I remember reading about a book (?) about a man who served in the singapore police before wwII, then at out break of war who moved to the uk where he taught un-armed combat and self defence to SOE etc Can anyone shed any light on the person and or book please!
I did see a very similar character in an episode of Foyles War. Would be fascinating to find out if it was based on a real character. When did you read the book?
Hi, I read about him/book years ago in the Mail On Sunday, have tried a trawl thru the web and cant find anything without his name or name of book.
Searching the web I found this site about William Ewart Fairbairn: W.E. FAIRBAIRN- THE LEGENDARY INSTRUCTOR CQB Services ยป W.E. FAIRBAIRN- THE LEGENDARY INSTRUCTOR. By Phil Matthews and there is a book about his life: The Legend of W.E. Fairbairn, Gentleman and Warrior: The Shanghai Years: Amazon.co.uk: Peter Robins, Nicholas Tyler, Paul Child: Books Sorry, I couldn't find better picture. He also wrote the book : Shooting to Live: Amazon.co.uk: W.E. Fairbairn, E.A. Sykes: Books Is this what you searching for?