Jock Lewes - Co-Founder of the SAS

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One is left in little doubt, both from reading elsewhere and from this book, that Lewes was a highly gifted operator—and that is where the focus of this book should have been. G. Rowe told him that after the race when they drove back for lunch in a hired Daimler, Jock Lewes was standing on the roof honking his coach horn the whole way to Ranelagh Club. This gave the Dark Blues a push and they continued to pull away, crossing the finish line first, three lengths ahead of their opponents. Not only was he the key intersecting ancestor around which the Plantagenet family splits, but his other children also give us the Tudor dynasty.

The other day, the Daily Telegraph had an article about him which gives me a good excuse to bring him up here at HTBS. Here he experienced intense combat and honed his military skills, especially in small-party raiding and desert endurance. SAS Rogue Heroes is on BBC One and the historical drama was inspired by real-life soldiers who risked their lives. In the novel, like in real life, Steel/Lewes and Madeleine/ Mirren met for the first time at Jock’s sister Elizabeth’s wedding in Oxford. At the time of his death, he was engaged to marry Esme Mirren Barford, an Oxford undergraduate who lived at 14 Merton Street.

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An article in the Courier Mail of Brisbane on 2 September 1933, listed the students who were on their way to England to attend various universities.How Claudia Winkleman cultivated the most famous fringe in showbusiness: From her wavy parting as a student. Like his comrade and SAS co-founder David Stirling, Lewes found his time in the Commandos frustrating.

One of the pioneers of the SAS was 'dazzled' by the Third Reich, socialised with Hitler and fell in love with a member of the Nazi party before the outbreak of the war, a new documentary reveals. French farmers target Aldi and Lidl as protests spread across Europe: Tractors block retailer's distribution. Whilst the propaganda headlines may well have gone to the big cats such as the Panther and the Tiger, the Panzer IV was the backbone of German armoured capability throughout the war.

If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact the Image and Film Licensing Team. Despite early promise, Lewes encountered further frustration when his plans to use his new unit were repeatedly cancelled. 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.