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  • | 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
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Rochester, Kent|Rochester]], England ...eroes]]'' and going on to feature in many British films usually portraying military types, and often comedic roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.
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  • | death_place = [[w:Margate|Margate]], Kent <br> United Kingdom From an early age Fuller became obsessed with show business, and started perform
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  • | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes ...haracter Charlie Quick, in the slapstick children's TV series ''Grandad'', from 1979 to 1984.
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  • | module = {{Infobox military person | embed=yes ...for most of their careers. Together they wrote [[BBC Radio]]'s ''[[Take It from Here]]'' for over 10 years, and then appeared on BBC radio quizzes ''[[My W
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  • ...tional service in the [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=steven /> After leaving the military he returned to the stage, appearing in a 1954 touring production of the pla ...le/4ce2b9ee90d05|title=Francis Matthews|website=BFI}}</ref> On television, from 1969 to 1971, he played [[Francis Durbridge]]'s amateur private detective P
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  • | module = {{Infobox military person | embed=yes After a period in a [[Foster care|children's home]] in [[Deal, Kent]], Wisdom ran away when he was 11 but returned to become an [[errand boy]]
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  • | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes His stage career grew from amateur stage productions to his 1940 film debut in ''Quiet Wedding''. His
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  • | death_place = [[Marden, Kent]], England ...h he played from 1963 to 1966.<ref name="meyrick"/> Earlier he was cast in military roles, playing Company Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore in the ITV sitcom ''[
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  • ...of National Biography''</ref> and grew up in [[w:Folkestone|Folkestone]], Kent. He was educated at [[w:Eton College|Eton College]]. With the help of speec ...of those unbelievable places. I’ve tried, without success, to describe it from my own point of view, but the words won’t come. To me Belsen was the ulti
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  • ...e for performers moving to Britain at this time, he was billed as "the boy from Wagga Wagga." A spokesman for the Australian town's museum said that this " ...-9699914.html "Bill Kerr dead at 92: Australian actor that became the 'Boy from Wagga Wagga' dies"], ''The Independent'', 29 August 2014</ref> [[Harry Seco
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  • | death_place = [[Ramsgate]], [[Kent]], United Kingdom | resting_place = Saint George's Church, Ramsgate, Kent
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