Passing his basic training Fairbairn was posted to a number of bases in Britain before he joined the Royal Marines Legation Guard in Korea. Another has provided the same but he is on the verge of being incarcerated, suffice it say that I have no information to disprove these events. I know of two sources that have provided this information to later researchers, both of them are now dead. Finding this employment unfavourable and desiring to see the world in 1901 he joined the Royal Marines as an under-aged recruit. Early tales of Fairbairn were that he used to read newspapers to a blind man and that his first employment was originally as an apprentice leather worker. His mother (Laura Kemp) was from Mile End in East London, as one of fourteen children young William was part of a large family of limited means. William Ewart Fairbairn was born in Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, his father (George) was originally from Liverpool and was employed as leather cutter. In the following work I will not go over old ground or rehash the past as others have attempted to do, Peter Robins expert work “The Legend of W.E Fairbairn – Gentleman and Warrior” has the best researched information on the mans birth and early upbringing.Īnyone wishing to learn more on this period of Fairbairn’s life is strongly advised to purchase the above book, for me to attempt to retell in depth the origins of Fairbairn would be as ludicrous as it would be unseemly – buy Peter’s book.
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