Major General ‘Johnny’ Frost was born in Pune India. He joined the British Army in 1932 gaining a commission in The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). He was one of the first to join the newly formed British parachute forces and was appointed to command the 2nd Parachute Battalion in 1942.
He rapidly became a legendary figure in the Parachute Regiment, commanding the Bruneval Raid and the assault on Oudna in North Africa, and fought at the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, all of which became Regimental battle honours. He is chiefly remembered for his battalion’s epic defence of the Arnhem Bridge in 1944.
He retired from the Army in 1968, having served as the GOC Commanding 52 (Lowland) Division and later became the Deputy Lord Lieutenant for the County of West Sussex. In 1978 the bridge over the Lower Rhine Arnhem was renamed John Frost Bridge in his honour.
Major-General John Dutton Frost, CB, DSO and Bar, MC
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December 31st 1912 – May 21st 1993
A TRIBUTE TO ALISTAIR PEARSON BY MAJ GEN JOHN FROST
about A TRIBUTE TO ALISTAIR PEARSON BY MAJ GEN JOHN FROST
Reproduced from the Pegasus Journal Vol XVI No 4 January 1962
| Formation and Early Airborne Forces | |
| 27/02/1942 – 27/02/1942 | Bruneval (Operation Biting) |
| 11/11/1942 – 31/05/1943 | North Africa (Operation Torch) |
| 09/09/1943 – 01/05/1945 | Italy |
| 10/07/1943 – 17/08/1943 | Sicily (Operation Husky) |
| 17/09/1944 – 25/09/1944 | Arnhem (Operation Market Garden) |
- The Colonel in Chief, President of France and Gen Frost, Bruneval, 1982 by Jon Baker
- Visit to Ringway from Queen Elizabeth and King George VI. by Paradata Editor
- Bruneval Memorial Plaque by ParaData editor
- Plaque commemoration of Lt Col Frost's HQ, nr Arnhem Bridge by ParaData editor
- The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) by Paradata Editor
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