- SURNAME
Frost
- FORENAME
John Dutton (Johnny)
- UNIT
2 Bn (C Company + C.O.)
- RANK
Captain (T/Major) + Captain (A/Lieutenant Colonel) + Lieutenant Colonel
- NUMBER
53721
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Order and bar,Military Cross
- PLACE
France 1942 (MC) North Africa 1942 (DSO) Arnhem 1944 (bar DSO)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 31.12.1912
commissioned Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1932
Iraq Levies 1938-41 (Captain)
Parachute Regiment 1941
WIA and POW September 1944 Arnhem
liberated March 1945
retired as Major General 1968
award C.B.
autobiographies "A Drop Too Many" (1980) "Nearly There" (1991)
author "2 PARA Falklands:The Battalion at War" (1983)
died 21.5.1993
Milland Cemetery,East Sussex
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