Wasn’t he an actual Army Medic during WW1..?

No, he wasn't, i've just copied & pasted his Military Career taken from Wiki . . .

Military service
Ridley was a student teacher and had made his theatrical debut in Prunella at the Theatre Royal, Bristol when he volunteered for service with the British Army on the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. He was initially rejected because of a hammer toe.[6] In December 1915, he enlisted as a private with the Somerset Light Infantry, British Army.[7] He saw active service in the war, sustaining several wounds in close-quarter battle. His left hand was left virtually useless by wounds sustained on the Somme;[6][8] his legs were riddled with shrapnel; he received a bayonet wound in the groin; and the legacy of a blow to the head from a German soldier's rifle butt left him prone to blackouts after the war.[6][9] He was medically discharged from the army with the rank of lance corporal in May 1917.[7] He received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service.[7]

Ridley rejoined the army in 1939 following the outbreak of the Second World War.[9] He was commissioned into the General List on 7 October 1939 as a second lieutenant.[10] He served with the British Expeditionary Force in France during the "Phoney War", employed as a "Conducting Officer" tasked with supervising journalists who were visiting the front line. In May 1940,[11] Ridley returned to Britain on the overcrowded destroyer HMS Vimiera, which was the last British ship to escape from the harbour during the Battle of Boulogne.[12] Shortly afterwards, he was discharged from the Armed Forces on health grounds.[9] He relinquished his commission as a captain on 1 June 1940.[13] He subsequently joined the Home Guard,[9] in his home town of Caterham, and ENSA, with which he toured the country.[12] He described his wartime experiences on Desert Island Discs in 1973.[14][15]

Just realised, were you talking about the character or the actor?

Edited by eagleman13 (31 Jul 2023 5.03pm)

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

Thanks Eagleman - I was thinking of the actor, I remembered he served in WW1 but thought, incorrectly, that he was a medic as per his character.

Clearly the people that run the bank have opinions and objectives. You might be surprised to learn that the bank, without the people that run it, is incapable of having opinions and objectives - unless you are including AI.

I think that was The Ghost Train which Arthur Askey was in (I haven't googled this)

It was a big success unfortunately Arthur Ridley made very little money out of it.

One more point

This was a big waste of time then.

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