Born India. Being in the air force he married Agatha while on leave, on Christmas Eve, 1914. He rose to colonel. After the war he got a job in the City and then one which took him and his family around the world. In December 1926 his declaration of love for another woman prompted Agatha's much publicised 10 day disappearance. They divorced in 1928. The picture shows the couple during the war.
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Archie Christie
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Agatha Christie book
Unveiled on the 60th anniversary of The Mousetrap, this bronze, 2.5 m high 'b...
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Lord Louis Mountbatten
Admiral of the Fleet. 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Grandson of Queen Victoria and uncle of Prince Philip. Born Frogmore House, Windsor and known by family and friends as Dickie. His wife's, Edwi...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Burma, Germany, India, Ireland, Pakistan
5 memorials
Hubert Carr-Gomm
Politician and publisher. Hubert William Culling Carr-Gomm was born on 20 June 1877 in Palamcottah, Madras, India, (now Palayamkottai) and he was also baptised there on 19 August 1877. He was the...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, India, Spain
1 memorial
Sir Basil Spence
Architect. Born Basil Urwin Spence in Bombay. He studied at the Edinburgh College of Art, where he won many prizes. His most famous work is probably the new Coventry cathedral which was completed i...
1 memorial
Dr. L. M. Singhvi
High Commissioner for India in the UK, 1991-7: after V. K. Krishna Menon, he was the second-longest-serving. Described on the web as "a great planter of trees. In England he has been planting trees...
10 memorials
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