OSS Fairbairn, William Ewart

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Fairbairn
  • FORENAME
William Ewart
  • UNIT
OSS Instructor
  • RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
  • NUMBER
  • AWARD
Legion of Merit
  • PLACE
WW2
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 28.2.1885 Rickmansworth,Hertfordshire
R.M.L.I. 1901
Shanghai Municipal Police October 1907-March 1940
awarded Black Belt degree by Kodokan Jiu-Jitsu University (first foreigner)
SIS (D Section) 1939 (Captain)
War Office Special Training Centre,Lochailort,Scotland
SOE March 1942 (Captain)
Major 8.6.1942
STS 103 (Camp X) (Chief Instructor)
OSS (US) 1944-45 (british Army,attached)
award Legion of Merit
died 20.6.1960 England
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