Lt Col J E Flint TD

Commanded 6^th (Bermondsey) Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment from May 1950 to April 1955.

James Edwin Flint, known as 'Jimmy' was commissioned in The Queen's Royal Regiment and during the 1939-45 War served with the 2^nd Battalion in the Middle East, Ceylon and Burma. He was adjutant of No.22 Column with The Chindit Force.

In May 1947 when the Territorial Army was re-formed he "joined the 6^th (Bermondsey) Battalion as second-in-command.

In May 1950 he was appointed to command the Battalion and after completion of an extended tour of command retired in 1955.

He died on 26^th March 1975 at the age of 66.

 

For death notice see The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association Newsletter No. 17 May 1975 page 11.

 

 

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