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  • ...ard De Roy, [[Gilbert Hackforth-Jones]] and [[Bryan Forbes]]. The [[Royal Navy]] provided much cooperation with sequences filmed aboard [[HMS Birmingham ( ...cker he has taken 'Number 13' on board. He elicits the help of his fellow sailors to care for the baby while hiding it from their superiors, all while in the
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  • ...y]] [[petty officer|petty officer]]. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he will meet "lots of girls". Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as described, and Puckle fails at every task durin
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  • ...re-Belisha]], later Minister for War, saw his act when he was entertaining sailors at Devonport, advised him to turn professional and arranged an audition for [[Category:Royal Navy personnel of World War I]]
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  • ...rench Navy|Free French Navy]] (on secondment from the [[w:Royal Navy|Royal Navy]]) during hostilities, where he undertook revue-type shows. [[Category:Royal Navy sailors]]
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  • ...ning instructor|physical training instructor]] in the [[w:Royal Navy|Royal Navy]], and his physique was much in evidence in many of his subsequent screen r During the war Watson was resident compère of the BBC radio comedy ''The Navy Mixture''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jul/09/
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  • ...ctional "HMS ''Troutbridge''" in the long-running BBC radio comedy ''[[The Navy Lark]]'' of the same period). ...trip around [[w:Cape Horn|Cape Horn]] with "as horny a crew of sex-crazed sailors who ever sailed the seven seas." The trilogy received its world premiere at
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  • ...ion = Retired [[Royal Navy]] and [[Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)|Merchant Navy]] sailor ...the [[British Merchant Navy|Merchant Navy]]. In spite of his past with the Royal and Merchant Navies, Albert cannot swim.<ref>[[As One Door Closes]]</ref> H
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  • ...the theatre. After indulging in amateur theatricals, Brough attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in the mid-1920s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-19| ...few. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Brough enlisted in the [[Royal Navy]], where he served for the duration of the war.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Theatr
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  • |death_place = [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]], England He served in the [[Royal Navy]] as a young man following in his father's footsteps, and for a time worked
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  • ...from 1960 until his death. He was often cast as a police inspector or as a navy or army officer, or in comedy roles in [[Ealing Studios|Ealing]] and other When war broke out, Gregson was called up and joined the [[Royal Navy]] as a sailor on [[minesweeper (ship)|minesweepers]].<ref>{{cite news |url=
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  • ...sic hall]] stages in 1912 and at regular theatres in 1938 at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]]. His first film appearance was in 1928, and went on to appear * ''[[The Luck of the Navy (film)|The Luck of the Navy]]'' (1927) - Stoker Clark
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  • ..."vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 1em;"| I was an admiral in the Royal Navy. ...man, that's why we sent for you, you see the Army is desperately short of sailors.
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  • ...'' film series as well as the long-running BBC radio comedy series ''[[The Navy Lark]]''. ...nd duly commissioned as a [[Second Lieutenant|second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Artillery]] in 1943.<ref name="Oldie"/> He was transferred to the [[Durham
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  • ...e retained throughout his career. On returning to Britain, he joined the [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]], but after sustaining a wound in 1943 (thought to [[Category:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II]]
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  • ...wmen, [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestlers]], [[merchant navy]] sailors, [[Crime|criminals]], [[sex worker]]s, and the [[Sexuality and gender ident ...]men. It was also used extensively in the British [[Merchant navy|Merchant Navy]], where many gay men joined [[ocean liner]]s and [[cruise ships]] as waite
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  • ...49|pp=24–25}} The royal family were fans of the programme; a member of the Royal Household said that if the war were to end between 8.30 and 9.00&nbsp;pm on [[File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21267.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|alt=A group of civ
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