Withdrawal from Aden
Withdrawal from Aden was the final withdrawal of British troops from the colony of Aden, 128 years after the Aden Expedition. High Commissioner Sir Humphrey Trevelyan boarded an RAF aircraft at RAF Khormaksar after a short handover ceremony on 30 November 1967. The last troops to leave were the Royal Engineers.[1][2]
| Withdrawal from Aden | |||||
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| Part of Aden Emergency | |||||
 Sir Humphrey Trevelyan waving to departing British helicopters on 30 November 1967. | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 United Kingdom |
 National Liberation FrontFront for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Humphrey Trevelyan | Unknown | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 3,500 | unknown | ||||
References
- "Aden Emergency" at National Army Museum accessed 4 November 2013
- Major Wilson, "Parallels with the retreat from Aden", Daily Telegraph, 22 Feb 2007 accessed 4 November 2013
External links
- Aden Emergency at the Argylls Website
- British Pathe clip of Troop Withdraw from Aden
- Withdrawal from Aden at Imperial War Museum
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