Peter Jones (British Army officer)

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Colonel Michael Peter Feltham Jones CBE DSO (19 October 1919 - 11 April 2015) was a British Army officer of the Brigade of Gurkhas who was awarded an Immediate DSO at the Battle of Enfidaville in Tunisia, 1943. [1]

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References

  1. "Colonel Peter Jones - obituary". Telegraph.co.uk. 26 April 2015.