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The Battle of Mirbat Memorial Est. 2008 & 2019 - Taken by Mike Colton 08 Jan 2021
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The Battle of Mirbat Memorial Est. 2009 - Taken by Mike Colton 08 Jan 2021
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The Battle of Mirbat Memorial Est. 2009 - Taken by Mike Colton 08 Jan 2021
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The Battle of Mirbat Memorial Est. 2009 - Taken by Mike Colton 08 Jan 2021
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Location of Mirbat Oman - Taken by Mike Colton 08 Jan 2021
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Location of Grove in the National Memorial Arboretum - Taken by Mike Colton 08 Jan 2021
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Area of Memorial - Taken by Mike Colton 29 Jan 2021
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Area of Memorial from the Sun Room - Taken by Mike Colton 31 Jan 2021
Reference WMO/279089
Address:
Allied Special Forces Memorial Grove
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Burton-on-Trent
DE13 7AR
England
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- Dhofar Rebellion (1962-1976)
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Tommy Tobin the medic was attending to them when he was shot in the jaw, a wound that was later to prove fatal. Labalaba was shot in the neck whilst trying to retrieve a mortar nearby. The defence of the Gun Pit was taken over by Mike Kealy and Takavesi until almost two hours later when a relief force of fighter planes and helicopter borne soldiers from 22 SAS arrived and routed the enemy. Labalaba sadly died in the Gun Pit along with a Dhofar Gendarmerie soldier. The Mirbat Citation “It may appear that an unusually large number of names have been recorded. This is because there were on the 19th July an unusually large number of gallant actions at Mirbat.” Colonel Bryan Ray, Northern Frontier Regiment, Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces. 19th July 2009. Situated behind the plaque is a very young Yew Tree that was grown by the Allied Special Forces Association. It will be nurtured to frame the memorial in due course. Either side are Ceanosis bushes which flower in the Oxford Blue of the SAS. Underneath is a forged "Winged Dagger" from a factory in the Midlands and donated by a friend of the Grove.
Talaiasi Labalaba (Pictured above, lost his life during the battle) Tommy Tobin (Died in October 1972 of wounds sustained during the battle) Mike Kealy (Lost his life during training in 1979.)
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