222854 Sig. John Robert "Jacko" Lewis British Army Royal Signals from:Wybunbury, Woore My father's name was John Robert Lewis or Jacko as I think he was known. He was a Dispatch Rider in the Royal Signals, but he never talked about it. Soon after he joined up he was sent to North Africa, but was sent back to the UK because they discovered he was underage. He had lied to join up, giving a DOB of 8/7/24 it should have been 8/6/26!(I found this on a 1946 discharge paper).
By the time he arrived back he was then 18 & continued in the Signals.
About 2 weeks after the invasion, he was hit by a snipers bullet while on
route with a dispatch, somewhere near Rennes I believe, had it not been for
some G.I's who spotted the burning motorcycle & got him evacuated the story
would have ended there. He woke in a hospital somewhere in the south of
England, didn't know anything about it & eventually made a full recovery.
I think he did some post war service in North Germany before final discharge.
If this story rings a bell with any old comrade I would love to hear from them, although I realise they would be almost 90years old by now.
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