They Served in the Armed Forces: A Photo Album

Dirk Bogarde served in WW II - commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment. He reached the rank of Captain and served in both the European and Pacific Theaters as an intelligence officer. He served 5 years and was awarded 7 medals. One of the first Allied officers in April 1945 to reach the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. Played General Browning in A Bridge Too Far who he knew from his time on Field Marshal Montgomery's staff.