John Lawrie was the only member of the Dad's Army cast to actually serve in the Home Guard.
Not an actor but author Roald Dahl was in the RAF, & was badly hurt in a crash landing when he tried to land a plane after getting lost due to a navigation error. He recovered & saw combat in Greece &...
There's even a blue plaque on the house Brian grew up in.
My family managed at least one visit in the late 1980s, getting to see some of the locations as well as the exhibition.
For a few years my sister used to live in Meltham, not far away, I even set up my old phone to play the LOTSW...
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