Tony Jeapes

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Antony (Tony) Showan Jeapes CB OBE MC (born March 6, 1935 in New Malden , Surrey , now a borough of London , England ) is a British Army officer who retired as major general in 1990 .

Life

Jeapes went to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst after graduation . As a lieutenant , he was assigned to the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, which was then stationed in Malaysia , for the first time in 1958 . With this he took part in actions against insurgents in Jebel Akhdar in northern Oman in 1959 . He was awarded the Military Cross for his success there .

After various training courses, including in Fort Bragg (North Carolina) with American special forces , Jeapes returned to Malaya as Squadron Commander in 1968. From there he was posted to Oman in 1970 with the 22nd SAS Regiment to take part in the fighting against communist insurgents in Dhofar . After the successful conclusion of the six-year Dhofar War, he was awarded an OBE .

Further military career

Jeapes was able to bring his experience from his work in Oman to various courses at home and abroad and in the 1980s became the commander of all British land forces in Northern Ireland , which supported the local police, the Royal Ulster Constabulary , in the fight against terrorists on both sides. His work in Northern Ireland was recognized as a Companion to the Order of the Bath CB . Most recently, Jeapes served as Major General in command of the UK Mobile Force , the UK's contribution to the Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (ACE).

Jeapes is married. The couple have a son and a daughter.

Publications

  • SAS: Operation Oman . William Kimber, London 1980, ISBN 0-7183-0018-1 .
    • extended edition: SAS secret war: Operation Storm in the Middle East. Greenhill Books, 2005, ISBN 1-85367-567-9 .

literature

  • John Akehurst: We Won a War: The Campaign in Oman 1965-1975 . Russell Publishing, London 1975, ISBN 0-85955-091-5 .
  • Michael Asher: The Regiment: The Real Story of the SAS. Viking, 2008.
  • John Strawson: The History of the SAS Regiment . Seeker and Warburg, London 1985.
  • Mark Urban: Big Boys' Rules. The SAS and the Secret Struggle against the IRA . Faber and Faber, London 2001
personal data
SURNAME Jeapes, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jeapes, Anthony Showan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British military and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH New Malden , Surrey , now London