Shimon Eshed

Shimon Eshed was born in 1921 in Romania

Shimon Eshed was born in Transylvania in 1921. He immigrated to the Land of Israel in 1923.

At 18 he joined the Special Night Squads under Orde Charles Wingate and later enlisted in the Notrim. In 1943 he took a Haganah platoon commanders course at Ju'ara. Until the War of Independence he held command roles in the Jewish settlement police in the Jezreel Valley.

In the War of Independence he joined the Golani Brigade of the IDF and fought at Mishmar HaEmek and Mishmar HaYarden. In the early 1950s he commanded a reserve battalion in the Jezreel Valley regional brigade.

In 1954 he moved to the Border Police, first as deputy battalion commander and soon as commander of the northern battalion. In 1964 he became commander of the Border Police with the rank of Nitzav. He later commanded the police Northern District.

He retired from the police in 1976 and worked in security for civilian bodies. He died in 2008 and was buried in Afula.