Five: Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Jordan, South Wales Borderers and 6th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Lancers

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt., 6 Lrs.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed, good very fine (5) £260-300

Jack Leslie Jordan was born in Lingfield, Surrey and was educated at Weymouth and Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the South Wales Borderers on 31 January 1924, being advanced to Lieutenant in January 1926 and Captain in January 1934. With the regiment he served in West Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong and India. In India Captain Jordan transferred to the Indian Army, serving as a Captain in the 6th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Lancers. He served on the N.W. Frontier 1936-37, attached to the Remount Department, for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 16 August 1938). With the outbreak of war Captain Jordan returned to the South Wales Borderers and saw active service in Norway, Greece and the Western Desert. He was ranked as Acting Major, August-November 1940; Temporary Major, November 1940-January 1941; Major, January 1941; Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, April-June 1941 & May-June 1942; and Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, June-December 1942 & April 1943-April 1948. He was listed as C.O. of the 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers, February 1943-June 1945. After the war he commanded a battalion of the B.A.O.R. at Bad Godesberg until he retired as an Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1958. He then went to live in Limerick where he bought and trained polo ponies. Later ill-health forced him to give up his horse riding pursuits and he retired to live with his sister at Fronhaul, Nantgaredig, Carmarthenshire. He died in January 1972.

With copied obituary from the Carmarthen Journal, 21 January 1972; gazette extracts and other research - including a group photograph featuring Lieutenant-Colonel Jordan.