Jack Fletcher (British Army officer)

Jack Fletcher was commissioned into Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in 1948.^[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion Queen's Regiment in 1969 and led the Battalion in The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

In 1972 he commanded the Dhofar Brigade of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces against a communist-inspired armed insurrection during the Dhofar Rebellion. They were commanded to "concentrate on pacifcation and civil development work in Eastern jebel."^[2] He laid the foundation for the subsequent success of the operation by constructing a blocking line, "known as Hornbeam" which provided "a permanent presence on the jebel, and a means to patrol aggressively against the adoo."^[2]

He spent two years as Deputy Military Secretary from 1974 to 1976 when he became ill. Fletcher had been selected for promotion to major-general before his death.