Colonel J W P Llewellyn QBE

Commanded 5^th Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment from February 1960 to 31^st March 1961 when the Battalion was amalgamated to form the 3^rd Bn The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment and commanded that Battalion until July 1963.

John William Peters Llewellyn was born on 2^nd October 1915. He was commissioned in The South Lancashire Regiment (TA) in 1939 and stayed on after the war as a regular until retiring from the Army on 1^st July 1958. He then was employed by an oil company in the South of England and joined 5^th Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment in 1959. In February 1960 he was appointed to command the Battalion.

On 1^st April 1961 he assumed command of 3^rd Bn The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment which was formed by the amalgamation of 565 LAA Regiment RA (formerly 4^th Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment) with the 5^th and 6^th Battalions. On 31^st July 1963 having completed his tour of command he became the Training Colonel of the 47^th Infantry Brigade (TA) and was made an OBE.

He died on 20^th June 1976.

For obituary see The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association Newsletter No. 20 November 1976 page 14.

Photograph:
Seated L-R — Col. J W P Llewellyn, Col. D B Pullen, Col. C H Nice,

 

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