208697 Paul Daniel Jacobs British Army Royal Engineers from:Deganwy, Caernarvonshire Paul Jacobs was my father. He was born in Pennsylvania, USA but moved to the UK in 1920, aged 3 and lived in Deganwy, Caernarvonshire. He volunteered to join the Royal Engineers and was sent to Gibraltar, where he said he was digging out the rock to make hospitals and storage facilities. He mentioned the apes on the rock and how you couldn't leave any food unattended, as they would run off with it. There was also a huge ape, obviously the group leader, who was not to be messed with! He was called home due to his mother being seriously ill, after which he worked for the Army on the railway in Llandudno Junction, North Wales, organising the troop trains. I would love to hear from anyone who might have known him then (rather unlikely I know). He wouldn't really talk about his time in Gibraltar, other than about the apes.
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