Claim: In World War II Welsh actor Peter Halliday never served in the British Army, the main land warfare force of the U.K.
Evidence: Peter Halliday (2 June 1924 – 18 February 2012) was a Welsh actor. He worked briefly for Rolls-Royce in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire before being called up by the Army during the Second World War, serving in Iraq, Palestine and Egypt. The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.