“WHERE GOOD & EVIL COLLIDE, WHERE FANTASY MEETS REALITY ” … WITCHCRAFT, PAGANISM, WICCAN, SATANISM, THE OCCULT,THE ILLUMINATI, SECRET SOCIETIES AND BEYOND…. IT’S ALL HERE AT THE UK’S “DARK TOURISM VISITOR ATTRACTION”… THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION, LITTLEDEAN JAIL.

Original painting by Gloucestershire artist Paul Bridgman of Gerald Gardner here on display in and amongst our Witchcraft Collection .

ABOVE AND BELOW :

One of the Baphomet figurines on display  in and amongst an array of Satanic Occult memorabilia items at the jail .

BELOW : An array of images showing the gatehouse entrance to Littledean Jail along with the gatehouse buildings within the courtyard area which also houses some of our witchcraft and occult exhibit items .

Below: An image of one of the life size Baphomet Horned God figures here on display .  

BAPHOMET OUIJA BOARD ON DISPLAY IN AND AMONGST THE wITCHCRAFT & OCCULT COLLECTION HERE AT THE JAIL .

Above and below : Original paintings by Gloucestershire artist Paul Bridgman of Alex Sanders and his High Priestess wife Maxine, here on display in and amongst our Witchcraft Collection .

Above and below:  images of Alexandrian Casting Circles here on display.

ABOVE AND BELOW : SATANIC DECORATED RAMS HEAD SKULL ON DISPLAY ALONG WITH A GREAT MANY  OTHER INTRIGUING ITEMS  WITHIN THE WITCHCRAFT AND OCCULT EXHIBITION  AT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION , LITTLEDEAN JAIL , FOREST OF DEAN , GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UK .

 

Below: Original oil painting depicting Church of Satan founder and High Priest  Anton LaVey with his High Priestess wife Blanche, here on display at Littledean Jail

Below: Original oil painting depicting Church of Satan  High Priest… Magus Peter H Gilmore who superceded former founder Anton LaVey …here on display at the Jail

ABOVE AND BELOW : Original oil paintings by Gloucestershire artist Paul Bridgman depicting our own Baphomet “The Horned God” here on display at the jail

Below : Various array of exhibit material and features here on display .

Above : Original oil painting by local artist Paul Bridgman depicting one of our life size Baphomet here on display at the Jail

  Below : One of the Baphomet figurines on display  in and amongst an array of Satanic Occult memorabilia items at the jail .

Original painting by Gloucestershire Artist Paul Bridgman of Aleister Crowley on display here in and amongst out Witchcraft & Occult Collection .

“WHERE GOOD & EVIL COLLIDE, WHERE FANTASY MEETS REALITY”

HELL IN A CELL “ASYLUM”

A UNIQUE LIFE SIZE  DIORAMA BY THE ARTIST KNOWN AS “THE GUV ” ON DISPLAY IN THE GATEHOUSE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL.THIS DEPICTING THE ALLEGED  PSYCHOPATHIC, SATANIC & CRIMINALLY INSANE INMATE  HOUSED WITHIN HIS OWN MENTAL ASYLUM CRAZED CELL.

 SURROUNDED HERE BY AN APPARITION OF A MAD MEDIEVAL AND SATANIC MONK.

DISPLAYED ALONG WITH  HIS PERSONAL WITCHCRAFT , SATANIC AND OCCULT INSPIRED BELONGINGS.

SADISTIC & EVIL LOOKING PRISON GUARDS WHO TORMENT HIM… STAND MENACINGLY ALONGSIDE HIM .

WE ALSO FEATURE IN AND AROUND THE MAIN JAILHOUSE….  THE ALLEGED SATANIC KU KLUX KLAN , NAZI SS AND OCCULT EXHIBITION , SERIAL KILLERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD , AND SO MUCH MORE …

THE GENERAL THEME THROUGHOUT THE EXHIBITION AREAS INCLUDING WITHIN THE GATEHOUSE BUILDINGS & THE MAIN FORMER JAILHOUSE ITSELF IS PREDOMINENTLY ONE OF A THEME … “WHERE GOOD & EVIL COLLIDE , WHERE FANTASY MEETS REALITY ” … & BEYOND

THIS CLEARLY & AS CAN BE SEEN, BEING EVIDENT ON ALL FRONTS THROUGHOUT THE VISIT HERE AT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION, LITTLEDEAN JAIL, FOREST OF DEAN, GLOUCESTERSHIRE , UK .

