Conversation so far:
What did Spike Milligan write during the second world war?
he and fellow musician Harry Edgington would compose surreal stories, filled with puns and skewed logic, as a way of staving off the boredom of life in barracks
How long was Spike Milligan there in the barracks during the second world war?

Question: did he write while there?
Self-contained rewrite: did Spike Milligan write while there?