(William) John Christopher Vassall (1924–1996) by F. Shepherd, 1975 © News International Newspapers Ltd
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Peter Martland
Vassall [later Phillips], (William) John Christopher (1924–1996), Admiralty official and spy, was born on 20 September 1924 at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, where his father, William Vassall, was a long-serving chaplain and his mother, Mabel Andrea Sellicks, was a nurse. Educated at a boarding-school at ...