Dad's Army ran for 9 series between 1968-1977 and became one of the country's most loved sitcoms. We've taken a look at what the stars got up to bfore the show | Nottinghamshire Live

Edward Carter's journey to recognition was as fraught as his heroism. The son of missionaries, he was fluent in Hindi, Mandarin, and German, skills the Army initially overlooked due to racial segregation. His valor on March 23, 1945, near Speyer, Germany—where he was wounded multiple times yet singlehandedly neutralized a German position—earned him the Distinguished Service Cross, but not the nation's highest honor. His earlier service as a young man with the anti-fascist Abraham Lincoln Brigade