“I knew that Frost of all people would press on rapidly if it were humanly
possible: a six-footer with an anxious moon face and permanent
worry lines across his forehead, he relished a ght and had become
one of the most capable battalion commanders in airborne forces.”
Major Victor Dover, C Company wrote later of Frost:
“I shall never know if he knew fear, but if he did, I never saw it.”
For his extraordinary stand at Arnhem, he received a Bar to his DSO
in September 1945.
Post-War Career
After the war, Frost remained in the army and continued to rise through
the ranks. He commanded the 2nd Parachute Brigade in Palestine
during the turbulent post-war years and later held senior staff positions.
He served as Commandant of the Support Weapons Wing at the School
of Infantry, where he found the opportunity to take up polo again - Frost
became a member of the comedian Jimmy Edwards’s polo team, which
later won the Ruins Cup at Cowdray Park. In 1951 he was appointed
Commander of the 44th Independent Parachute Brigade Group (TA).
His later career took him overseas again: he commanded forces
in the Middle East, and from 1964 to 1966 he served as General
Ofcer Commanding Malta and Libya. In recognition of his long and
distinguished service, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of
the Bath (CB) in 1961.
He retired from the army in 1968 with the rank of Major-General.
Family Life
In 1947, Frost married Elizabeth “Libby” Rooke, with whom he had
a son and two daughters. His family provided him with stability
after the upheavals of wartime, and he was remembered as a
devoted husband and father, though, like many veterans, he carried
the physical and emotional scars of war for the rest of his life.