Known as Jack Chew, he kept his supplies in the house while the OB was under construction.
One night he set one of the booby trap switches under the jerry (as the comode pot was known) under the bed of the evacuee women living them. When she lifted the pot to use it, the cap went off and gave her the fright of her life. Jack was not very popular with his wife!
Jack described how at the end of the war they went and paraded in Exeter being presented with their small shield badge by a Captain, who shook their hand as he did and thanked them.
He worked for Pasey & Porter's Garage in Winscombe. After the war Jack and John Turnstall ran a garage together off North Street, Cheddar. The son of Frederick V and Alice Chew, he married Gwenllian Wilde in December 1937.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheddar Patrol | Patrol Corporal | 22 Jul 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
Fitter motor works
Somerset v Hitler, Donald Brown (which contains more of Jack's recollections about the war)
TNA ref WO199/3390&1
1939 Register