...then underwent officer training at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]]. ...as the war in Europe ended, and was assigned to the [[Essex Regiment|Essex Regiment]], rising to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]. When his militar

| branch = [[w:Royal Armoured Corps|Royal Armoured Corps]], [[w:British Army|British Army]] | unit = [[w:4th Queen's Own Hussars|4th Queen's Own Hussars]]

| caption = Captain Blackadder in the Suffolk Regiment ...dder II]]''), a knight/baronet (''[[Blackadder: The Cavalier Years]]''), a royal attendant (''[[Blackadder the Third]]''), a shopkeeper (''[[Blackadder's Ch

...War II]], he volunteered for all services when the war broke out (the [[w:Royal Air Force|RAF]] was his first choice owing to the influence of his father's ...terrorism|counter-terrorist]] wing within 22 [[w:Special Air Service|SAS]] Regiment.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/iranian_embassy_siege/717

* [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] * [[2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment]]

...at [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]'s [[Theatre Royal, Newcastle|Theatre Royal]], starring Leah Bell and [[Bobby Thompson (comedian)|Bobby Thompson]], pro ...ll the King's Men (1999 film)|All the King's Men]]'' about the Sandringham regiment lost in [[World War I|World War I]]. He earned acclaim for a string of seri

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

...air photographic interpreter with the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]], he was later with the headquarters of the [[Second Army Bogarde said he was one of the first [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] officers to reach the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] in Germany in April 1945,

...HMS ''Illustrious'']] where he reached the rank of [[Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)|lieutenant commander]]. Upon his [[demobilisation|demobilisation]] he ...d [[Glen Byam Shaw]] who secured the actor a season-long contract at the [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre|Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]] where he played major pa

...dson, [[King George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]], changed the [[royal house]] name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] in ...er, Baldrick and George intend on joining the "Twenty Minuters" at the ''[[Royal Flying Corps]]'' to go to Paris. After Blackadder and Baldrick crash their