Withdrawal from Aden

Part of Aden Emergency

Date	November 1967
Location	Aden

Belligerents

United Kingdom

NLF
FLOSY

Commanders and leaders

Sir Humphrey Trevelyan

Strength

3,500

Aden Emergency

High Commissioner Attack(Dec 1963)
Radfan Campaign (Jan-May 1964)
Childrens Party Attack (Dec 1964)
Aden Legislative Council election, 1964
Battle of Dhala (March 1965)
Assassination of Harry Barrie (Aug 1965)
Assassination of Sir Arthur Charles (Sept 1965)
Aden Airport Attack (Sept 1965)
Aden Street Riots (Jan-Feb 1967)
Arab Police Mutiny (Jun 1967)
Battle of the Crater (July 1967)
Withdrawal from Aden (Nov 1967)

Withdrawal from Aden was the final withdrawal of British troops from the colony of Aden after 128 years. 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.^[1]^[2]

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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