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Bill Pertwee has died

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JustJohn

JustJohn Report 27 May 2013 14:37

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2275643/Original-cast-of-Dads-Army-reunited.html

This was from 2008. Think they may have got age of Pamela Cundell (Mrs Fox) wrong as Wikipedia says she is now 93.

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Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 27 May 2013 14:37


Bill Pertwee 1926-2013

Date of Birth 21 July 1926, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Birth Name William Desmond Anthony Pertwee

He is the nephew of Roland Pertwee.

He is the first cousin of Jon Pertwee and Michael Pertwee.

He is the godfather to the son of his "Dad's Army" co-star Ian Lavender.

He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honors List for his services to charity.

He is the first cousin, once removed, of Sean Pertwee and Dariel Pertwee, the children of Jon Pertwee.

He is the father of James Pertwee.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 27 May 2013 14:22

Just wickied Bill Pertwee and was surprised that his mother was Brazilian. Never thought of him as being an exotic flower.

And he was in loads of famous stuff before Dad's Army - Round the Horne, for example. Was he related to the other Pertwee in Dr Who?

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Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 27 May 2013 14:11

How sad. He played a great part.

I think that only leaves two from main cast - the Vicar and Mrs Fox, who received favours from Jack Jones, the butcher :-(

Edit - oh, forgot young Pikey. Stupid boy that I am.

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 27 May 2013 14:07

Bill Pertwee, who played Warden Hodges in Dad's Army has died :-(

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"