Cicely Paget-Bowman's early acting career was put on hold due to World War II. Cicely served as the Army Nurse for X Troop 11 SAS, the very first airborne commando regiment of the British Army. It was based at Ringway (now known as Manchester Airport), Manchester England. Where she was to spend the entire war, under strict secrecy. After World War II Cicely found work on stage and screen with her most famous roles being in Les procès d'Oscar Wilde (1960).