Captain James Blunt, British Army (1997-2002)

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Captain James Blunt, British Army (1997-2002)

James Blunt (1997-2002)

Because the British Army sponsored his university education, Blunt was obliged to serve a minimum of four years in the armed forces. Blunt trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Life Guards, a unit of the Household Cavalry, where he rose to the rank of captain. One of his first assignments was to British Army Training Unit Suffield in Alberta, Canada…

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Desmond Llewelyn, WWII, British Army (1939-1945)

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Desmond Llewelyn, WWII, British Army (1939-1945)

Desmond Wilkenson Llewelyn (1939-1945)

With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, a 25 year old Desmond Llewelyn took a break from his stage career and joined the British Army. He was soon commissioned a second lieutenant, serving in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force, he was captured in the massive German attack on France in May-June 1940, and spent the remainder of the war as a…

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