My name is John Stefan Burmicz.
I live in Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire. I have lived here for 27 years. I have been a Councillor both locally and for East Herts District. I have also been privileged to be Mayor of Sawbridgeworth, 2019 to 2020. I am privileged to have been selected as Spokesperson for Hertford and Stortford.
After being forced into a Siberian Gulag in 1939 and subsequent liberation from Siberia in 1941, my father made the trip mainly on foot through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and what was then Persia to Palestine where he enlisted (underage) with the Army. He served both in the Karpathian Lancers attached to the British 8th army in both North Africa and Italy, where he was wounded out at Monte Casino. From there, owing mainly to his ability to fix radio receivers for the RAF and being good at Maths (a talent that has bypassed me), his RAK colleagues got him a transfer to the RAF here in the UK and was adopted as a Navigator in 301 Squadron, Bombers.
