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Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)

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{{Short description|Fictional character from Only Fools and Horses}}
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{{Infobox soap character
| series = Only Fools and Horses Rock & Chips
| name = Trigger
| years = 1981–1983, 1985–1993, 1996, 2001–2003 ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' '''2010–2011:''' ''[[Rock & Chips]]''
| image = File:Trigger Only Fools.jpg
| portrayer = [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]] (1981–2003) [[Lewis Osborne]] (2010-2011)
| first = ''[[Big Brother (Only Fools and Horses)|Big Brother]]''
| last = ''[[Sleepless in Peckham]]''
| classification = [[List of Only Fools and Horses characters|Former; regular]]
| born = {{Birth date|1948|4|22|df=yes}}<ref name="peckham uncovered" />
| creator = [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]]
| Spinoffs = ''[[Rock & Chips]] (2010)''
| occupation = [[Road sweeper]]
| grandfathers = Arthur Ball
| grandmothers = Alice Ball
| mother = Elsie Ann Ball
| father = Donald Turpin
| sisters = At least one unnamed
| aunts = [[List of Only Fools and Horses characters#Reenie Turpin|Reenie Turpin]]
| nieces = Lisa Williams
| cousins = Cyril Sidney Marilyn Ronnie
}}

'''Colin Ball''', more commonly known as '''Trigger''' (born 22 April 1948),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/uncovered/trigger.shtml|title = Comedy - Only Fools and Horses - Trigger}}</ref> is a fictional character in the [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' and its prequel ''[[Rock & Chips]]''.<ref>He Who Dares, Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter, Penguin Random House, 2015, p. 2</ref> He was played by [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]] in ''Only Fools and Horses'' and Lewis Osbourne in ''Rock & Chips''.

== Characteristics ==

A regular at the Nag's Head pub, and old friend of [[Del Boy]], Trigger is a road sweeper, and also engages in trading and petty thefts (though this status as a small-time thief is soon phased out of the character's development). Trigger speaks in a slow, monotone voice, and is very simple-minded, although affable and warm-hearted. Trigger did not know his father, saying "he died a couple of years before I was born", when Rodney asks of his whereabouts in the episode "[[Ashes to Ashes (Only Fools and Horses)|Ashes to Ashes]]". He was brought up by his grandparents, with his grandfather having also been a roadsweeper. When Trigger is pushed by Boycie to say who his mother had written down on the birth certificate as Trigger's father Trigger says, reluctantly, "Some soldiers". The 2015 official 'autobiography' of Del Boy, ''He Who Dares'', states of Trigger: "It was generally agreed though that his dad was Donald Turpin (brother of Mum's best mate, Reenie)... when Elsie started showing, she claimed she'd been 'visited by an angel!', leading the rest of the Ball clan to start making plans for the arrival of a new messiah. But Donald had been heard bragging about how he'd lost his virginity... giving full details of the time and place, and was therefore fingered as a much more likely suspect than the Archangel Gabriel."<ref>He Who Dares, Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter, Penguin Random House, 2015, pp. 3–4</ref> Trigger is not married, but he occasionally mentions past relationships during the series and is seen on a blind date with a woman in the 1988 Christmas special, ''Dates''.

Trigger always calls [[Rodney Trotter]] "Dave". Rodney corrects him in "[[Homesick (Only Fools and Horses)|Homesick]]", and he agrees to stop, but a few seconds later he calls him "Dave" again.<ref>{{Citation|last=BBC Comedy Greats|title=My Name is Rodney! - Only Fools and Horses - BBC|date=29 October 2009|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgV8OyTIFg|accessdate=9 May 2016|via=YouTube}}</ref> When [[Cassandra Trotter]], Rodney's wife, announced she was pregnant in "[[Modern Men (Only Fools and Horses)|Modern Men]]", everybody raised a toast and said "To Cassandra and Rodney", but Trigger can be heard saying "Dave" after everyone else has spoken. At another point, while discussing Del and Raquel's son, Trigger reports that "if it's a boy, they're naming him Rodney, after Dave".<ref>{{Citation|last=BBC Comedy Greats|title=If it's a boy they're naming him Rodney... - Only Fools and Horses - Series 7|date=17 January 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eucpZjDCat0&list=PLZwyeleffqk5q8gKV3bPr-Ku6nlrJHe86&index=1|accessdate=9 May 2016|via=YouTube}}</ref>

== Appearances ==

Trigger first appeared on ''Only Fools and Horses'' in the first episode and appeared regularly throughout the entire show's run. He is an example of a [[breakout character]] in that he became popular with the show's audience, despite his status as a minor, supporting character.

