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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Archie Christie
Commemorated ati
Agatha Christie book
Unveiled on the 60th anniversary of The Mousetrap, this bronze, 2.5 m high 'b...
Other Subjects
India House
An informal Indian nationalist organisation founded in 1905 by Shyamji Krishna Varma at 65 Cromwell Avenue. The term is also used to describe the building in Highgate where many of the student adhe...
Basaveshwara Foundation
Presumably set up with the sole objective of erecting the statue, we think this is their website.
Indian Rebellion / Indian Mutiny
A major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India against the rule of the British East India Company. Also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
Ambika Paul
Daughter of Lord Paul. She died from leukaemia and the Ambika Paul Foundation which supports charitable causes, was set up in her memory.
India League
August 2023, from Londonist: "The India Club — with its beloved restaurant that's been dishing up south Indian cuisine to Londoners for 70 years — is closing next month. ... The India Club was form...
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