I say - Goodbye Norman old Chap

[Terry Thomas esq]

Just heard on the news that the loveable chappie Norman Wisdom died tonight

what a loss and what sadness to see one of the great comics take his last bow.

Chin Chin and raise a glass to him when you get a chance what what

[Jah Lush]

Ta ta.

[red devil]

Mr Grimsdale!...

[Tarot]

Simply the best.

[Tarot]

The film where he was a window dresser, was hilarious.I cant remember what it was called. Ive been looking only recently for a box set of his films,Be a while before we see the likes of him again.

[brum]

He made me laugh so hard I would cry. And such a nice man too. He will be remembered for a very long time. Goodbye Norman.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Woke up to the news this morning - very sad. I thought he was brilliant.

I saw him in a show once and laughed so much I had tears streaming down my face and my stomach hurt.

[Jah Lush]

The road of excess leads to the Palace of (Norman) Wisdom.

[computedshorty]

Norman Wisdom.

We the members of his old regiment the 10th Royal Hussars regret the death of one of our old comrades, there are now no comrades that did serve with him while he served, but he is remembered with affection by all those who came to serve with the 10th Royal Hussars, there is a lot of his army service recorded at the regimental Museum at Kings Royal Hussars Winchester as the 10th Royal Hussars amalgamated with the 11th Hussars in 1969 to become the Royal Hussars, that again amalgamated with the 14th/20th Kings Hussars in 1992 now the regiment is called the Kings Royal Hussars.

Norman was always pleased to be invited to attend any Old Comrades Venues.

He learned to play so many musical instruments as a Band member in the regiment, and was good at all sports he liked running and was a good boxer.

I might have been able to attend as a regimental Old Comrade, if his funeral is held in his former home town of Deal Kent but Peel on the Isle of man is not posible for me.

I have the regimental Gazettes and found a picture of Norman as a Bugler in India 1935.

[Huggers]

wonderful computershorty, thanks for that, much appreciated.

[Ridgley]

Yet another great, comic star has passed be sorely missed

[SimonM]

Oh dear. Growing up in the 60's I never found Norman Wisdom remotely funny, and knew noone who did. Even then his films were very much a "niche interest" and there was little surprise when they stopped making them. He was not bad as a serious actor though, even if the less said of his cameo in "Coronation Street", the better.

[computedshorty]

Norman Wisdom did in fact serve in three regiments.

He first enlisted into the King?s Own Royal Regiment ( Lancaster ) but his mother got him "unenlisted" as he was under age. He later re-enlisted as a Drummer Boy in the 10th Royal Hussars and in 1930 There he gained an education certificate, rode horses, now a Bandsman was posted to Lucknow India.

Leaving the Army just prior to the war having improved his diction in the army he took a job as a night Telephone Operator.

At the outbreak of World War 11 Norman Wisdom was sent to work in a communications centre in a command bunker in London where he connected telephone calls from war leaders to the Prime Minister . He met he met Winston Churchill on several occasions when asked for updates on incoming calls and once was disciplined for calling him Winnie. He then joined the Royal Corps of Signals and performed a similar function with a military unit based in Cheltenham Gloucestershire. Leaving the Army in 1946.

On 28 December 2008, Sky News announced that Wisdom had died,

On hearing the news concerned parties enquired about his death at his nursing home, his nurse is said to have found him sitting in the lounge quite well, she remarked we thought you were dead, he replied ?well it don't hurt!?

So Norman had the last laugh.

Normans Funeral.

Residents of the Isle of Man have been given an open invitation to attend the funeral of comedy legend Sir Norman Wisdom, who died on Monday.

The service for the 95-year-old comic, who spent his retirement as an Isle of Man resident, will take place on Friday 22 October.

A horse-drawn hearse will take his coffin to St George's Church, Douglas.

The service will be followed by a private burial ceremony for family and friends.

Mourners will be able to pay tribute to the comedian as the cortege will drive along Douglas Promenade starting at its Onchan end at 1335 before the funeral at 1400.

A spokesman for Sir Norman's family said there was an open invitation to islanders to attend the service at the church, which holds 500 people, as well as the reception at Sir Norman's Bar in the Sefton Hotel, Douglas.