Talk:Battle of Mirbat

message: I watched a documentary on the SAS's actions in Oman and it stated that Talaiasi Labalaba, the Fijian trooper, was a Corporal, not a Sgt.
He's a Corporal on this list: http://www.specwarnet.net/europe/memorial.html Hakluyt bean (talk) 02:17, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I stand corrected: Staff Sgt according to the Royal Irish Rangers website Hakluyt bean (talk) 02:25, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And Staff Sergeant according to his citation for a Mention in Despatches in the London Gazette. -- Necrothesp (talk) 17:18, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Although it should be noted that the rank an individual holds within the SAS is not necessarily the same one they hold in their parent regiment. On joining the SAS all rankers are reduced to the rank of trooper, but they continue to officially hold the rank they previously held and are promoted according to their length of service. So Labalaba could quite easily have been a corporal in the SAS but a staff sergeant in the Royal Irish Rangers. All citations would use his official army rank. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:36, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talaiasi Labalaba Rank 

message: I read in a book about cpl. Labalabas courage and death, i have read that because of Labalabas valor during the battle, many of his colleagues in the SAS agreed that he should receive the Victoria Cross, but he did'nt!
Labalaba was only mentioned in dispatches, the SAS has since Labalabas death asked the quinn to award him the medal, but she has refused.
::This is a rediculously outlandish claim. If you wish to dispute the article, please provide more substantial evidence (ie. an ISBN reference), and try to present it with some articulation: the poor quality of English draws into question the credibility. --Sonicandfffan (talk) 17:00, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That was unnecessary.  Not every user of WP has English as a first language.  You've misspelt the word 'ridiculously' btw.  Hakluyt bean (talk) 03:25, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Award for corporal Labalabas courage. 

message: Is there any evidence that Kealy has been murdered? I did not read the Fiennes's book, but without proper citation it sounds hard to believe, and the explanation from [1] (i.e. Kealy died of exposure during an excersise in Brecon Beacons) seems more plausible.
89.102.197.114 (talk) 17:11, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It does state the word ``alleged``--Rockybiggs (talk) 13:28, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kealy's death. 

message: I'm adjusting the OB listing, as it seems a bit unfair to simply ignore the Omani troops who participated. Winterbadger (talk) 18:54, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Given that all available first-hand testimony attests that the Omani soldiers (with one notable exception) decided to ignore the battle and hole up in the fort, why should they be included?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.252.125 (talk) 14:25, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Weren't there a hundred or so firqat 'reservists' involved in this one as well? I remember being told that although the adoo rocked up when the main firqat force was out on a job, there was a substantial group of fighters - mostly old men and boys still in training - who put up some kind of fight in the area between the town fence and the building line. I'll have to chase it up - I think the old boy who told me about it has turned up his toes though.213.121.242.7 (talk) 12:41, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: well bro i read this "In the service of th Sultan by Ian Gardiner" - as per that omani participants were very limited.there were a dozzen or so Omanis under the SAS at Mirbat, and as far as i recollect as per the author..it was solely SAS vs Adoo --Pranav (talk) 18:14, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Omani participants

message: This Daily Telegraph obituary for Wing Commander Bill Stoker provides information that might be potentially useful for an expansion of the final stages of this engagement.--Jackyd101 (talk) 23:38, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Potentially useful source

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for Battle of Mirbat
 16°59'32.77"N  54°41'30.59"E
Wes Edwards —Wesedwardsrva (talk) 12:16, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: — I would have ordinarily declined this one as the existing coords would have been, in usual circumstances, adequately precise, but they pointed at the wrong building, so I made them more precise. — TransporterMan (TALK) 16:35, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Coordinate error

message: This page calls the side fighting against the British "adoo" or عَدُوّ, the arabic word for enemy. I can understand making a reference to the enemy of the British being called "the enemy" by the British, but calling them your enemy all throughout the article suggests a strong bias. JustOneGuyWithALama (talk) 02:16, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting, perhaps we can substitute "guerrillas" for "adoo"? The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 03:02, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Balance 

message: Uncle tom Morrell the best 120.17.37.254 (talk) 12:47, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That’s from Tess reece 120.17.37.254 (talk) 12:50, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fiji the best