Sentence examples for serving during the second from inspiring English sources

Oldham-born Sykes, like many performers of his generation, was introduced to the world of showbusiness through friends he made while serving during the second world war.

Doug Orr instead joined the Royal Canadian Navy, serving during the Second World War.

In a study of 120,000 Australian soldiers serving during the Second World War only 1.6percentt developed rashes from quinacrine treatment.

He served during the second world war with the Royal Marines – fighting hand-to-hand in New Guinea against the Japanese.

He served during the second world war and took part in the Normandy landings as a platoon commander.

Gao was also suspended for an additional ACL game on top of the automatic suspension he served during the second leg.

He had served during the second world war as an infantry officer, first in the Royal Scots and then in the Rajput Rifles, ending in Burma.

She was the daughter of ultra-straight-laced, middle-class Surrey parents both of whom served during the Second World War.

Photograph: Martin Godwin Updated at 11.45am BST 11.38am BST A D-day fact: Queen Elizabeth is the only one of the heads of state in Normandy today to have served during the second world war.

Having served during the second world war with the 60th King's Royal Rifles and the Intelligence Corps, he returned to Oxford University, where he founded a film magazine titled Sequence and blazed a trail for serious British film criticism.

Having served during the second world war with distinction, Laaksonen (a sober, watchful performance from Pekka Strang) returns home to Finland to be reminded that, as a gay man, he is perceived as the enemy.