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Withdrawal from Aden
Part of Aden Emergency

Sir Humphrey Trevelyan waving to departing British helicopters on 30 November 1967.
Date30 November 1967
Location
Aden
Belligerents
Withdrawal from Aden United Kingdom Withdrawal from Aden National Liberation Front
Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Humphrey Trevelyan Unknown
Strength
3,500 unknown

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]

  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

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