Sir Humphrey Trevelyan waving to departing British helicopters on 30 November 1967.
Date
30 November 1967
Location
Aden
Belligerents
United Kingdom
National Liberation Front Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen
Commanders and leaders
Humphrey Trevelyan
Unknown
Strength
3,500
unknown
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Aden Emergency
1963
1st Aden
1964
Radfan
Nut cracker
Cap Badge
2nd Aden
1964 Election
1965
Dhala
3rd Aden
4th Aden
Aden Airport
1967
Aden Riots
Aden mutiny
Crater
Withdrawal
Withdrawal from Aden was the final withdrawal of British troops from the colony of Aden, 128 years 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]
^"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
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