Edwin Charles Fairchild (1874–1955) was a socialist activist and conscientious objector during the First World War.
[2] Fairchild was elected to the BSP's first standing orders committee, alongside Duncan Carmichael, Peter Petroff and C. T. Douthwaite.
[7] The BSP was divided over British entry to World War I; although the majority of the party opposed it, much of the leadership was in favour.
Fairchild was an opponent of the war, although he was considered a centrist within the party, as he also argued against action which would endanger "national defence".
[10] Like the majority of his party, Fairchild welcomed the February Revolution in Russia, and he spoke at the launch of the Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Delegates in Leeds.