Trigger appears as a teenager in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' prequel series, ''[[Rock & Chips]]''. He is a relatively minor character in the prequel series, but in "''The Frog and the Pussycat''", Violet Trotter, Del's grandmother, mentions Grandad's affair with Trigger's grandmother, Alice Ball.<ref name="peckham uncovered">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/uncovered/trigger.shtml|title=Peckham Uncovered|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|date=February 2003|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> This is the first time in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' franchise that Trigger's real name is mentioned. At one point in the pilot episode, Reg asks Del and Jumbo if Trigger is mentally OK, since he once spotted Trigger laughing at a television set which was turned off.

Trigger was scripted to appear in [[Sport Relief 2014 Special|the 2014 ''Only Fools and Horses'' sketch for Sport Relief]], but Lloyd-Pack died on 15 January 2014, from [[pancreatic cancer]]. The script was subsequently rewritten to omit his role, although it is mentioned in the sketch that Trigger cannot assist Del and Rodney with their latest business venture because he is working at the market. The sketch was dedicated to the memory of Lloyd-Pack and [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]].

== References ==

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{{Only Fools and Horses}}
{{Rock & Chips}}

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Cassandra Trotter

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{{Short description|Fictional character from Only Fools and Horses}}
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{{Infobox soap character
| series = [[Only Fools and Horses]]
| name = Cassandra Trotter
| image =
| years = 1989–1993, 1996, 2001–2003
| portrayer = [[Gwyneth Strong]]
| first = ''[[Yuppy Love]]''
| last = ''[[Sleepless in Peckham]]''
| classification = [[List of Only Fools and Horses characters|Former; regular]]
| born = {{Birth date |1966|6|29|df=y}} [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], [[London]], England
| occupation = [[clerk (position)|Bank clerk]]
| husband = [[Rodney Trotter]] (1989—)
| creator= [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]]
| daughters = Joan Trotter II
| father = Alan Parry
| mother = Pamela Parry
| nephews =
|relatives=
}}
'''Cassandra Louise Trotter''' (née '''Parry'''; born 16 June 1966<ref>See {{cite web |

url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/uncovered/cassandra.shtml |
title=Peckham Uncovered |
publisher=BBC |
accessdate=30 September 2006}}</ref>) is a [[fictional character]] from the [[British sitcom]] ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. She is portrayed by [[Gwyneth Strong]].

==Biography==
The intelligent, slightly spoiled daughter of the owner of a successful printing business, Alan ([[Denis Lill]]) and his wife Pam ([[Wanda Ventham]]), Cassandra was an ambitious employee of the local bank. She made her first ''Only Fools and Horses'' appearance in the episode ''[[Yuppy Love]]'', in which she attended the same [[adult education]] class as [[Rodney Trotter|Rodney]]. The two first met when Rodney accidentally took her raincoat from the cloakroom, thinking it was his. They met again at a disco later that evening, at which Rodney's friends Mickey Pearce and Jevon unsuccessfully asked her for a dance. Rodney then bet £20 that he would be successful and, to their horror, she agreed to dance with him. Cassandra also offered to give him a lift home, and they exchanged telephone numbers. However, as he was ashamed to take her home to Nelson Mandela House, he pretended he lived in a more upmarket location on King's Avenue and was duly left stranded as it began to pour with rain. Again he took the wrong coat, getting drenched as he walked home.

