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.

Works
Cross first published English For Gurkha Soldiers in Singapore in 1955. This and the 1957 second printing were privately published,  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.
 * Gurkhas London 1985 ISBN 0241116902
 * In Gurkha Company, The British Army Gurkhas, 1948 to the present, 31/12/82 London 1986 ISBN 0853688656
 * Jungle Warfare, Experiences and Encounters London 1986 ISBN 085368913X
 * First In, Last Out, An Unconventional British Officer in Indo-China(1945-46 and 1972-76) London 1992 ISBN 0080417876
 * The Call of Nepal London 1996 ISBN 1858450489; Kindle 2007 (Nimble Books) ASIN B003N3V88E
 * 'A Face Like a Chicken's Backside' : An Unconventional Soldier in South East Asia, 1948-1971 London 1996 ISBN 1853672394

A new edition of his book "First In, Last Out', with a new foreword by Hew Strachan, is due out in April 2017 from Greenhill Books. ISBN 9781784382209