Charlie Christodoulou

Charles 'Charlie' Christodoulou (born c.1951 - killed 14 February 1976) was born in Birmingham in England and was a British mercenary during the Angolan War of Independence.
Christodoulou was of Greek Cypriot origin and was believed to be a cousin of Costas Georgiou, known later as 'Colonel Callan', the leader of the British mercenaries in Angola. The two served together in the 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment in the British Army and toured in Northern Ireland. Christodoulou was honourably discharged from the Army, where he was referred to as "Charlie Caldwell" or "Charlie Kebab" and in Angola as "Shotgun Charlie", because he was never seen without one.
A withdrawn and easily led character, he fought in Angola in 1976 for the FNLA. A ruthless and sadistic man disliked by all except Costas, his best friend, Christodoulou was one of the first four British mercenaries to arrive in Angola, along with his close friends Costas Georgiou, Nick Hall and Michael Wainwright. He was a cold-blooded killer and was involved in the murder of 167 pro FNLA civilians.<ref namemerc/><ref namefortune/>
Christodoulou was killed in an ambush along with 5 other mercenaries.

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