Originally [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]] wanted to make Cassandra a girlfriend of [[Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)|Trigger]], [[Denzil (Only Fools and Horses)|Denzil]] or an admirer of [[Boycie]], but decided that, like Del, Rodney needed a long-term relationship.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}

Their relationship blossomed throughout the sixth series; In [[The Unlucky Winner Is...]], Cassandra went to Spain with Rodney and Del, and had to pretend to be Del's wife and Rodney's stepmother. In ''[[Sickness and Wealth]]'', Rodney announced that they were engaged; they married in the final episode of series 6, ''[[Little Problems]]'', after which they moved into their own flat. Her marriage to Rodney was not without its problems; Rodney envied Cassandra's privileged upbringing and her qualifications. When Cassandra wanted to build herself a career at the bank, Rodney was outraged, as he wanted her to be little more than a housewife, and have his dinner on the table for when he got home from work.

After a year of marriage, Cassandra and Rodney split up in [[The Jolly Boys Outing]] (the 1989 Christmas special), when he punched her boss in a fit of misplaced jealousy, breaking his nose. In the next episode to be aired, [[Rodney Come Home]], (Christmas special 1990), they broke up again. This split carried on throughout series 7. In [[The Chance of a Lunchtime]], Del helped reunite them. However, the two were only together for an hour before Cassandra saw Rodney with an ex-fiancée of Del Boy. Assuming that Rodney was cheating on her, Cassandra locked him out of the flat. They were ultimately reconciled in [[Three Men, a Woman and a Baby]], but after just getting back together they were interrupted by a phone call to say [[Raquel Turner|Raquel]], Del Boy's partner, had gone into labour and [[Derek Trotter|Del]] wanted Rodney to be there for the birth. The episode [[Miami Twice]] saw them trying to patch up their relationship, and in [[Mother Nature's Son (Only Fools and Horses)|Mother Natures Son]] they were back together permanently. The later episodes saw them attempting to conceive a child, and Cassandra was promoted to head of small business investment at the local bank. After suffering a miscarriage in "[[Modern Men (Only Fools and Horses)|Modern Men]]", she and Rodney later had a daughter, Joan (named after Del and Rodney's late mother), in ''[[Sleepless in Peckham]]''.

==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite book | author=Clark, Steve | title=The Only Fools and Horses Story| publisher=BBC Books| year=1998| isbn=0-563-38445-X}}
*{{cite book | author=Webber, Richard | title=The Complete A-Z of Only Fools and Horses| publisher=Orion| year=2003| isbn=0-7528-6025-9}}

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Raquel Turner

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{{Short description|Fictional character from Only Fools and Horses}}
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{{Infobox soap character
| series = [[Only Fools and Horses]]
| name = Raquel Turner
| portrayer = [[Tessa Peake-Jones]]
| first = ''[[Dates (Only Fools and Horses)|Dates]]''
| last = ''[[Sleepless in Peckham]]''
| years= 1988–1993, 1996, 2001–2003
|classification = [[List of Only Fools and Horses characters|Former; regular]]
| born = 4 June 1957
| occupation = [[Actress]] [[Stripper]] (formerly)
| creator=[[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]]
| husband = [[DCI Roy Slater|Roy Slater]] (1979–1983) (divorced) [[Del Boy|Derek Trotter]] (1990–present; partner)
| sons = [[Damien Trotter]]
| father = James Turner
| mother = Audrey Turner
| brothers = Quentin Turner
| nieces =
}}
'''Rachel "Raquel" Turner''' (formerly '''Slater'''; born 4 June 1957<ref>See {{cite web |
url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/uncovered/raquel.shtml |
title=here |
publisher=BBC |
accessdate=16 September 2006}}</ref>) is a [[fictional character]] from the [[BBC]] [[television]] [[sit-com]] ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'', in which she is [[Del Boy]]'s long-term partner. She is portrayed by [[Tessa Peake-Jones]].

==Character creation==
With ''Only Fools and Horses'' moving into its sixth series, writer [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]] wanted Del Boy to start looking for more mature women, rather than continually chasing 20-year-olds, and to have a long-term relationship, so he came up with the character Raquel for the 1988 [[Christmas special]] episode, "[[Dates (Only Fools and Horses)|Dates]]".