VERY DIVERSE AND THOUGHT PROVOKING TO SAY THE LEAST .

IF EASILY OFFENDED, DISTURBED OR OF A SENSITIVE NATURE …. LITTLEDEAN JAIL IS CERTAINLY NOT FOR YOU, SO PLEASE STAY AWAY ….

THIS VISITOR ATTRACTION IS MOST CERTAINLY NOT A FAMILY FRIENDLY ATTRACTION AND MOST CERTAINLY NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN !!!!

THIS IS NOT A PLOY TO DRAG IN MORE VISITORS…. IT IS A FACT …. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ………………………………

Original painting by Gloucestershire artist Paul Bridgman on display at the jail .

 

REAR ELEVATION OF THE LITTLEDEAN JAIL GATEHOUSE BUILDING WHICH IS NOW HOME TO THE WITCHCRAFT, SATANISM. OCCULT AND PARANORMAL EXHIBITION . OTHER EXHIBITIONS ON THESE SAID FRONTS ALSO AVAILABLE TO SEE IN THE MAIN JAIL AREAS .

 

ONE OF THE HANDPAINTED BESPOKE PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY WITHIN THE INMATE’S ASYLUM CELL HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL.

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BAPHOMET POSTER ON DISPLAY WITHIN THE INMATE’S CELL

Baphomet figurine and lifesize Baphomet .

BELOW: Pair of antique glazed terracotta Baphomet design planters

ABOVE AND BELOW ….ARE VARIOUS  VIEWS LOOKING THROUGH THE CELL BARS AND FROM WITHIN THE CELL  OF “THE ASYLUM” …

THE INMATE’S OUIJA  BOARD , USED TO CONTACT THE DEAD , ALONG WITH OTHER VARIOUS PERSONAL BELONGINGS .

THE MAD , SAD AND BAD MIND OF THE INMATE …. VARIOUS HANDMADE MODELS ,TAXIDERMY AND  BELONGINGS WITHIN HIS CELL

INSIDE VIEW OF THE  INMATE’S CELL SURROUNDED BY MYSTICAL MONK , EVIL LOOKING PRISON GUARDS , HIS PERSONAL POSSESSIONS WHICH INCLUDE HIS ARTWORK , MODELS, VARIOUS WITCHCRAFT AND OCCULT ITEMS ..

BESPOKE HAND PAINTED BAPHOMET SYMBOL MIRROR ON DISPLAY WITHIN THE INMATE’S  ASYLUM CELL

BESPOKE HANDPAINTED WITCHCRAFT PENTAGRAM SYMBOLIC MIRROR ON DISPLAY WITHIN THE INMATE’S  ASYLUM CELL

BESPOKE BAPHOMET SYMBOL HANDPAINTED  METAL SIGN ON DISPLAY AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL

BESPOKE  HANDPAINTED WITCHCRAFT PENTAGRAM SYMBOL METAL SIGN ( REVERSE OF THE ABOVE ) ON DISPLAY AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL

VARIOUS INSIDE VIEWS OF SOME OF THE INMATE’S PERSONAL BELONGINGS RELATING TO HIS FASCINATION WITH WITCHCRAFT AND  THE OCCULT , INCLUDING DEATH MASKS AND OTHER THOUGHT PROVOKING ITEMS ETC

VARIOUS WITCHCRAFT AND THE OCCULT  JEWELLERY AND INSIGNIA  WORN BY THE EVIL LOOKING PRISON GUARD ON DUTY  IN THE INMATE’S  ASYLUM CELL

ABOVE AND BELOW ….. THE INMATE’S CRAZED MINDSET WITH HIS GHOSTLY APPARITION OF  HIS MENTOR AND PROTECTOR ….”THE MAD MEDIEVAL AND SATANIC MONK”

BELOW ARE VARIOUS OTHER THOUGHT PROVOKING  IMAGES PROVIDING AN INSIGHT INTO THE MIND OF THE PSYCHOPATHIC INMATE , HIS FASCINATION  WITH WITCHCRAFT , THE OCCULT, THE INSIDE VIEWS OF HIS ASYLUM , ALONG WITH THE EVIL LOOKING GUARDS WHO CARE FOR HIM ….

