James Le Mesurier | |
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Born | James Gustaf Edward Le Mesurier 25 May 1971 |
Died | 11 November 2019 | (aged 48)
Nationality | British |
Education | |
Occupation(s) | Army officer, security consultant |
Known for | Co-founding the White Helmets (Syria) |
Military career | |
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Years of service | 1990–2000 |
Rank | ![]() |
Unit | Royal Green Jackets |
James Gustaf Edward Le Mesurier OBE (25 May 1971 – 11 November 2019)[1] was the British co-founder of the White Helmets, a volunteer civil defence organisation in the Syrian Civil War, founded in southern Turkey in 2014. Le Mesurier was a British Army officer and worked as part of the United Nations peacekeeping force in the former Yugoslavia.[2][3] He was the director of the non-profit Mayday Rescue Foundation, headquartered in the Netherlands.[2][4] Le Mesurier died in a fall from the balcony of an Istanbul building where he kept an apartment and an office.[5]
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