Patrick Ryan (author and journalist) then transferred to The Fourth Regiment of the Reconnaissance Corps of the Royal Armoured Corps. He served in North Africa, Italy, and Greece. He moved to Leeds in the 1950s as Assistant Head Postmaster, and his "apprenticeship" in adapting to Yorkshire life is related in his humorous memoir "How I Became A Yorkshireman", published in the late 1960s. He later became Head Postmaster at Harrogate and was a regular contributor for "Punch" and The New Scientist in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as writing several television plays and some episodes of "The Army Game" and "Bootsie and Snudge" both
Leon Cortez "" (1961); Dice Player in "Echo Four Two" (1961); Lapie in "Maigret" (1961); "Citizen James"; Honest Arthur in "Suspense" (1963); First Driver / Court Usher in "Bootsie and Snudge" (1963); Innkeeper in "Richard the Lionheart" (1963); Mac / Birdie in "The Saint" (1964–68); Mr. Crogan in "Beggar My Neighbour" (1967); Samuels in "Out of the Unknown" (1969); Christofis in "Christ Recrucified" (1969); Noony in "A Cuckoo in the Nest" (1970) and Will in "Play for Today" (1970). His roles in the BBC comedy series "Dad's Army" include Henry the Milkman in Museum Piece (1968) and the Small Man in Man