Lieutenant-Colonel Kitch Jordan
Governor General’s Horse Guards

Behind the footlights of the 1926 Cake-walk, Kitch set a new standard of pulchritude for chorus girls; since then his moustache has been second to none throughout the College. Born with a slide rule in one hand and a squash racquet in the other, he is a deadly shot with either of these weapons.

(RMC Yearbook, 1929, 34)

Born on 9 February 1908 in Meaford, Ontario, Alan Kitchener Jordan was an RMC graduate and mining company salesman in Toronto. He went overseas with the Governor General’s Horse Guards as a captain and served as second-in-command of the re-designated 3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment in Italy. He succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Cumberland in June 1944 on his promotion to brigadier of the 5th Armoured Brigade.

In July, as a result of the reorganization of the 5th Armoured Division, the GGHG transferred to the 12th Infantry Brigade from the 11th. Serving through the operations against the Gothic Line, he went on to earn the Distinguished Service Order for “brilliant leadership.” Over the course of the next six months of the Italy, the citation credited him for having “skillfully fought his unit in every action in which the division, including Porter and Cumberland Forces, has participated.” In October 1944, he quickly reorganized the unit for an infantry role and personally led an assault on the enemy forces occupying the town of Cervia:

The courageous leadership, bravery and outstanding organizing ability of this officer has brought the regiment into a high state of fighting efficiency and resulted in the many successful operations.

Jordan commanded the regiment until the end of the war and led the troops home for demobilization in Toronto in January 1946.

He resumed his mining sales executive career and died on 7 January 1969 in Victoria, British Columbia.