Private Jack Lewis

Private Jack Lewis was born in Pontypridd, Wales. He served with the 224th Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC and took part in the D-Day landings to Normandy on 5-6 June 1944. He lived in London at the time of his enlistment, on 20 February 1941.  His service number suggests he was a 'non combatant'. 

He was parachute jump trained at RAF Ringway on Course 75b. This Course ran from 27 July to 6 August 1943. Jack's instructor noted this about his performance: "Good confident jumper". 

Pte Lewis died on 6 June, aged 24 years old. He is now buried at Brucourt Churchyard Cemetery, Normandy.  He is buried alongside five other servicemen one who was also from the 224 Parachute Field Ambulance Corp RAMC who died on 6 June 1944 his  name was John Edgar Leach.

Mark Lewis nephew of Jack has kindly added this further research detail:

"The circumstances of his being wounded.This comes from the official account written by members of the 224 Parachute Field Ambulance  and published by the unit MCMXLV. This account comes from a soldier named Pritchard who saw what happened. His description says he was  following Uncle Jack across a open stretch of ground when a shot rang out and Uncle Jack fell wounded and he hurried up to him and discovered he had been hit in the groin, the injury  seemed  serious.  But while he was examining it a party of Germans came up and took him prisoner leaving a German medical orderly to look after Lewis."