Lieutenant-Colonel J.E.L. Corbyn
4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment

This Commanding Officer who held the position of Second in Command in his bn before taking command has always shown himself to be cool and resourceful in action and his never failing cheerfulness has always had a tonic effect upon all who have come into contact with him.

(D.S.O. citation, 11 Oct 1945)

Born on 14 June 1913 in British India, John Edwin Lorne Corbyn was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1933. While attached to the King’s African Rifles, he earned the Military Cross during the East Africa campaign in March 1941. He later qualified as a staff officer and served as brigade major for the 214th Infantry Brigade in Normandy.

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