SAS Lewes, John Steel

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lewes ​

• FORENAME

John Steel ​

• UNIT

L Detachment SAS ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

65419 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

30th December 1941 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Alamein Memorial,Egypt Column 53 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Welsh Guards​

born 1913 Calcutta,India​

son of Arthur Harold and Elsie Steel Lewes,Hanworth,Middlesex​

educated Christ Church College,Oxford (M.A.)​

former 8 Commando​

Nofilia airfield - KIA by strafing Italian aircraft on return journey - buried in the desert​

biography :- "Jock Lewes:Co-founder of the SAS" J.Lewes (2000) ​

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