Withdrawal from Aden facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Withdrawal from Aden |
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| Part of Aden Emergency | |||||
 Sir Humphrey Trevelyan waving to departing British helicopters on 30 November 1967. |
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 United Kingdom |
 National Liberation FrontFront for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen |
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 Humphrey Trevelyan |
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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.
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