and knocked himself unconscious. He was admitted to Rangoon Hospital where he was treated. His wife died in 1949. In 1951, at the age of 71, he married Ruth Myrtle Muriel Joan McKechnie, a divorcee known as Joan Sutherland, 23 years his junior (born in late 1903, she died 13 January 2006 at the age of 102.) They settled at Aghinagh House, Killinardrish, County Cork, Ireland. Carton de Wiart died at the age of 83 on 5 June 1963. He left no papers. He and his wife Joan are buried in Caum Churchyard just off the main Macroom road. The grave site is just outside the actual graveyard wall on the grounds of his own home, Aghinagh House. Carton de Wiart's will was valued at probate in Ireland at £4,158 and in England at £3,496. Publications Happy Odyssey: The Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Jonathan Cape, 1950. Awards and decorations Carton de Wiart was the recipient of several awards: In popular culture Carton de Wiart is the subject of the 2022 song "The Unkillable Soldier" by Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton on their album The War to End all Wars. See also Jack Churchill, another notably eccentric British officer References Sources Further reading Boatner, Mark, (1999), The Biographical Dictionary of World War II, Presidio Press, Novato, California. Buzzell, Nora (1997), The Register of the Victoria Cross, This England. Davies, Norman, (2003) White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919–1920, Pimlico Edition, London. Davies, Norman, (2003) The Miracle on the Vistula", Pimlico Edition, London. Doherty, Richard; Truesdale, David, (2000) Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross Foot, M.R.D. & Langley, J.M., MI9 Escape & Evasion 1939–45, The Bodley Head, 1979, 365 pages Gliddon, Gerald (1994), VCs of the First World War – The Somme. Hargest, Brigadier, James C.B.E., D.S.O. M.C., Farewell Campo 12, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1945, 184 pages contains a sketch map of Castello Vincigliata page 85, route of capture and escape 'Sidi Azir – London (inside front cover),(no index) Harvey, David, (1999), Monuments to Courage. Leeming, John F (1951) Always To-Morrow, George G Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 188p, Illustrated with photographs and maps Neame, Sir Philip Lt-Gen. V.C., K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., Playing with Strife, The Autobiography of a Soldier, George G Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1947, 353 pages, (written whilst a POW, the best narrative of Vincigliata as Campo PG12, contains a scale plan of Castello