“Order Of The British Empire” Alun Gwynne Jones Hand Signed Magazine Article COA For Sale

“Order Of The British Empire” Alun Gwynne Jones Hand Signed Magazine Article COA
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“Order Of The British Empire” Alun Gwynne Jones Hand Signed Magazine Article COA:
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Up for sale Alun Gwynne Jones "Baron Chalfont" Signed Magazine Article. This item is

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Alun

Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, OBE, MC,

PC (born 5 December 1919)

is a British politician, retired British Army officer and historian. Gwynne Jones was educated at West Monmouth School, and

subsequently at the School of

Slavonic Studies in the University of London. Joining the South Wales Borderers when the Second

World War broke out, he was commissioned a second

lieutenant on 2 November 1940. From 1941 to 1944 he fought in Burma

alongside the Welsh poet Alun Lewis.

On 1 January 1943, he received an emergency commission in the Royal Armoured Corps as a war-substantive lieutenant, with the same

rank in the South Wales Borderers from 1 April. After the war, Gwynne Jones

remained in the Army, receiving a substantive lieutenant's commission in the

South Wales Borderers on 24 August 1946 (with seniority from 5 June 1942), and

was promoted to captain on 5 December. He

was awarded the Efficiency Medal in October 1950. Promoted to major on 5 December 1953, Gwynne Jones

took part in a series of anti-terrorist campaigns, and was decorated with the Military

Cross (MC) in August 1957 for commanding a company which fought in the

Malaysian jungles during the Malayan

Emergency, after his involvement in a series of ambushes against

communists. Gwynne Jones later stated, "I was lucky enough to carry out

some successful ones." The citation reads as follows:



For

gallantry and relentless determination during a period of eighteen months in

command of his company in jungle operations. By his personal share in

difficult, hazardous and successful operations, he set a fine example to those

around him.



Gwynne

Jones was brevetted to lieutenant-colonel on 1

July 1960, and was decorated as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1961 Birthday Honours. He retired from the

army on 30 June 1961 with the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel.






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