Louis Theobald Dillon FitzGibbon was a British naval officer, businessman and writer who was renowned for championing the plight of the Somali and Polish people.
15 Facts About Louis FitzGibbon
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Louis FitzGibbon was born in London on 6 January 1925.
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Louis FitzGibbon was the son of Commander Francis Lee-Dillon FitzGibbon, a distinguished naval officer.
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Constantine Louis FitzGibbon, a noted author, stands as his paternal half-sibling.
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Louis FitzGibbon subsequently served on a frigate, as well as trained at the naval artillery institution, the HMS Excellent.
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Louis FitzGibbon learned about the Katyn massacre in 1969 from the widows of the victims.
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Louis FitzGibbon came to be known as "one of the most aggressive British voices" on behalf of Poland.
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That same year, Louis FitzGibbon started the Katyn Memorial Fund to make a monument for the victims and managed it for six years.
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Louis FitzGibbon kept writing about the Katyn issue in books such as The Katyn Cover Up, Unpitied and Unknown, and Katyn: Triumph of Evil.
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Louis FitzGibbon soon began focusing on Somali issues, with a significant emphasis on what he considered to be the unjust Ethiopian military occupation of the Somali inhabited Ogaden region.
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From 1968 to 1972, Louis FitzGibbon worked as the General Secretary of the British Council for Aid to Refugees.
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Louis FitzGibbon undertook numerous missions in East Africa for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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Louis FitzGibbon wrote more books about the region throughout the 1980s and worked as a secretary for the Horn of Africa and Aden Council from 1984 to 1992.
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Louis FitzGibbon settled in Brighton where he was a campaigner on a number of issues affecting conservation and the South Coast.
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Louis FitzGibbon was three times married and survived by a son and two daughters from his second marriage.