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Terence Ernest Manitou Frost better known as the artist Sir Terry Frost was born in Leamington Spa on the 13th October 1915, in 1933 he joined the Territorial Army, Service No. 553904 he served in France and was then sent out to the Middle East serving in Palestine, Lebanon and the Sudan he was part of Middle East Commando and was a Corporal, he was captured when the island of Crete fell in May 1941 and eventually ended up in Stalag 383, Hohenfels, Rhineland - Palanate, P.O.W. No.12199.
His death was announced in the Obituaries of Commando Association Newsletter 118 of February 2004. Note it states No 50.
Middle East Commandos. Cpl. (Sir) Terence Ernest Manitou 'Terry' Frost of Newlyn, Cornwall (No.50).
Pete Rogers, son of LSgt Joe Rogers MM & nephew of TSM Ken McAllister. Both No2 Commando.
God and the Soldier, all men adore, In time of danger and not before.
When the danger is passed and all things righted, God is forgotten, and the Soldier slighted.