Jebel Regiment

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name=Jebel Regiment | image= Jebel_Regiment.jpg | image_size = 150 |caption=Emblem of the Jebel Regiment |dates=From 1970 to date |country={{flag|Oman}} |allegiance= |branch= |type=Infantry |role=Motorised infantry |size=One battalion |command_structure= |garrison=Nizwa, Oman |equipment=  |current_commander= |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |notable_commanders=  |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_2=  |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles=Dhofar War |anniversaries= |decorations=File:Armed Forces General Service Medal (Oman).png |battle_honours= }} The '''Jebel Regiment''' (JR) was formed in October 1970<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marston |first1=Daniel |last2=Malkasian |first2=Carter |title=Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ceG6CwAAQBAJ&q=%22Jebel+Regiment%22&pg=PA185 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |accessdate=2 December 2018 |language=en |date=15 March 2011|isbn=9781849086431 }}</ref> and was one of the extra two properly constituted infantry regiments that Sultan Qaboos of Oman formed to augment the Omani Army in its operations in Dhofar.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beckett |first1=Ian |last2=Pimlott |first2=John |title=Counter Insurgency: Lessons from History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jA5AAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Jebel+Regiment%22&pg=PA36 |publisher=Pen and Sword |accessdate=2 December 2018 |language=en |date=25 July 2011|isbn=9781473813373 }}</ref> The regiment's crest is two crossed traditionally embossed Martini–Henry Rifles overlain vertically with a single traditional Khanjar dagger sheathed, with scrolls carrying the regimental title in Arabic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oman - Jebel Regiment Military Formation arm badge |url=https://www.kellybadges.co.uk/pictures/R1W276.jpg |website=www.KellyBadges.co.uk |accessdate=2 December 2018 |language=en-gb}}</ref> Members of the Regiment who served in Dhofar are entitled to wear the General Service Medal Oman, its ribbon design illustrated on the right (see Decorations).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sultan of Muscat's Armed Forces General Service Medal with clasp for Dhofar|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30011182|website=www.iwm.org.uk|accessdate=5 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Unit history== thumb|The Sultanate of Oman (with Dhofar highlighted) thumb|A Dhofar Brigade defensive position in 1972 [[File:Oman. Dhofar 1971 (8610521959).jpg|thumb|A Short SC.7 Skyvan resupplying Dhofar Brigade units in 1971]] The unit would also see service in the Dhofar War along with other regiments of the Sultan's small army, which mostly supporting the Dhofar Brigade's operations in the 1970s<ref>{{cite book |last1=Takriti |first1=Abdel Razzaq |title=Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-1976 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZw2AAAAQBAJ&q=%22Jebel+Regiment%22+equipment&pg=PA283 |publisher=OUP Oxford |accessdate=2 December 2018 |language=en |date=15 August 2013|isbn=9780199674435 }}</ref> fighting Communist insurgents in the south of the country,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Beckett|first1=Ian|last2=Pimlott|first2=John|title=Counter Insurgency: Lessons from History|date=2011|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=9781473813373|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jA5AAwAAQBAJ&q=northern+frontier+regiment+oman&pg=PA230|accessdate=5 August 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Worrall|first1=James J.|title=State Building and Counter Insurgency in Oman: Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire|date=2013|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9781848856349|page=282|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vw9gAgAAQBAJ&q=Northern+Frontier+Regiment+dhofar&pg=PA280|accessdate=5 August 2017|language=en}}</ref> see map highlight.

The JR remains on the Order of Battle of the Royal Army of Oman and remains based in Nizwa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oman Yellow Pages MoD Units|url=http://www.omantel-yellowpages.com/wap/MinDetails.aspx?id=30|website=www.omantel-yellowpages.com|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Ranger Margaret |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IxiEOdbdRuYC&q=%22Jebel+Regiment%22&pg=PA360 |publisher=Dorrance Publishing |isbn = 9781434941213|accessdate=2 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

==Roll of Honour== The following members of JR received gallantry awards: * Major Phillip Stefan Wright - The Sultan's Distinguished Service Medal (Gallantry).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Archives |first1=The National |title=Recommendation for Award for Major P S Wright, Jebel Regiment |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7488325 |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref> Awarded posthumously, he was killed in action in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sultan of Oman Gallantry medal group, awarded posthumously to Major P. |url=https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/frank-marshall-and-co/catalogue-id-2395288/lot-1284948 |website=www.the-saleroom.com |accessdate=2 December 2018 |language=en-gb}}</ref> * Major David John MacRae Daniels - The Sultan's Distinguished Service Medal (Gallantry) in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal Leicestershire Regiment |url=https://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/entity/133337-daniels-david-john-macrae |website=www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk |accessdate=2 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Daniels Oman DSM citation 74-1.jpg - Royal Leicestershire Regiment |url=https://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/archive/citations/287703-288-daniels-oman-dsm-citation-74-1jpg? |website=www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk |accessdate=2 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> * Major T P F Jones - The Sultan's Distinguished Service Medal (Gallantry)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Archives |first1=The National |title=Recommendation for Award for Major Jones, T P F, Jebel Regiment |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7488214 |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref> * Captain G A Mathew - The Sultan's Distinguished Service Medal (Gallantry) * Captain David John Noble McFadden - The Sultan's Distinguished Service Medal (Gallantry).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Archives |first1=The National |title=Recommendation for Award for Captain McFadden, D J N Jebel Regiment |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7488245 |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref>

==Commanding officers== JR's Commanding officers have included: * Lieutenant Colonel Peter Worthy<ref>{{cite web |title=THE JOURNAL OF THE QUEEN'S REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION 2017 |url=http://queensregimentalassociation.org/media/sotq_2017.pdf |accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref> * Lieutenant Colonel Edward (Ted) Ashley<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fiennes |first1=Ranulph |title=Killer Elite |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJ47j1FQ7kkC&q=%22Jebel+Regiment%22&pg=PT73 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |accessdate=2 December 2018 |language=en |date=26 May 2011|isbn=9781444707939 }}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|20em}}

==External links== * [http://www.oman.org.uk/ Sultan's Armed Forces Association] * [http://www.mod.gov.om/en-US/RAO/Pages/about-us.aspx Royal Army of Oman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805220532/http://www.mod.gov.om/en-US/RAO/Pages/about-us.aspx |date=5 August 2017 }}

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