Jock Lewes - Co-Founder of the SAS

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All this changed in November 1938 when the vicious pogrom against the Jews, known as 'Kristallnacht', revealed to Lewes the true nature of the Nazis. The content of the letters is so at odds with Lewes's patriotic wartime persona that some military historians have suggested his early behaviour may have been a front and that Lewes may have been a government agent. Besides Jock and David, three other members of the 1937 crew were also killed in the War, “Con” Cherry, Paul Burrough and Gordon Merifield.

That he died so young and so early in the war does result in a sharply abbreviated life and one can only wonder what else he might have achieved in his military career. The top 20 true crime dramas to watch on demand right now: Our critics sift through hundreds of options to. At the time of his death, he was engaged to marry Esme Mirren Barford, an Oxford undergraduate who lived at 14 Merton Street.In the hands of the SAS the Lewes bomb was an effective weapon against parked aircraft; following an attack in December 1941, an assessment was carried out by a group of Italian engineers on some unexploded bombs found on aircraft at their airfield.

Brought up in the Australian outback where he learnt self-discipline and self-reliance, he went on to have a brilliant career at Oxford University; as President of the Boat Club he was instrumental in the dramatic 1937 victory against Cambridge. He also wrote 'A Spy After All' – a novel about love, betrayal, fanaticism and loyalty at the start of World War 2, taking inspiration for the story from his uncle’s remarkable story and based in part on the biography. Sergeant Jim Almonds was with Lewes when he died, and wrote in his diary: ‘I thought Jock was one of the bravest men I have ever met, an officer and a gentleman. Early life, family and education [ edit ] Lieutenant Jock Lewes, co-founder of the SAS, 1940 – a portrait painted by Rex Whistler (at the time a fellow officer in the Welsh Guards). I have great faith in Britain and I swear I will not live to see the day when Britain hauls down the colours of her beliefs before totalitarian aggression.His earlier day's at Oxford and his sacrifice whilst when president of the crew, spoke volumes about the man, David Stirling fought without and Jock Lewes fought within. However, this led to disastrous consequences when Jock severely injured his hand during one of their bomb making experiments.

Sadly, Jock never received the letter from his girlfriend Mirren Barford (played by Isobel Laidler in the BBC drama), where she accepted his proposal of marriage.In late December 1941, Lewes was involved in an SAS/ Long Range Desert Group raid on Axis airfields in Libya. Sadly, Lewes never received the letter recently sent by his girlfriend, Mirren Barford, in which she had accepted his proposal of marriage. I was hooked on eating Sainsbury's cooking Chorizo at 2am: BRYONY GORDON was addicted to drugs and alcohol before finally managing to get herself sober. His death in the series was played out a little longer as he was seen having visions of Mirren turning down his marriage proposal.