James Gustaf Edward Le Mesurier OBE (25 May 1971 ? 11 November 2019) ^[1] was the British military personnel, humanitarian and volunteer worker. He co-founder of the White Helmets , a volunteer civil defence organisation in the Syrian Civil War . He was a British Army officer in the 1990s and also worked with the United Nations peacekeeping force in the former Yugoslavia . ^[2]

He was also the director of the non-profit Mayday Rescue Foundation . ^{[3] [4]}

On 11 November 2019, Le Mesurier was found dead in the street of Beyo?lu , Istanbul, in what appears to have been a fall from his balcony. ^{[5] [6] [7]} Le Mesurier was found with fractures to his head and legs. ^[8] The cause of the fall or exact cause of death is under investigation. ^[9]

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