Eric Vincent Ewart White - the Barrister-at-Law who defended a German Spy

Eric Vincent Ewart White at Oxford ca. 1937 Copyright 2020 - Rowan Ewart-White Used with permission A few months ago, I wrote a follow-up post about Eric Vincent Ewart White, the defence attorney for Josef Jakobs at his 1941 court martial. I had tracked down the names of three of Eric's grandchildren and reached out to one of them. And... success! Rowan Ewart-White kindly sent me a photograph of his grandfather and a post from the Epsom & Ewell History Explorer site. This post draws heavily upon my 2015 blog on Eric which can be read here , but also includes some extra information. After so many years, it's exciting to be able to see the face of the man who met my grandfather and who did his best to defend him against the charges of espionage and treachery. The following is a blend of some new information from the Epsom & Ewell site, as well as my own supplemental research. Early Life Eric was born in the third quarter of 1909 in Lewisham, Greater London. Eric's pa