Withdrawal from Aden

Withdrawal from Aden
Part of Aden Emergency
Sir Humphrey Trevelyan waving to departing British helicopters on 30 November 1967.
Date 30 November 1967 Location Aden
Belligerents
United Kingdom	NLF
Commanders and leaders
Humphrey Trevelyan	Qahtan al-Shaabi
Strength
3,500	Unknown

NLF celebrations on 30 November

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]}

References

1. "Aden Emergency" at National Army Museum accessed 4 November 2013
2. 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^{[ dead link ‍]}
• British Pathe clip of Troop Withdraw from Aden
• Withdrawal from Aden at Imperial War Museum ^{[ dead link ‍]}