Alun Gwynne Jones Baron Chalfont Signed Magazine Article COA
This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont. (born 5 December 1919) is a.
Gwynne Jones was educated at West Monmouth School, and subsequently at the. In the University of London. When the Second World War broke out, he was commissioned a. From 1941 to 1944 he fought in Burma alongside the Welsh poet. On 1 January 1943, he received an emergency commission in the.
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.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. 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. On 1 July 1960, and was decorated as an Officer of the. Order of the British Empire.
He retired from the army on 30 June 1961 with the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel.