...father's shows, in [[Portsmouth|Portsmouth]]. By the age of 11 he had his own act. He attended the [[Central School of Speech and Drama|Central School of ...]] he served as an infantry gunner with the [[Middlesex Regiment|Middlesex Regiment]], but continued acting by touring Italy and the Middle East with the [[Sta

|unit= *[[10th Royal Hussars]] *[[Royal Corps of Signals]]

...culminating in the ending of its [[Goodbyeee|final episode]], in which the soldiers are ordered to carry out a lethal charge of enemy lines.<ref name="Lewisohn ...he effects on the soldiers who suffered over its course. The idea that the soldiers suffered whilst their commanders remained safely distant from the action wa

...a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in the [[Royal Tank Regiment]],<ref name=ODNB /> Le Mesurier returned to acting and made his radio debut ..."inimitable brand of bewildered persistence under fire which [he] made his own",<ref name="Guardian: 2nd row" /> while [[Philip Oakes]] considered that Le

...invasion exercise with Captain Ogilvie and a [[Scottish regiment|Highland regiment]]. ...es to collect the right tools, the platoon members take matters into their own hands.

...[[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] with the [[Royal Tank Regiment]]. Following the war, he returned to acting and made his film debut in 1948 ...arts were those of "a decent chap all at sea in a chaotic world not of his own making."{{sfn|Le Mesurier|1984|p=72}} Le Mesurier was married three times,

...air photographic interpreter with the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]], he was later with the headquarters of the [[Second Army ...d she&nbsp;... there was a very nice British [[Royal Military Police|MP]] [Royal Military Police], and he said 'Don't have any more, come away, come away si

...scribe his life (ostensibly his childhood) while being interrogated by his own ego, with forays into philosophy, theatre, fame, and self-realisation. From ...of them for ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]''. As [[Hercule Poirot]], he provided his own voice for the French versions of ''[[Thirteen at Dinner (film)|Thirteen at