SELWYN, John Jasper
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Rank:
Captain (later Major)
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
I3th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) R.A.C.
Service:
Army
Number:
75243
Honours & Awards:
Lieutenant (Acting Captain) John Selwyn was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the combined attack on Dieppe. [1].
He returned safely to the UK after the raid and, after leaving No. 3 Commando, returned to his Regiment. Disembarked on D Day at Normandy with H.Q. 27 Armoured Brigade.
Transferred to the 6th Airborne Divisional Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment in Normandy as a Squadron Commander. He remained with this unit until the end of hostilities in N.W. Europe on the Baltic. [2].
Promoted Major, he retired from military service on the 10th August 1959 [3].
The death of "H.H. Judge (Major) John Jasper Selwyn MC (3 Cdo) of Maidenhead, Berks." was announced in Commando Association newsletter 105 issued September 1997.
Sources
[1] London Gazette 35729, page 4328.
[1] National Archives file WO 373/93/827.
[2] Clarification of service in Commando Association newsletter 93 of Sept. 1991.
[3] London Gazette 41784, page 4987.
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