 His character draws a lot of similarities to the naive 2nd Lt. Raleigh from R C Sherriff's 1928 play "Journey's End"; as well as being strongly reminiscent in both manner and personality of Bertie Wooster (as whom Laurie would later go on to appear).George joined the army on the first day of World War I, along with nine other students at Cambridge University.The ten men named themselves the Trinity College tiddlywinks, or the "Trinity Tiddlers".