Ewen Montagu

Captain Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu (March 19,1901-July 191985) was a British judge, writer and intelligence officer.

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March 19 - 1901 - July 19 - 1985 - Judge - Writer - Intelligence officer

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The second son of Louis Samuel Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling, Ewen was a machine gun instructor during World War I in a United States naval air station even while in his teens. After the war he studied in Trinity College, Oxford and in Harvard University before he was called to the bar in 1924.

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Louis Samuel Montagu - 2nd Baron Swaythling - United States - Naval air station - Trinity College - Oxford - Harvard University - 1924

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During World War II, Montagu served in the Naval Intelligence Division of the British Admiralty, where he conceived Operation Mincemeat, a major deception plan against the Germans during the war. For his role in Mincemeat, he was awarded the Military Order of the British Empire. From 1945 to 1973 he held the position of Judge Advocate of the Fleet. He wrote The Man Who Never Was (1953), a fair, responsible account of Mincemeat, which was later made into a movie three years later.

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World War II - Naval Intelligence Division - Admiralty - Operation Mincemeat - Germans - Military Order of the British Empire - 1945 - 1973 - Judge Advocate of the Fleet - The Man Who Never Was - 1953

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