Autor/-in: J P Cross

In 1970, The Economist described J P Cross as 'one of those gifted, dedicated eccentrics that the British Army has the habit of spawning. ' In his career spanning 40 years, Colonel Cross commanded a rifle company during the Malayan Emergency and the Border Scouts in Borneo, directed the British Army Jungle Warfare School and recruited Gurkhas for the British Army in Nepal.