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Richard Meinertzhagen

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British soldier, intelligence officer, fraudulent ornithologist (1878-1967)

United Kingdom WritersLived 1878 to 1967 · aged 89

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Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO was a British soldier, intelligence officer, and ornithologist. He had a decorated military career spanning Africa and the Middle East.

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Awards 3

1951Godman-Salvin Medal

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Distinguished Service Order

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SpouseAnnie Meinertzhagen

SpouseArmorel Le Roy-Lewis

SpouseTheresa Clay

FatherDaniel Meinertzhagen VI

MotherGeorgina Potter

ChildDaniel Meinertzhagen

ChildAnne Meinertzhagen

ChildRandle Richard Meinertzhagen

SiblingMargaret Booth (née Meinertzhagen)

SiblingLawrencina Meinertzhagen

SiblingMary Amelia Wollaston

SiblingKatherine Beatrice Meinertzhagen

SiblingBarbara Drake

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe94.3

About this person

Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO was a British soldier, intelligence officer, and ornithologist. He had a decorated military career spanning Africa and the Middle East. He credited himself with creating and executing the 'Haversack Ruse' in October 1917, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War, but his participation in this matter has since been refuted.

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United Kingdom