Orde Charles Wingate

Major General  Orde Charles Wingate(February 26, 1903 – March 24, 1944) was an exceptional man, a brave, gifted and controversial soldier,  and an extraordinary friend of the Jewish people and the Zionist cause. His Hebrew nickname, "hayedid," means "the friend."     Orde Charles Wingate

Wingate  was born in Naini Tal, India. His father was a British officer and his mother came from a missionary family. Both parents were members of  the Plymouth Brethren, a reclusive non-denominational Christian movement founded by J.N. Darby. The movement originated in Ireland and England during the 1820s and 1830s, and believe in the restoration of the Jewish people to their land. Apparently they also hold the belief that the British were the lost ten tribes of Israel. Wingate came to share these beliefs.

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