A Connection Between the Falklands & Borneo

Major-General Sir Jeremy Moore KCB, OBE, MC and Bar, Royal Marines, Falklands campaign Land Force Commander 1982, Major-General Commando Forces RM, 1979-82, was born on July 5, 1928. He died on September 15, 2007, aged 79.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2469102.ece

He was then Captain Jeremy Moore in 1962 at Limbang, Sarawak.

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Borneo/Limbang.html

At the time of the Falklands conflict in 1982, I was squatting in a Shepherd Bush flat not too far away from the Metropolitan Line Station and the Shepherd Bush library across the street.

Tramping around Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (what used to be known as British North Borneo), I made it a point to get into Brunei to cross over to Limbang, the only reason being that I was a history buff who wanted to know more of past military conflicts, hence the discovery of the connection between the Falklands & Borneo.

As a chance would have it, at http://www.b-borneo.com/, I ran into this Anglophile, who over a couple of beers and satays (local variety of kebab) told me that the best way to take in as much of the country was to take a bus to Lawas, Sarawak from Kota Kinabalu, then cross over to Limbang where Captain Jeremy Moore and his gallant men stormed the police station way back in 1962.

In his impeccable English, this local gentleman reminisced as much as he could of what life was like in KK (Jesselton as it was known) then. I took the long road to Limbang - must admit that it was not Greyhound comfort but then I wanted to know what was it like for the men there then.

http://www.onceamerinealwaysamarine.co.uk/dhala2.htm

by 'fizzinator'