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In the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, Private Godfrey is revealed to have been awarded the Military Medal whilst serving as a medical orderly during the First World War.
In the Central Television production Soldier Soldier broadcast on ITV, at the 50th D Day Anniversary, Robson Green's character, Fusilier Dave Tucker, gets a veteran called Jack Knight talking, who subsequently turns out to be a recipient of the Military Medal.
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