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Together with fellow close-combat instructor Eric Sykes, Fairbairn was commissioned on the General List in 1941. : p:191ĭuring World War II, he was recruited by the British Secret Service as an Army officer, where he was given the nickname "Dangerous Dan". He also developed numerous firearms training courses and police equipment, including a special metal-lined bulletproof vest designed to stop high-velocity bullets from the 7.63x25mm Mauser pistol.
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: p:191 Fairbairn later created, organised, and trained a special anti-riot squad for the Shanghai police force. Much of his body, arms, legs, torso, even the palms of his hands, was covered with scars from knife wounds from those fights. During his service with the International Police in Shanghai, Fairbairn reportedly engaged in hundreds of street fights in the course of his duties over a twenty-year career, where he organised and headed a special anti-riot squad.
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He served in one of the red light districts. Fairbairn served with the Royal Marine Light Infantry starting in 1901, and joined the Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP) in 1907.