Tributes have been paid to a ‘force of nature’ ex Nuneaton teacher and councillor who ‘touched so many lives’
Don Jacques,
who was 94, played an integral part in Nuneaton’s history – from its education to its governance and its proud remembrance of the fallen.
Which is why his death on Saturday (November 2) has left so many across the town in mourning. He was born and bred in Nuneaton and first sold poppies as a young Sea Cadet
He joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment before being transferred to the Sherwood Foresters before becoming a teacher at four local schools – Swinnerton, Stockingford Junior and Queen’s Road Junior. But he was also a politician and, as a Conservative councillor at the borough council, he was elected Mayor of the borough in 1995-96.
He was also a former book shop owner. Later in life, he was a proud Royal British Legion and Remembrance Sunday stalwart. In 2013, he was awarded the British Empire Medal ‘for services to the community and to charity in Nuneaton.’