J. P. Cross

Lt.-Col. John Cross OBE is a retired British Gurkha officer and author living in Nepal. He served in the British Army from 1943 to 1982, most of that time in Asia. His first active service was in the Burma Campaign 1944–1945 against the Japanese. After the world war he became heavily involved in counter-insurgency during the Malayan Emergency and the Borneo Confrontation, and later training and recruiting.[1] [2]

Cross first published English For Gurkha Soldiers in Singapore in 1955. This and the 1957 second printing were privately published,[3] but in 1962 it was finally made an official HMSO publication and printed again. In 1966 he published Gurkha - The Legendary Soldier, again in Singapore.

Since retiring from the army, Colonel Cross has published a number of historical and biographical works.

References

  1. http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/john-p-cross
  2. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/05/colonel-cross-of-the-gurkhas/304810/
  3. Cross, J. P. The Call of Nepal London 1996 p.78 ISBN 1858450489
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