Date of birth:

November 6th, 1921 (Watford/Hertfordshire, Great Britain)

Date of death:

October 13th, 2007

Service number:

276438

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Andrew Fiarbairn was educated at Ardingly school, west Sussex Before styding history at Trinity College, Cambridge.
During WW2 he won the Military Cross after leading a platoon which, although outnumbered, captured a vital bridge in Normandy, along with some of the enemy
After the war he had e career in education in Leicestershire from which he retired in 1984.
Andrew Fairbairn died aged 85 after a fall.

Bevorderingen:
15 May, 1943: 2e Lieutenant; Infantry

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• - The London Gazette Publication date:2 July 1943 Issue:36080, Page:3050
  - The London Gazette Publication date:9 April 1946 Issue:37528, Page:1835
  - The Guardian - Obituaries