Smorgasbord Book Reviews – #Biography #WWI, Queen Victoria, #Adventures, Lucky Jack by S. Bavey

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Smorgasbord Book Reviews – #Biography #WWI, Queen Victoria, #Adventures, Lucky Jack by S. Bavey

Delighted to share my review for the recently published biography by S. Bavey about her grandfather who led a very full and colourful life by the sound of it. Lucky Jack (1894-2000)

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“One of the perils of being a sniper during the First World War was the likelihood of a grenade going off right next to you and burying you alive”.

Meet Jack Rogers. Born in 1894, he once locked eyes with Queen Victoria and was one of the first travellers on London’s ‘Tube’. An early car owner, he had many escapades on his days out to Brighton, including a time when his brakes failed and he had to drive through central London without them!

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