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Fiennes was born in Windsor, Berkshire on 7 March 1944, nearly four months after the death of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes. [2] Whilst commanding the Royal Scots Greys in Italy Fiennes' father trod on a German anti-personnel S-mine and died of his wounds eleven days later in Naples on 24 November 1943. [3]
May 6, 2024 · Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born March 7, 1944, Windsor, Berkshire, England) is a British adventurer, pioneering polar explorer, and writer, who, among his many exploits, in 1979–82 led the first north-south surface circumnavigation of the world (i.e., along a meridian).
He inherited the baronetcy of Banbury at birth following the death of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, who served with distinction in the Royal Scots Greys during World War II.
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Jul 8, 2022 · It was the early summer of 1981, and I’d gone to Disneyland in California with Britain’s greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes.
Jan 10, 2020 · When you’re dead, you’re dead. It doesn’t really matter. Sir Ranulph Fiennes will be talking at The Adventure Travel Show in London on 18 January 2020. Sir Ranulph Fiennes is the world's greatest living explorer. Here, we sit down with the legend to learn more about his life, his travels and his goals.
Sep 22, 2003 · He suffered a heart attack, Britain's biggest killer. Sir Ranulph Fiennes brush with death came on June 7 2003 after boarding a flight to Edinburgh at Bristol airport. The 59-year-old...
Nick McGrath. Sunday January 01 2023, 12.01am, The Sunday Times. LIZ SCARFF / EYEVINE. Fiennes was born in Windsor four months after his father died in the Second World War. Inheriting his...
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