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Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu CBE QC DL (29 March 1901 – 19 July 1985) was a British judge, Naval intelligence officer, and author. He is best known for his leading role in Operation Mincemeat, a critical military deception operation that misdirected German forces' attention away from the Allied invasion of Sicily ("Operation Husky").
May 6, 2022 · Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen) and Captain Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) decided to plant a dead body disguised as a member of the British royal marines off the coast of Spain.
May 4, 2022 · How accurate is Operation Mincemeat? The true story of the WWII British deception operation involving Glyndwr Michael's corpse is compared to the Colin Firth movie. Meet the real Ewen Montagu, Charles Cholmondeley and Jean Leslie.
Lt. Commander Ewen Montagu, RNVR. The Mincemeat team grew as specialized knowledge in various areas was needed. Montagu sought out the leading pathologist of the day, Sir Bernard Spilsbury, to assist in finding a corpse of the right age, and recently deceased.
May 10, 2022 · Ewen Montagu was a loyal, good-natured man whose candid remarks, particularly as a judge, occasionally hurt people, but he was quick to apologize. He passed away on July 19, 1985.
The deception succeeded, in part, because the naval intelligence officers behind it, Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley, were so invested in the fiction.
Montagu was a naval intelligence officer who played a leading role in devising Operation Mincemeat, together with Squadron Leader Charles Cholmondely RAFVR. The secret operation involved dressing this corpse as a Major in the Royal Marines and giving it the false identity of ‘William Martin’.
