Son of John and Richard. He was born on July 18, 1952 in England to non-Jewish parents. Paul attended private schools in England and excelled in history and geography. He also excelled in sports, especially athletics, and broke the record of his school by running 100 meters. He liked the swimming too. Paul read much of what he could find – books, magazines and newspapers, he liked to listen to the radio, for B.B.C. And varied music, from classical music to pop music. But most of all Paul loved nature. When he was eighteen, he began studying law at the university and specialized in an attorney. At the end of two years he felt that this was not his mission and decided to enlist in the British Army. In September 1972, after successfully passing difficult entry tests, he was admitted to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Here, too, he stood out in the sport and won the three-point shooting, swimming and running competition. At the graduation ceremony held in June 1973, he received the blessing of Princess Anne. Paul was sent to Berlin and later to Northern Ireland. Two years later he was released from the British army and moved to Rhodesia, where he served as an officer. In 1980 he came to Israel and was accepted as a volunteer to Kibbutz Maoz Haim. Paul fell in love with kibbutz life. As a man accustomed to being a commander in the army and giving orders, he was satisfied and Simcha in his work on the kibbutz, and lovingly accepted the authority of his superiors. He felt close to the Jewish people, learned Hebrew and eventually converted to Judaism. Paul married his girlfriend Irit. The two established a family and raised their daughter Yasmin. Together they nurtured their beloved dog “Tsumpi”. This is how his wife, Irit, writes about him: “Paul, who approached him, even if he was in a conversation or a request, was not refused, always answered with a smile and a smile from his Lev, his good Lev, and when his daughter Yasmin came to his life he was not Simcha with him. He was a guard of justice, so he was a member of Amnesty International. “Paul was very diligent, very thorough and dedicated.” “He was an interesting and fascinating conversationalist thanks to his rich past and very wide education, but above all he was a friend like this, who is always willing to do and care more than himself.” Paul was drafted into the IDF in June 1987 and joined the Territorial Defense Unit in the kibbutz area as a combat soldier, during which he spent active reserve duty on July 23, 1992. Paul was killed during his service, The military cemeteries on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, and was survived by his wife, daughter, parents, three brothers and two sisters: Jean, Simon, Peter, Barbie and Guy. , A member of Kibbutz Maoz Haim: “We are sorry that such a late Paul disappeared from the natural landscape that he loved and from the social landscape that raised him. A letter of condolences from the Amnesty branch in Israel said, among other things: “Paul was eager to help, and he immediately joined our campaign of urgent pressure on governments for political prisoners … His wife and Irit wrote a song in his memory: “The days pass and the longing grows / Despite the pain of the break, despite the suffocating tears, Despite the sad end / And despite the burning separation – / We thank God / For all those wonderful moments / You were with us in life /
