Later Life
Frost remained in the army after the war. He was promoted to temporary Major General on 11 October 1961 and appointed General Officer Commanding of 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division.
By the time of his retirement from the army in 1968, Frost had attained the rank of major general and in addition to his wartime decorations, had been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and was made a Grand Officer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
In 1982, Frost was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in the County of West Sussex.
He was the subject of the programme "This is your Life" on the 6th April 1977.
Major General John Dutton "Johnny" Frost died on 21 May 1993 aged 80 and is buried at Milland Cemetery, West Sussex.
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