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Lieutenant John Steel "Jock" Lewes (21 December 1913 – 30 December 1941) was a British Army officer prominent during the Second World War. He was the founding principal training officer of the Special Air Service.
‘Jock’ Lewes: SAS mastermind. Lieutenant ‘Jock’ Lewes was a dedicated professional soldier who excelled as a special forces officer. As the co-founder of the Special Air Service (SAS), he played a vital role in establishing the unit’s ethos and high standards of training and discipline.
3 nov 2022 · It was there that he earned the nickname 'Jock'. After university, Lewes traveled to Berlin to work for the British Council and before the events of Kristallnacht, was briefly an admirer of Hitler and the Nazi state. At the outbreak of World War Two, he joined the Welsh Guards.
31 ott 2017 · A Spy After All, also by John Lewes, is the novel inspired by the derring-do of Jock Lewes, merging fact and fiction. Jock Steel serves his country as an agent but then pursues soldiering in North Africa at the cost of revenge by traitors in London and renewing his love affair in Oxford.
27 nov 2022 · Lieutenant ‘Jock’ Lewes set up a gruelling, experimental training programme for the unit. He was posted to Cairo but was frustrated when one combat mission after another was cancelled. In Egypt...
4 nov 2022 · The majority of the characters in SAS Rogue Heroes are based on real people - David Stirling, Paddy Mayne, Jock Lewes and Dudley Clarke were all real. One major character who has been created...
‘Jock’ Lewes: SAS mastermind. As the co-founder of the Special Air Service (SAS), Lieutenant ‘Jock’ Lewes played a vital role in establishing the unit’s ethos and high standards of training and discipline.
