Major Martin
There is no doubt about the identity of the man shown on the Identity Card of "Major Martin". This was MI5 Officer Ronnie Reed, who was also Case Officer for Agent Zigzag. According to Montagu, he "might have been the twin brother of the corpse". But the body of the man known as Major Martin was buried in the "Nuestra Señora de la Soledad" cemetery in Huelva. As Mincemeat became legend, the question persisted about the identity of the person buried there.
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