Withdrawal from Aden explained

Conflict:Withdrawal from Aden
Partof:Aden Emergency
Date:30 November 1967
Place:Aden
Combatant1: United Kingdom
Combatant2: NLF
Commander1: Humphrey Trevelyan
Commander2: Qahtan al-Shaabi
Strength1:3,500
Strength2:unknown

Withdrawal from Aden was the final withdrawal of British troops from the colony of Aden, 128 years and 10 months 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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/aden-emergency "Aden Emergency" at National Army Museum
  2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1543462/Parallels-with-the-retreat-from-Aden.html Major Wilson, "Parallels with the retreat from Aden", Daily Telegraph, 22 Feb 2007