Withdrawal from Aden
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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
