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1. Which fictitious regiment did the men join?
2. The officer in charge of the platoon, Lieutenant Jim Perry, had a rather humble occupation in peacetime. What was it?
3. Private Ted Brewer had been a boiler operator before he was 'called up' to the army. At which famous institution had he kept 'the fires burning'?
4. Which two men had worked together in peacetime?
5. Who did the brash Geoffrey Stainer unwittingly insult at Crewe Railway Station Café, en route to the military training camp?
6. Why did Private Bill Parsons go Absent Without Leave?
7. Where was the platoon's battalion deployed in action?
8. At the Café Rispoli, what did the soldiers do that helped them to forge relationships with the local civilians?
9. Who was promoted to corporal?
10. What happened to the platoon at the end of the film?
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