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British Royal Marine (1885–1960)

William E. Fairbairn
Fairbairn in 1942
Born	William Ewart Fairbairn (1885-02-28)28 February 1885 Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
Died	20 June 1960(1960-06-20) (aged 75) Worthing, Sussex, England
Occupation(s)	Royal Marines, Shanghai Municipal Police, Combatives Instructor

Lieutenant ColonelWilliam Ewart Fairbairn (; 28 February 1885 – 20 June 1960) was a British soldier and police officer.

He developed hand-to-hand combat methods for the Shanghai Police during the interwar period, as well as for the Alliedspecial forces during World War II. He created his own fighting system known as Defendu.

The culmination of years of research by the late Peter Robins, the biography of W.E. Fairbairn, "the father of CQB" has been published.

Scottish civil engineer and inventor who did pioneering work in bridge design and in testing iron and finding new applications for it.

William Ewart Fairbairn was born in Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, his father (George) was originally from Liverpool and was employed as.

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William E. Fairbairn June ) was a British Royal Marine and police officer.

Notably, this included innovative pistol shooting techniques and the development of the Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife.

Military career

Fairbairn served with the Royal MarineLight Infantry starting in 1901, and joined the Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP) in 1907.

He served in one of the re