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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.
- 1935–1941
- British Army
‘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.
The Special Air Service (SAS) is famous around the world. Its highly trained men are renowned for their skills in covert surveillance, close-combat fighting and hostage rescue. The SAS was created during the Second World War, when small bands of soldiers were dropped behind enemy lines in North Africa and Europe.
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...
9 nov 2022 · Jock Lewes: From Tideway to Tobruk – Part I. HTBS Types may consider that “Game of Thrones” actor Alfie Allen (left) is not entirely convincing as Oxford Rowing Blue and pioneer special forces soldier, Jock Lewes (right) in the new BBC drama series, “SAS: Rogue Heroes.” Allen picture: BBC. 9 November 2022. By Tim Koch.