==Biography==
During the episode, she was introduced to Del via a [[dating agency]] and at first the two got on well. She told Del that she was a trained actress, with ambitions to have a full-time career in the profession, although her only experiences of the business had been an unsuccessful [[pop duo]] with a friend, ''Double Cream''. She made various low-key stage appearances, (including one headlining at the Talk of the Town, Reading, in which she fluffed her lines so badly that the crowd cheered when [[last call (bar term)|last orders]] was announced) and a one-line part in a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode. She also mentioned that, owing to her career choice, she had long been estranged from her parents, not having seen or spoken to them for years.

However, she supplemented her income with a part-time job as a [[striptease|stripagram]], a fact Del only discovered when he unwittingly booked her for [[Uncle Albert]]'s birthday party at the Nag's Head [[Public house|pub]]. Humiliated in front of all his friends, Del told her he no longer wanted to see her. However, she then told Del that if he wanted her to stay, she would refuse the job she had been offered in the [[Middle East]] and remain with him. Del changed his mind but an untimely misunderstanding with the police (when he mistook a female officer for another stripper) resulted in him being arrested and unable to meet her. Heartbroken, she left London to work in the Middle East and later the United States.

It was initially intended for that to be Raquel's only appearance in the show, but a year later Sullivan wrote her into the series again, for the 1989 Christmas special, "[[The Jolly Boys' Outing]]". During the episode, Del and a group of friends were on their annual day trip to [[Margate]] and, by chance, were stranded there for the night when their coach blew up. They went to a night club that evening, where Raquel was working as a magician's stage assistant. She and Del spoke again, and this time agreed to stay in touch. Shortly afterwards, Raquel moved back to [[Peckham]] with Del and, from series seven onwards, she became a permanent character.

Thereafter, Raquel tried on several occasions to resurrect her show-business career, such as auditioning for [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] plays (she won a role in a production, only to turn it down after discovering that she was pregnant) and appearing on stage alongside the singing dustman with a [[Rhotacism (speech impediment)|speech impediment]], Tony Angelino, in "[[Stage Fright (Only Fools and Horses)|Stage Fright]]". Following the birth of her and Del's son, Damien, she became a housewife, taking over the cooking and cleaning roles from Uncle Albert. In a plot twist in "[[Class of '62|The Class of '62]]", it was revealed that she had previously been married to [[Roy Slater]], corrupt police officer and nemesis of Del, for four years. Raquel was reunited with her parents in "[[Time On Our Hands]]", when she invited them to dinner at the flat.

A kind-hearted and motherly figure, in Del she met a man with a similar nature – well-intentioned but ultimately with ambitions beyond his talent. Their relationship suffered several problems, and she briefly left Del in "[[Fatal Extraction]]" due to his gambling and heavy drinking. They were ultimately reconciled, though never married, despite hints of Del's desire to marry her. Her character also changed as the show went on, moving from an ambitious woman lacking in confidence, to a tougher sarcastic one unafraid to stand up to Del's scheming and fast-talking nature.

==Notes==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book | author=Clark, Steve | title=The Only Fools and Horses Story| publisher=BBC Books| year=1998| isbn=0-563-38445-X}}
*{{cite book | author=Webber, Richard | title=The Complete A-Z of Only Fools and Horses| publisher=Orion| year=2003| isbn=0-7528-6025-9}}

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Uncle Albert

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{{Infobox soap character
| series = [[Only Fools and Horses]]
| name = Uncle Albert Trotter
| years = 1985–1993, 1996
| image =Uncle Albert Only Fools and Horses.jpg
| caption =
| portrayer = [[Buster Merryfield]]
| first = ''[[Strained Relations]]''
| last = ''[[Time On Our Hands]]''
| classification = [[List of Only Fools and Horses characters|Former; regular]]
| born = 19 November 1920
| death = 2001
| occupation = Retired [[Royal Navy]] and [[Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)|Merchant Navy]] sailor
| creator = [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]]
| father = Jack Trotter Snr
| mother = Victoria Trotter
| wife = Ada Trotter (separated)
| brothers = [[Grandad (Only Fools and Horses)|Edward Trotter]] George Trotter Jack Trotter
| sisters = Patsy Trotter
| sons = Numerous
| nephews = Stan Trotter [[List of Only Fools and Horses characters#Reg Trotter|Reg Trotter]] [[Derek Trotter]] (great nephew) [[Rodney Trotter]] (step-great nephew) [[Damien Trotter]] (great-great-nephew) 
| nieces = Audrey Trotter Gillian Joan Trotter Jr.(step-great-great-niece)
}}

