SERGEANT WELLES OF THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS - Sergeant Welles of the Royal Army Service Corps is one of the only three Sergeant drivers in the whole Army. He claims to have driven over 1,000,000 miles during his life. Up to last February he had driven 136,511 miles during the present War, mostly as driver to General Alexander whom he brought to the beach at Dunkirk and destroyed the General's car before embarking as one of the last men to leave. He has driven almost every notability, civilian and military, during the present War including, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Churchill, Sir John Dill, Gen
SERGEANT WELLES OF THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS - Sergeant Welles of the Royal Army Service Corps is one of the only three Sergeant drivers in the whole Army. He claims to have driven over 1,000,000 miles during his life. Up to last February he had driven 136,511 miles during the present War, mostly as driver to General Alexander whom he brought to the beach at Dunkirk and destroyed the General's car before embarking as one of the last men to leave. He has driven almost every notability, civilian and military, during the present War including, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Churchill, Sir John Dill, General Sir Alan Brooke, Field Marshal Lord Birdwood and Viscount Gort. He was called up in August 1939, previous to which he was a long distance haulage and coach driver for the Sheffield Corporation. He knows every main road in the British Isles and every main road on the Continent. Photographic negative , British Army
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