ABOVE AND BELOW ARE SOME OF THE INMATE’S PERSONAL ARTWORK ON DISPLAY WITHIN HIS CELL

 

ABOVE AND BELOW  ARE SOME OF THE INMATE’S VARIOUS EVIL DEATH MASKS ON THE WALLS WITHIN HIS ASYLUM CELL

ABOVE : VARIOUS  ELECTRICAL SHOCK THERAPY  EQUIPMENT ALONG WITH CRICKET BALL KOSH , BLACK GLOVE USED BY THE PRISON GUARDS ON THE INMATE . DISPLAYED HERE ALONG WITH  THE INMATE’S  OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS

HERE BELOW IS A BRIEF LOOK AT SOME OTHER WITCHCRAFT AND OCCULT RELATED EXHIBIT ITEMS ON DISPLAY INSIDE LITTLEDEAN JAIL’S MAIN EXHIBITION AREAS ….

 

 

ABOVE AND BELOW : WITCHES DUCKING STOOL ALSO KNOWN AS A CUCKING STOOL

ORIGINAL VILLAGE STOCKS

 

ABOVE AND BELOW: LOST SOULS … A SPOOKY AND HAUNTING LOOKING MACABRE TABLE LAMP MADE FROM  9 ANIMAL SKULLS

ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING BY GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARTIST PAUL BRIDGMAN ON DISPLAY AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL

 

BELOW – ORIGINAL HAUNTING, GHOST- LIKE PAINTING OF ELLEN HAYWARD ( OLD ELLEN ) OVERLOOKING HER GRAVE AT ST JOHNS CHURCH , CINDERFORD WITH A SILHOUETTE IMAGE OF THE ENTRANCE TO LITTLEDEAN JAIL IN THE BACKGROUND , WHERE SHE WAS TRIED FOR WITCHCRAFT IN 1906 ON DISPLAY AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL , IN AND AMONGST A SMALL EXHIBITION ON THE WITCH OF THE FOREST ….FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CLICK HERE

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SAS “WHO DARES WINS” & “OPERATION NIMROD, IRANIAN EMBASSY SIEGE EXHIBITION” … HERE AT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION, LITTLEDEAN JAIL. FEATURING AMONGST OTHERS,RUSTY FIRMIN & PETE “SNAPPER ” WINNER, a.k.a SOLDIER “I” , ONE OF THE SAS HERO’S OF THE 1972 BATTLE OF MIRBAT & THE 1980 IRANIAN EMBASSY SIEGE, LONDON, FINAL ASSAULT.

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Above and Below : Pete Winner – Soldier I , during a visit to The Crime Through Time Collection at Littledean Jail, dressed in his SAS Black-kit

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FROM LEFT : PETE “SNAPPER” WINNER AND ANDY McNAB PICTURED TOGETHER AT AN EVENING WITH ANDY McNAB EVENT AT THE CHEPSTOW DRILL HALL. 

BELOW: PETE WINNER TALKS ABOUT THE “BATTLE OF MIRBAT “

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PLEASE DON’T FORGET OUR OWN EVER GROWING …

SAS “WHO DARES WINS” AND UK SPECIAL FORCES EXHIBITION HERE AT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION , LITTLEDEAN JAIL , UK

ABOVE IS A TRIBUTE  COLLAGE POSTER RELATING TO THE STORMING OF THE IRANIAN EMBASSY ON THE 5 MAY 1980 SIGNED BY PETE WINNER,  NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE BOTH AT PETE WINNER EVENTS AND ALSO AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL .

WINNER EVENTS AND ALSO AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL .

ABOVE IS A GREAT OPERATION NIMROD TRIBUTE VIDEO

BELOW IS A GALLERY OF IMAGES FROM A RECENT MEDIA LAUNCH AT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION, LITTLEDEAN JAIL   … SAS WHO DARES WINS AND UK SPECIAL FORCES EXHIBITION ….. ALSO BEING  IN ADVANCE OF AN EVENING EVENT WITH SAS HERO PETE “SNAPPER” WINNER – SOLDIER i , iAT THE OAKLANDS SPORTS AND SNOOKER CLUB , CINDERFORD , FOREST OF DEAN, GLOUCESTERSHIRE , UK.

