Captain Mainwaring Captain Mainwaring Captain George Mainwaring () is a fictional character portrayed by Arthur Lowe in the BBC television sitcom "Dad's Army". He is the bank manager and Home Guard platoon commander, in the fictional seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea during the Second World War. He has become widely accepted and regarded as a classic British comic character owing to the popularity of both "Dad's Army" and Lowe's portrayal of him. Mainwaring was born in 1885 to Edmund Mainwaring and is a pompous, blustering figure with an overdeveloped sense of his importance, fuelled by his social status in Walmington-on-Sea as the bank
Billy Mainwaring Hall and debutant full-back Paul Wheeler). His final test was against England in 1968. He captained Aberavon RFC in the 1969-70 and 1970-1 seasons playing on until the club's centenary season of 1976-7. During his career he formed a formidable club second row partnership firstly with Max Wiltshire and later with Allan Martin, both fellow internationals. After retirement he became a selector at Aberavon RFC. His mother was the famous Mrs Mainwaring, a vociferous supporter of Aberavon and whose humour (delivered from the stand) made her popular throughout Wales. Billy Mainwaring Gwilym Thomas Mainwaring, known as Billy Mainwaring, (born 24