood sat on rubble outside the Theatre Royal, Stratford, East London|[[Joan Littlewood|Joan Littlewood]] directed Grant, ...owever, there was no advertised production of Worm's Eye View at the Court Royal for that year and it is doubtful that this was Grant's début. A production
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  • ...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 [[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
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  • ...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 ...|2002|pp=124-125}} and Sir Davey Dunce in ''The Soldier's Fortune'' at the Royal Court Theatre (1964).{{sfnp|Lord|2002|pp=149-150}}
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  • ...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:British Army personnel of World War II]]
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