'''Albert Gladstone Trotter''', better known as '''Uncle Albert''' (19 November 1920 – 2001),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/uncovered/albert.shtml |title = Comedy - Only Fools and Horses - Uncle Albert}}</ref> was a fictional character in the BBC sitcom ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'', portrayed by [[Buster Merryfield]]. He was introduced during the fourth series as a replacement for the character of [[Grandad (Only Fools and Horses)|Grandad]] due to the sudden death of [[Lennard Pearce]] in 1984.

==Fictional character biography==
Albert was born on 19 November 1920 on Tobacco Road in [[Wapping]], London, close to the [[London Docklands|Docks]], where he lived with his brothers [[Grandad (Only Fools and Horses)|Edward]], George, and Jack. Albert joined the [[Royal Navy]] in 1937,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Comedy - Only Fools and Horses - Uncle Albert |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/uncovered/albert.shtml |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> aged 17, and two years later was called to action following the outbreak of the [[Second World War]]. He spent the rest of his life recounting tales from the war. He was awarded seven medals<ref>{{Cite web |title=Comedy - Only Fools and Horses - Uncle Albert |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/uncovered/albert.shtml |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> - although this was largely because he had an extraordinarily unfortunate time. He served on seven ships that were either torpedoed or divebombed over a period of four years, including two during [[Peacetime]].<ref>[[Hole in One (Only Fools and Horses)|Hole in One]]</ref> Albert undertook basic parachute training on the Isle of Wight, which enabled him to fall without injuring himself. He used this to his advantage in the post-war years, staging mock falls down the cellars of pubs in order to receive financial compensation. He staged falls down at least fifteen cellars, gaining the nickname of "The Ferret" in the process. After the war, Albert joined the [[British Merchant Navy|Merchant Navy]]. In spite of his past with the Royal and Merchant Navies, Albert cannot swim.<ref>[[As One Door Closes]]</ref> He lost contact with his brother Edward because of a fight over Albert's future wife Ada to whom they were both attracted.<ref>[[Tea for Three]]</ref> Despite this, he attended Edward's funeral.

Uncle Albert, as he was known by his two great nephews, [[Del Boy]] and [[Rodney Trotter|Rodney]], joined the cast in 1985 during the episode ''[[Strained Relations]]'' when he attended the funeral of his older brother Edward. Shortly after the funeral, Albert was abandoned by his nephew Stan and his wife Jean, with whom he was living in their mobile home.<ref>{{Citation|last=BBCWorldwide|title=Introducing Uncle Albert - Only Fools and Horses - BBC|date=2011-09-17|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhCzaCtRupQ|access-date=2016-05-13}}</ref> After initial reluctance, Del agreed to let his Uncle stay. Albert was described by Del as "England's greatest sailor since [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]] lost the Armada."

It is revealed by Albert in ''[[Tea For Three]]'', that Grandad and Albert fell out over Albert's later wife, Ada, whom they both fancied at the time. The fight ended in them both hitting each other and after that, they never spoke again. Ultimately, Albert's marriage to Ada was not an entirely happy one, and the two were estranged by the late 1960s, though never formally divorced. They had no children.

Albert was famed for telling stories that often began with the words "During the war...", which often annoyed Del and Rodney but almost always caught their interest once he started telling them the story. In Albert's final appearance in the series (''[[Time On Our Hands]]'', the third and final chapter of the 1996 Christmas trilogy), a frustrated Del cuts Albert off at "During th..." by threatening to pour a cup of tea over his head should he complete the sentence "During the war...". Albert restarts his anecdote with, "During the 1939-1945 conflict with Germany..."

