Jedburgh Jumper

A traditional style of military ‘Jersey Wool Heavy’ made in Britain from British wool.

A thick woollen garment which provides excellent thermal properties when worn underneath a windproof garment. The Jedburgh has a ribbed waist and traditional crew
neck. The colours are totally natural achieved from the hardy mountain sheep fleece itself, not from dyes.

The Rough Bounds Jedburgh Jumper incorporates Harris Tweed patches as a nod towards the Scottish heritage of SOE and commando training which took place in the west highlands of Scotland in the early 1940’s.

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A Super Textile

The history of the ‘Jersey Wool Heavy’ goes way back before the Second World War and can be seen worn by the legendary Scott and Shackleton and his crews during those hard early years of Antarctic exploration.
The early scientific research into the properties of wool proved it to be the best option to help (as much as possible) to keep these brave souls relatively warm in the harshest environment on the planet.

Man wearing Jedburgh jumper fastening bag strap on gate

Trusted by many

The ‘Jersey Wool Heavy’ would continue to be used by early pioneers of Himalayan mountaineering in the 1930’s and then used extensively during the Second World War and right up to the 80’s and 90’s as a military garment.
Fishermen, Ghillies, Stalkers, Soldiers, etc, have all benefitted from this style of jumper – a timeless classic still performing as it always did.
Designed to endure the ever-changing seasons, our knitwear is perfect for countless journeys and adventures. Pair with a Smock for year-round weather protection.

Key features

CLose up of arm badge detail on the Jedburgh Jumper

Border reivers

Operation Jedburgh

Operation Jedburgh was a clandestine operation during World War II in which three-man teams of operatives of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the Free French Bureau central de renseignements et d'action ("Central Bureau of Intelligence and Operations") and the Dutch and Belgian armies in exile were dropped by parachute into occupied France, the Netherlands and Belgium.

The objective of the Jedburgh teams was to assist allied forces who invaded France on 6 June 1944 with sabotage and guerrilla warfare, and leading local resistance forces in actions against the Germans.

The name of the operation was chosen at random from a Ministry of Defence code book, although several of those who took part in the operation later reflected that the name was apt as the town of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders was notorious in the late Middle Ages for the activities of the raiders known as the Border Reivers. The Jedburgh Jumper is further apt given the airborne nature of the Jedburgh Teams ‘Jumping in’ to their target areas.