Dad's Army creator Jimmy Perry dies

[Bombay]

Jimmy Perry, creator of one of TV's most popular comedy series, Dad's Army, has died aged 93.
Working with producer David Croft, he was also responsible for It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi and You Rang M'Lord?
He drew on his life experiences for his writing, as a young member of the Home Guard during World War Two and as a Butlin's holiday camp Redcoat.
Dad's Army ran from 1968 for 80 episodes over nine years while Hi-de-Hi ran for eight years.
Perry was born on 20 Sep 1923 in Barnes, south-west London.
He was too young to join the army when World War Two broke out in 1939, so instead joined his local home guard.
He later based many of the characters for the sitcom on the soldiers he met at that time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37743674

[Horus]

Probably one of them was my Dad he was in the 'Home Guard' or Local Defence Voluteers as they were known, usually called the LDV which he insisted stood for " Look, Duck & Vanish

[Bombay]

Probably one of them was my Dad he was in the 'Home Guard' or Local Defence Voluteers as they were known, usually called the LDV which he insisted stood for " Look, Duck & Vanish

They were initially know as LDV Local Defence Volunteers but this was changed to Home Guard quite quickly, probably a shortage of letters during the war.

[Horus]

They once apprehended a downed German pilot
Well actually he was a Polish pilot who had bailed out but then again he was never any good with foreign languages