Albert was less of a help than a hindrance; in ''Time on Our Hands'', Albert ruins a long anticipated dinner with Raquel's parents (whom she had not spoken to for many years). After hours of preparation and worrying about the meal, and the oversized table, everything appears to be going well until Del realises that Albert has confused the jars containing coffee and gravy granules. By this time, however, it is too late; the guests have already poured coffee over their meals. Before eating, Del punishes Albert by pouring the "gravy" all over his meal. The meal is abandoned early, and Raquel goes to fetch the "coffee". In Del Boy's own words: "Not only have you managed to sink every battleship and aircraft carrier that you've ever sailed on, but now you've gone and knackered a [[Sauce boat|gravy boat]]!"

Albert had a female companion called Elsie Partridge, who was first mentioned by Rodney in ''[[The Unlucky Winner Is...]]'', and appeared in the episode ''[[Sickness and Wealth]]''. His nephews often teased him about this as well as his ability to sink ships and, with his bald head and big white beard, his resemblance to [[Captain Birdseye]].

Although Del and Rodney often teased Albert, they showed their care for him when they found out he had died in ''[[If They Could See Us Now]]'', and they both regretted not taking him on holiday with them before he died (although Albert never held a passport). Damien, as a joke, hides Cassandra's birth control pills in Albert's urn.

Originally, the final episode of Only Fools and Horses was meant to be ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Only Fools and Horses)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]'', with [[Del Boy]] leaving for Australia with new partner Jumbo Mills, Uncle Albert staying in Nelson Mandela House, and [[Rodney Trotter|Rodney]] and Mickey Pearce taking over Trotters Independent Traders, but [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]] felt that this was not the end of the road for the Trotters. After the decision had been made, Albert was meant to be in until the final episode, ''[[Sleepless in Peckham]]'', but, owing to Buster Merryfield's death, the script had to be changed, and Uncle Albert died before the events of ''[[If They Could See Us Now]]''.

Reportedly, John Sullivan had intended for a younger Uncle Albert to make an appearance in the prequel series ''[[Rock and Chips]]'' in flashbacks taking place before his fallout with Grandad, but Sullivan died after writing the series' third episode, ''[[The Frog and the Pussycat]]''.

==After Merryfield's death==
Merryfield died on 23 June 1999 from a brain tumour. During the 2001 Christmas special, ''[[If They Could See Us Now]]'', Cassandra takes a phone call from Elsie Partridge's son who informs them that Albert has died. Del and Rodney, who had since become millionaires, regretted not having taken him with them, but were consoled by the revelation that the ''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner|Ancient Mariner]]'' never actually held a passport and at the same time showing up at the wrong funeral to someone else called Albert. In the 2002 special, ''[[Strangers on the Shore]]'', the two scatter Albert's ashes in the [[English Channel]], before visiting the French village where Albert had been stationed for a time during the war only to find an entire town inhabited by bald men with white beards who all bore more than a passing resemblance to their late uncle, they joked it should have been called "Trottersville". In the 2003 special, ''[[Sleepless in Peckham]]'', it was revealed that Albert had invested his share of the Trotter fortune in a safer area prior to his death. Coupled with his choice of a simple lifestyle, this meant Albert had around £290,000 at the time of his death, which he left to his two great nephews. This was enough to save them from being evicted from Nelson Mandela House.

==Medals==
Although Albert talks about his Naval career, he wore his ribbons in every episode.

<div class="center">
[[File:Ribbon - 1939-45 Star.png|100x30px]]
[[File:Ribbon - Atlantic Star.png|100x30px]]
[[File:Ribbon - Africa Star.png|100x30px]]

[[File:Pacific Star BAR.svg|100x30px]]
[[File:Ribbon - Italy Star.png|100x30px]]
[[File:Defence Medal BAR.svg|100x30px]]
[[File:Ribbon - War Medal.png|100x30px]]
</div>
# [[1939–1945 Star]]
# [[Atlantic Star]]
# [[Africa Star]]
# [[Pacific Star]]
# [[Italy Star]]
# [[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]]
# [[War Medal 1939–1945|War Medal]] (although he never wore this as all recipients of campaign stars also received the War Medal, it was worn by Delboy in ''[[Strangers on the Shore]]''.)

==References==
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