BELOW IS A UNIQUE COLLAGE DEPICTING PETE WINNER AND HIS EQUALLY HEROIC COLLEAGUES WHO FOUGHT IN THE SAS OPERATION STORM AT BATTLE MIRBAT 19 JULY 1972. THESE ARE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT PETE “SNAPPER” WINNER EVENTS AND ALSO AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL  (PLEASE NOTE …. THIS PARTICULAR POSTER WAS SIGNED TO ADVERTISE AND PROMOTE AN EVENING WITH EVENT BACK IN 2014 , ALL OTHER SIGNED POSTERS WILL NOT HAVE THIS WORDING INCLUDED , AND CAN BE PERSONALLY DEDICATED BY PETE )

BELOW IS A VIDEO INTRODUCTION INTO SOME OF THE HEROIC ANTICS OF SAS TROOPER… PETE WINNER  TAKEN FROM HIS WEBSITE , DO VISIT IT DIRECTLY FOR MORE INFORMATION (LINK HERE … http://www.soldierisas.com/ )

ABOVE IS A TRIBUTE  COLLAGE POSTER RELATING TO PETE WINNER IN HIS SAS BLACK KIT,  SIGNED BY HIMSELF  AND NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE BOTH AT PETE WINNER EVENTS AND ALSO AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL .

BELOW IS AN EXTRACT TAKEN FROM PETE WINNER SOLDIER “I” WEBSITE  ( http://www.soldierisas.com/ ) I first became aware of the Special Air Service Regiment when I was a young sapper serving with 10 Airfield Construction Squadron Royal Engineers during the emergency in Aden in 1967 – my first operational tour of duty. The SAS, in 1967, was a secret organization and there were all sorts of rumours flying around about what “The Regiment” was up to. I was intrigued. It seemed far more exciting than repairing bulldozers, getting covered in oil and grease all day long. Little did I know that in less than five years I would be part of this elite unit and facing hundreds of Communist shock troops at the Battle of Mirbat. I withdrew from Aden in November 1967 on one of the last flights out before the Communist regime took over. Tactical withdrawal they called it. To me it was abject surrender. I also felt I could no longer continue in the Royal Engineers, my enthusiasm for this kind of soldiering had gone. I made my mind up there and then that when I got back to the UK I would find out more about the SAS and how I could join. Back in the UK the regimental chief clerk of 10 Field Sqn. explained to me the procedure for applying for SAS Selection. I immediately lodged my application and within a few months found myself on the Brecon Beacons taking part in a series of gruelling Bergen (backpack) marches over very rough terrain. Mentally and physically I was well prepared because there was no way I was going back to the bullshit and drill that was the Royal Engineers and after three weeks of exhaustive tests I cracked the greatest physical challenge of my life – the Endurance March – forty-six miles across the Brecons with a fifty-five pound Bergen in twenty hours. To pass this final march guaranteed you a place on Continuation Training. This training included weapons and explosives, first aid, resistance to interrogation training and one month in the Far East on jungle training. All with the pressure of knowing that one mistake and you could still end up back in the Engineers.
SUCCESS! The prize was mine. After six months of intense training I became the proud owner of the famous badge and SAS wings. Out of the original 135 runners who had put themselves forward for Selection only 17 made it to the Colonel’s office for the presentation of the beret and wings. I was now badged and posted to 8 Troop, Land Rover Troop, “B” Squadron. I was pitched straight into squadron life and briefed on an operation that was going to take place in a few months; to retake Dhofar – a province in southern Oman – from Communist insurgents. My first SAS operation and I was going to get a crack at the regime that humiliated the British Army back in 1967! At the time I was not to know that in less than two years it would all end up with me fighting in the last conclusive battle against Communism that would help to bring down the Berlin Wall seventeen years later. The Battle of Mirbat, 19th July 1972, was a well planned, determined attack by hundreds of Communist shock troops against nine SAS soldiers – a modern day Rorke’s Drift that became famous in military circles but because it was part of a secret war it was a relatively unknown event in the eyes of the public. Eight years later I was involved in another spectacular “B” Squadron result when we achieved what many considered the impossible – the rescue of the hostages at the Iranian Embassy Siege in May 1980. For my part, I felt immense personal satisfaction and pride at being involved in two of the greatest SAS Operations of modern times. Both Operations would live forever in Regimental history. Both victories had been gained through faultless teamwork, immense physical courage and flexibility in the face of overwhelming odds. Pete Winner, August 2010 HERE BELOW ARE A FEW IMAGES OF SOME OF THE PERSONALLY CONTRIBUTED EXHIBIT PIECES  THAT SPECIFICALLY RELATE TO SAS TROOPER PETE WINNER AKA “SOLDIER “I” … THESE BEING ON DISPLAY AT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION, LITTLEDEAN JAIL IN AMONGST OUR EVER EXPANDING SAS WHO DARES WINS & UK SPECIAL FORCES ” EXHIBITION .

