Withdrawal from Aden
{{Short description|Withdrawal of British troops from the colony of Aden}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Withdrawal from Aden
| image = Aden Nov 30 1967.jpg
| caption = Sir Humphrey Trevelyan waving to departing British helicopters on 30 November 1967.
| partof = Aden Emergency
| date = 30 November 1967
| place = Aden
| result =
| combatant1 = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| combatant2 = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} NLF
| commander1 = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Humphrey Trevelyan
| commander2 = {{flagdeco|Yemen}} Qahtan al-Shaabi
| strength1 = 3,500
| strength2 = Unknown
| casualties1 =
| casualties2 =
}}
{{Campaignbox Aden Emergency}}
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.[http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/aden-emergency "Aden Emergency" at National Army Museum] accessed 4 November 2013[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1543462/Parallels-with-the-retreat-from-Aden.html Major Wilson, "Parallels with the retreat from Aden", Daily Telegraph, 22 Feb 2007] accessed 4 November 2013
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External links
- [http://www.theargylls.co.uk/adenmap.php Aden Emergency] at the Argylls Website{{dead link|date=September 2024}}
- [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/british-troops-withdraw-aka-sir-humphrey-trevelyan British Pathe clip of Troop Withdraw from Aden]
- [http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-aden-emergency#lightbox-object-205187907 Withdrawal from Aden] at Imperial War Museum{{dead link|date=September 2024}}
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Category:November 1967 in Asia
Category:20th-century military history of the United Kingdom