Charles Ingram was convicted of an unrelated offence involving insurance fraud in 2003 and ordered to resign his commission as a major by the Army Board.
21 Facts About Charles Ingram
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Charles Ingram was born on 6 August 1963 in Shardlow, Derbyshire, the son of retired RAF wing commander John Ingram and his wife, theatre set designer Susan Ingram.
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Charles Ingram's parents divorced when he was young and he spent most of his education years boarding privately at Oswestry School in Oswestry, Shropshire.
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Charles Ingram went on to obtain a BSc in civil engineering from Kingston University.
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In 1987, Charles Ingram trained for the British Army at Sandhurst and was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Engineers.
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Charles Ingram was promoted to the rank of captain in 1990 and major in 1995.
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In 1999, Charles Ingram was sent to Banja Luka in Bosnia for six months on United Nations peacekeeping duties.
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Charles Ingram graduated from Cranfield University with a master's degree in corporate management in August 2000.
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Charles Ingram was ordered by the Army Board via letter to resign his commission on 20 August 2003 and to give up his rank of major.
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Charles Ingram was taking brazen risks and playing the game in an unusual manner.
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On 19 August 2003, the Army Board ordered Charles Ingram to resign his commission as a major after sixteen years of service, but stated that this would not affect his pension entitlements.
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On 19 May 2004, the Court of Appeal denied Charles Ingram leave to appeal against his conviction and upheld his sentence but agreed to quash his wife's fine and prosecution costs.
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Whittock was accused of having coughed after Charles Ingram mentioned an incorrect option to his penultimate question and swiftly following that up with a smothered "no".
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In court, Charles Ingram claimed the videotape of his appearance on Millionaire was "unrepresentative of what I heard", and he continues to assert that it was "unfairly manipulated".
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Charles Ingram told the court that he had been able to detect a pattern of coughing, and that he was entirely convinced that coughing had helped Ingram.
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Charles Ingram had done poorly on Beat the Bong, although he did reach the semi-final stage of the BBC radio quiz show Brain of Britain.
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Since leaving the Army, Charles Ingram has written two novels: The Network and Deep Siege.
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Charles Ingram narrowly lost to Paul Daniels on the short-lived Channel 5 game show 19 Keys in November 2003.
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Charles Ingram had failed to tell Direct Line Insurance about claims he had made in the three years before he took out the policy in July 2001.
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The court was told that Charles Ingram had been a "habitual claimant" with Norwich Union after suffering "unfortunate" losses of private possessions.
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Charles Ingram met his wife, Diana, while she was training to be a teacher at Barry College in Wales.