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Originally Posted by signalman
By jingo Jo what a life,thanks for posting that and the obituary.The incident in Palestine is featured in the dvd Empire Warriors,Palestine the Jewish war.UK dvd (2006).If you have not seen this i recommend it.phil.
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There is also a book about the "hat" incident: "Major Farran's Hat: The Untold Story of the Struggle to Establish the Jewish State" by David Cesarani.
Although I have not read it I understand it claims that Major Farran was involved in the kidnap and execution/murder of Jewish terrorists/soldiers & that one of these was a teenaged boxer who "got a few blows in" whilst being dragged into a car, and who was never seen again.
A hat "Major Farran's Hat" was seen to be knocked off of the head of one of the kidnappers and was handed over to a newspaper, since the passers by thought that it was the police/army who had kidnapped the boy.
After a trial the army spirited Major Farran away, but the "Lehi" aka "Stern Gang" , still tried to kill him with a letter bomb sent to his parents address in England. The bomb killed Major Farran's younger brother Rex, who was a student, and opened the letter addressed to "R Farran".
I have not read this book as I do not wish to know about the British army being involved in a "dirty war", but it is available on Abebooks etc. For example:
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Bo...%3D3%26sts%3Dt
Guardian Obit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/...secondworldwar
Times Obit:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...icle671935.ece