PETE WINNER SIGNED POSTER

PETE WINNER SIGNED POSTER

IRANIAN EMBASSY SIEGE FINAL ASSAULT SIGNED ILLUSTRATION

REAR OF IRANIAN EMBASSY AT TIME OF THE FINAL ASSAULT , SIGNED BY PETE WINNER

PETE WINNER SIGNED POSTER

COPY OF ORIGINAL HAND DRAWING RELATING TO SIEGE BY PETE WINNER ALSO SIGNED BY HIM

PETE WINNER SIGNED COLLAGE

S6 GAS RESPIRATOR AND HOLDALL SIGNED BY PETE WINNER

S6 GAS RESPIRATOR SIGNED BY PETE WINNER

PETE WINNER SIGNED POSTER

SAS SIGNED BY VARIOUS TROOPERS, POSTER

FRONT ELEVATION ASSAULT OF IRANIAN EMBASSY

ROOF ACCESS AND INTERNAL ASSAULT OF IRANIAN EMBASSY

ROOF ACCESS AND INTERNAL ASSAULT OF IRANIAN EMBASSY

ROOF ACCESS AND INTERNAL ASSAULT OF IRANIAN EMBASSY

ROOF ACCESS AND INTERNAL ASSAULT OF IRANIAN EMBASSY

ROOF ACCESS AND INTERNAL ASSAULT OF IRANIAN EMBASSY

REAR AND INTERNAL SIDE VIEW OF IRANIAN EMBASSY SIEGE FINAL ASSAULT

REAR ELEVATION ASSAULT OF IRANIAN EMBASSY

ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER FEATURING THE FINAL ASSAULT ON THE IRANIAN EMBASSY SIEGE

COMMEMORATIVE SAS OPERATION NIMROD PLATE AND MUG

COMMEMORATIVE SAS OPERATION NIMROD PLATE AND MUG

Personally signed (and original) signatures on this 9×6 print which depicts the SAS soldier known as Soldier 1 who survived ther Battle of Mirbat , was an Iranian Embassy Siege Assulter and parachuted into the seas off the Falklands during that Conflict with the Argentinians, assulting the Embassy from the back plus also signed by Pete Scholey (author of the Joker and SAS Heroes) who was with the Advance Party and helped install surveillance equipment

BATTLE OF MIRBAT 1972

The Battle of Mirbat took place on 19 July 1972 during the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman, which was supported by Communist guerrillas from South Yemen. Britain assisted the Omani government by sending elements of its Special Air Service both to train soldiers and compete against the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG) guerrillas for the “hearts and minds” of the Omani people

At 6 am on 19 July 1972 the PFLOAG attacked the British Army Training Team (BATT) house, which housed the nine SAS soldiers, based just outside the Port of Mirbat. The PFLOAG (locally known as the Adoo) attacked the SAS BATT house knowing that to be able to reach the Port of Mirbat they would first have to defeat the SAS guarding the approach to the town in Jebel Ali, a series of small desert slopes leading to the Port.

The Officer in Command, Captain Mike Kealy observed the waves advancing on the fort, but did not order his men to open fire because he thought it was the “Night Picket” coming back from night shift, which were a loyal group of the Omani Armypositioned on the slopes to warn the BATT house of Adoo troop movements. Realising that the Night Picket must have been killed, due to them not warning the SAS of the assault Mike Kealy ordered his men to open fire. Mike Kealy along with other members of the team took up positions behind the sand-bag parapet on the roof of the BATT house, firing at the Adoo withL1A1 SLR battle rifles, with one man firing the Browning M2HB heavy machine gun, with a further two men on ground level operating and firing an infantry mortar surrounded by sand-bags. The Adoo were armed with AK-47 assault rifles, and were mortar bombing the area around the BATT house. Kealy ordered the signaller to establish communications with SAS Headquarters at Um al Quarif, to request reinforcements.

