Xan Fielding

Major

Xan Fielding

DSO
Birth nameAlexander Percival Wallace
Born(1918-11-26)26 November 1918
Ootacamund, British India
Died19 August 1991(1991-08-19) (aged 72)
Paris, France
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1940 – 1946
RankMajor
Service number159770
UnitCyprus Regiment
Special Operations Executive
Battles / warsWorld War II
Awards
Other workAuthor, translator

Alexander Percival Feilman Wallace DSO (26 November 1918 – 19 August 1991), known as Xan Fielding, was a British author, translator, journalist and traveller, who served as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent in Crete, France and East Asia during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe and Asia against the Axis powers, especially Nazi Germany.