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...[[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 ...in Bury St Edmunds, the family lived less than 300 yards from the Theatre Royal, and his autobiography records meeting actors from that theatre as his earl

...air photographic interpreter with the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]], he was later with the headquarters of the [[Second Army ...ily bombed to block the roads and hinder the [[Wehrmacht]]'s movement of [[Tank|armour]] and other vehicles that were hurriedly attempting to reach the inv

...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 | [[Theatre Royal, Glasgow|Theatre Royal]], Glasgow