Stars in Battledress: The Story of Service Entertainers in World War II

by Bill Pertwee (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2005

  $3.22

  'Stars in Battledress', as the army entertainers were known, was a flying squad of artistes that included Charlie Chester, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. The RAF Gang Shows boasted Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers and Dick Emery. The other forces also had their hall of fame. Bill Pertwee recounts how shows were put on in the theatres of war and for some in POW Camps around the world.

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  Hardcover
  1992

  $3.22

  The author calls on his old show-business friends to recount their stories of how shows were put on in the various theatres of war and in the prisoner of war camps of Eastern Europe and the Far East. They include Ian Carmichael, Charlie Chester, Michael Denison, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, Frankie Howerd, Janet Brown, Faith Brook, Jimmy Perry, Kenneth Williams, Stanley Baxter, Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers, Dick Emery, David Lodge, Donald Hewitt, Jon Pertwee, Arthur Lane and Russ Conway.