Ralph Cairns

Inspector Ralph Cairns (1908 – 26 August 1939) was a British police officer who was commander of the Palestine Police CID's Jewish Section until his assassination.

Cairns was born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England. During his service in the Palestine Police, Cairns was widely accused of using torture against members of Irgun,[1] including Irgun leaders Benjamin Zerony and Mordechai Pacho.[2]

Cairns and a colleague, Ronald Barker, were assassinated by a remotely-detonated Irgun land mine on 26 August 1939 in Rehavia, Jerusalem,[3] on the orders of then Irgun leader Hanoch Kalai.[4] The Irgun member who detonated the mine was future Israeli politician Haim Corfu. Cairns is buried in the Jerusalem Protestant Cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ John, Robert (2006). The Palestine Diary: 1914-1945. BookSurge Publishing. pp. 326fn. ISBN 9781419635694.
  2. ↑ Golan, Zev (2003). Free Jerusalem: Heroes, Heroines and Rogues Who Created the State of Israel. Devora Publishing Company. p. 144. ISBN 1930143540.
  3. ↑ Ben-Yehuda, Nachman (1993). Political Assassinations by Jews: A Rhetorical Device for Justice. SUNY Press. pp. 155–57. ISBN 9780791411650.
  4. ↑ Bell, J. Bowyer (1977). Terror Out of Zion: The Fight for Israeli Independence. Transaction Publishers. pp. 48–49. ISBN 9781560008705.
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