To the ordinary passer-by he must have looked like a demobbed soldier, or one who had escaped from the guard-room.

But many demobbed troops complained of chronic unemployment and suffered low pay, disease and poor housing.

He is a demobbed soldier, a drunkard, a loser who stops by once or twice a year to knock Maria around and walk off with her money.

Strong and lucid, they sound like women who coped, first with absence, then with the troubled presence of a demobbed soldier or returning prisoner of war.

Owing to the high number of demobbed ex-servicemen, Major was unable to gain a place at Cambridge where his results would have enabled him to study mathematics.

The film also has male camaraderie as a subplot, as the initial joy of demobbed Red Army soldiers returning from the Revolution is sorely tested.

It records the life of London around Covent Garden, complete with demobbed soldiers, thieves, prostitutes, and the nobility who only cover their filth in gold, cosmetics, and perfumes.

They were guest singing stars in two films, Demobbed and Waltz Time, and in 1945 also starred in a British National film entitled The Laughing Lady.

Its main character is Jack Ruskin (played by Roy Marsden) who as a demobbed RAF transport pilot tries to set up his own airline using a DC3/C-47.

Invicta was refitted ready for service, but she was chartered by the Government on 26 December 1945 for use as a troopship, bringing demobbed troops back from Calais, France to Dover.

Following the war, the advent of a large number of demobbed servicemen to the seminary was considered to have caused considerable disciplinary problems, which were resolved by the stern government of Mgr Bernard Wall in the 1950s.

Here was the hard core of the student protest movement: dedicated eco-warriors, veterans of suicidal sit-downs in front of tanks in Gaza, the demobbed Clown Army and, as my host put it, "the Situationist Taliban".

On National Day, 8 November 1947, Nu called for a new coalition of the Socialists, the CPB and the PVO (People's Volunteer Organisation) formed from the demobbed war veterans by Aung San as his own paramilitary force.

Beneath the Ecclestone-pleasing, TV-friendly smoked glass pavilions lie the concrete runways of a World War Two bomber station, and while the Paddock Club serves fusion sushi, the diet of less privileged Formula One fans would still be recognisable to demobbed servicemen.

In The Soldier's Return (1902), a returning warrior rescues his mother from the workhouse, while the demobbed soldier of A Reservist before the War and after the War (1902) steals a loaf of bread in order to supply the needs of his destitute wife and children.

At the end of his first season with the club he was demobbed.

That was because there were over four million men being demobbed at the rate of 10,000 a day.

He was demobbed in 1945 and took up speedway the following year.

Soldiers were stationed in the village after the war before being demobbed.

He was demobbed and returned to his work as a chamberlain at the court.

After being demobbed, he returned home to live with his father, now in his 70s.

When demobbed, Geoffrey was determined not to return home without first obtaining a job.

He was demobbed in 1946 as a flight lieutenant.

Some of the men had heard rumors that they might not be discharged, or demobbed, as the English soldiers said, for a year.

He remained a Private throughout his military service and was demobbed on 18 June 1946.

After being demobbed as a major in 1946, he returned to The Times and was made a foreign correspondent.

After being demobbed in 1921, he married Florence, with whom he had five children.

He then flew long-range transport missions, and was demobbed in 1947.

He was demobbed in 1946 and returned to Aberdeen.

Any men not immediately demobbed were distributed among the other battalions in the division.

He was demobbed in 1944 and found that his time away from the cameras had affected his performance.

He did damned well, saw the war out, told them what to do with their medals and demobbed himself the moment it was over."

"I was demobbed just about a year ago.

Young demobbed men are restless for a fight; women sell themselves for a cigarette.

He left at the end of Series 2 when he was demobbed back to England.

'Horry, you've been away from home too long, talking about getting demobbed here!

After he was "demobbed" he was determined to become a writer.

He was demobbed on 1 June 1949.

Rachman was eventually demobbed in 1948 and became a British resident.

Once demobbed he planned to go to New Zealand and start a new life.

At the end of his first season with the club he was demobbed.

That was because there were over four million men being demobbed at the rate of 10,000 a day.

He was demobbed in 1945 and took up speedway the following year.

Soldiers were stationed in the village after the war before being demobbed.

He was demobbed and returned to his work as a chamberlain at the court.

After being demobbed, he returned home to live with his father, now in his 70s.

He was demobbed in 1946 as a flight lieutenant.

He remained a Private throughout his military service and was demobbed on 18 June 1946.

After being demobbed as a major in 1946, he returned to The Times and was made a foreign correspondent.

After being demobbed in 1921, he married Florence, with whom he had five children.

He then flew long-range transport missions, and was demobbed in 1947.

He was demobbed in 1946 and returned to Aberdeen.

He was demobbed in 1944 and found that his time away from the cameras had affected his performance.

"I was demobbed just about a year ago.

He left at the end of Series 2 when he was demobbed back to England.

He was demobbed on 1 June 1949.

After Joyce was demobbed she found a job as a children's nurse in Surrey.

After being demobbed he returned to London.

"He gave everything up when he was demobbed.

Directly I was demobbed, the family started talking about the Land of Opportunity and shot me on to a liner.

He was demobbed in late 1919.

Its plot concerns a wartime group of musical entertainers who meet up a year after being demobbed and decide to reform their act.

So he's being demobbed at last, is he?'

Two years later, he was demobbed and the pair returned to London, and Baker to the theatre.

He was injured seriously at least once during the war and was demobbed at the age of 20, eventually working for the post office.