There were also a small number of Omani Intelligence Service personnel in the BATT House, a small contingent of Pakistani soldiers and a member of British Military Intelligence seconded to the OIS who joined the team on the roof and fired on the Adoo with SLRs and other small arms.  Initially some of the Pakistani soldiers were reluctant to join the defence of the fort because their roles with the BATT were largely administrative, but they obeyed orders from Mike Kealy and the British Military Intelligence Corporal

Overflying the BATT House, Mirbat.

Knowing that the SLRs would not be of full use until the Adoo were closer than the weapon’s range of 800 metres, and lacking more heavy firepower, Sergeant Talaiasi Labalaba made a run for the 25 Pounder Artillery Piece which was positioned next to a smaller fort which stationed nine Omani Army Special Forces soldiers, who had not played a part in the battle. The Omani policeman who was guarding the weapon had been seriously wounded. Talaiasi Labalaba managed to operate the weapon, which is a six-man job, himself and fire a round a minute at the approaching Adoo, directing their attention away from the BATT house. Kealy received a radio message from Talaiasi reporting that a bullet had skimmed his face, and was badly injured, and was struggling to operate the gun by himself. At the BATT house Kealy asked for a volunteer to run to Talaiasi’s aid. Trooper Sekonaia Takavesi volunteered to go.

Sekonaia Takavesi ran from the BATT house, with the remaining men providing covering fire, in an attempt to distract the Adoo. Sekonaia ran the 800 metres through heavy gunfire, and reached the gun emplacement. Sekonaia tried to give aid to his injured friend, while firing at the approaching Adoo with his personal weapon. Realising that they needed help, Sekonaia tried to raise the small number of Omani soldiers inside the smaller fort, and Walid Khamis emerged. The only Omani Gendarmerie Officer in the Mirbat Fort was Lieutenant Hassan Bin Ehsan Bin Naseeb. The remaining Omani soldiers in the fort engaged the enemy with small arms fire from firing positions on the roof and through the windows of the fort As the two men made it back to the emplacement, the Omani soldier fell wounded after being shot in the stomach with a 7.62 mm bullet. Adoo continued to advance upon the BATT house, and artillery emplacement. At one point, the Adoo were so close Sekonaia and Talaiasi fired the weapon at point blank range, aiming down the barrel. Talaiasi crawled across a small space to reach a 60 mm Infantry Mortar, but fell dead after being shot in the neck. Sekonaia, also shot through the shoulder and grazed by a bullet to the back of his head continued to fire at the approaching Adoo with his personal weapon. The squad signaller sent messages through to the main Forward Operating Base, to request air support and medical evacuation for the men in the gun emplacement.

Inside the BATT House at Mirbat

Captain Kealy and Trooper Tobin made a run to the artillery piece. Upon reaching it, they dived in to avoid increasingly intense gunfire from the Adoo. Sekonaia continued to fire on the attackers, propped up against sand bags after being shot through the stomach (the bullet narrowly missing his spine). The Adoo threw several hand grenades, but only one detonated, exploding behind the emplacement with no one injured. During the battle, Trooper Tobin attempted to reach over the body of Talaiasi. In so doing, Tobin was mortally wounded when a bullet struck his face. By this time, BAC Strikemaster light-attack jets of the Sultan of Oman’s Air Force had arrived, and began strafing the Adoo in the Jebel Ali. With a low cloud base making for low altitude attack runs, only machine-guns and light rockets were used. Reinforcements arrived from G Squadron and, defeated, the PFLOAG withdrew at about 12:30. All wounded SAS soldiers were evacuated, and given medical treatment, Trooper Tobin eventually died in hospital not due to the multiple gunshot wounds but to an infection in his lung caused by his splintered tooth which he had aspirated when his bottom jaw was blown off by an AK-47 round.

BELOW IS A TRIBUTE VIDEO PERFORMED BY SWEDISH HEAVY METAL BAND – SABATON  FEATURING AN INSIGHT INTO THE BATTLE OF MIRBAT . 

USED WITH KIND PERMISSION FROM SABATON