Feb 5, 1883 – May 12, 1945
work with William E. Fairbairn
- 1907 arrived in Shanghai
- 1919 met Fairbairn
- 1923 worked for Remington and Colt as rep to China & Japan Trading Co
- 1926 worked for Shanghai Municipal Police
- 1937 Head of SMP Snipers
- 1939 joined the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS – MI6)
- 1940 resigned from the Shanghai Municipal Police and returned to Britain
- 1942 Shooting to Live, published