Major General John Frederick Boyce Combe, CB, DSO & Bar (1 August 1895 – 12 July 1967) was a British Army officer before and during the Second World War.

Released in September 1943 when Italy withdrew from the Axis, he made his way back to Allied territory and from October 1944 until the end of the war commanded an armoured brigade.

Lieutenant Colonel Combe was the commanding officer of the 11th Hussars for the initial stages of the Western Desert campaign during the Second World War.

He had been promoted lieutenant colonel to take command in September 1939,[6] and was partly responsible for the high level of training that prepared the regiment for the battles in North Africa.

Unable to move forward and picked off by attacks from their flank by 4th Armoured Brigade and from the rear by the 7th Support Group, the bulk of the Tenth Army surrendered.

On the night of 6 April 1941, Combe was travelling by car with Neame and O'Connor from their Advanced HQ at Msus to its new location at Tmimi.

[10] Combe was initially sent to the Villa Orsini near Sulmona in the Abruzzo, where he was amongst other distinguished officers, apart from Neame and O'Connor they included, Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd, and Major General Adrian Carton de Wiart.

In March 1944 with the help of Italian guides, they made an astonishing 250-mile (400 km) walk across the mountains in snow, to keep a rendezvous with agents on the coast.