John Christie (murderer) John Christie (murderer) John Reginald Halliday Christie (8 April 1899 – 15 July 1953), known to his family and friends as Reg Christie, was an English serial killer and necrophile active during the 1940s and early 1950s. He murdered at least eight people – including his wife, Ethel – by strangling them in his flat at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London. Christie moved out of Rillington Place during March 1953; soon afterward the bodies of three of his victims were discovered hidden in a wallpaper-covered alcove in the kitchen. Two further bodies were discovered in the garden, and his
In Which We Serve is being rushed into commission as the possibility of war becomes a near certainty. The ship spends a relatively quiet Christmas in the north of Scotland during the Phoney War. But by 1940, the "Torrin" is taking part in a naval battle off the coast of Norway. During the action, a terrified young sailor (an uncredited Richard Attenborough in his first acting role) leaves his station while another rating (Mills) returns to work his gun after its crew is knocked unconscious by a torpedo strike. The damaged "Torrin" is towed back to port, all the time being harried by dive-bombers.