First Marriage and Later Career
He entered the 20th Hussars, but later transferred to the 3rd King's Own Hussars in 1921. The regiment was stationed in Constantinople, where Tudor reportedly met Larissa Haouk, who was reportedly working as a belly dancer in a Constantinople nightclub, and married her in 1923 against the wishes of the colonel of his regiment. He reportedly was forced to leave his regiment after he married Larissa and transferred to the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Tank Corps, based at Lydd, Kent.
Tudor was devastated by Larissa's death in 1926 and took flowers or arranged for flowers to be delivered to her grave each 10 June until a few years before his own death. However, he remarried quickly. His second wife was a daughter of Lord Hothfield. Tudor was readmitted to his former regiment in 1927 and was quickly promoted. He retired from the army in 1950 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He refused to answer letters inquiring about Larissa's past.
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