About Hugh Pond
Lived 1923 – 2014 (aged 91). Hugh Pond was a British military officer and journalist.
Hubert "Hugh" Charles Pond (22 February 1923 – 19 December 2014) was an officer in the British Army Parachute Regiment, who won the Military Cross during a daring attack on the Merville battery in Normandy on D-Day.
Pond was later mentioned in despatches for his service with the Commonwealth Division in Korea.
After leaving the Army, Pond became the military correspondent of the Daily Express and, in 1961 joined the Tupperware Company where he became a senior executive.
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British officer
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Hugh Pond was born on 22 February 1923.
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Hugh Pond died on 19 December 2014.
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Hugh Pond was a military officer and journalist.
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