Veteran Rifleman Paul Jacobs GM becomes newest Broadstairs & St Peter’s Town Councillor

Afghanistan veteran Paul Jacobs GM has been appointed to Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Council as the representative for the St Peter’s ward.

Paul, who was brought up in Thanet by foster parents and attended Newington primary and Hereson School, was just 20 years old when he suffered severe shrapnel injuries in his arm, legs and face, losing one eye, blinded in the other and sustaining a traumatic brain injury in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2009 while serving with 2nd Battalion The Rifles…

Read our full feature in the Isle of Thanet News here!