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| Sir Humphrey Trevelyan | |||||
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| 3,500 | |||||
Withdrawal from Aden was the final withdrawal of British troops from the colony of Aden after 128 years.[1] High Commissioner Sir Hugh Trevelyan boarded an RAF aircraft at RAF Khormaksar after a short handover ceremony, 28 November 1967. The last troops to leave were the Royal Engineers.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Withdrawal from Aden" at Britains Small Wars
- ^ "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 linis
- Aden Emergency at the Argylls Website
- British Pathe clip of Troop Withdraw from Aden
- Withdrawal from Aden at Imperial War Museum