British Order of Battle at the Aden Emergency
The following units of the British Armed Forces participated in the Aden Emergency (1963-67).
Royal Air Force
[edit]- No. 8 Squadron RAF with the Hawker Hunter FGA.9[1]
- No. 21 Squadron RAF with the Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.1, Douglas Dakota & Hawker Siddeley Andover CC.2[2]
- No. 26 Squadron RAF with the Bristol Belvedere HC.1[3]
- No. 37 Squadron RAF with the Avro Shackleton MR.2[4]
- No. 43 Squadron RAF with the Hunter FGA.9[5]
- No. 78 Squadron RAF with the Twin Pioneer CC.1 & Wessex HC.2[6]
- No. 84 Squadron RAF with the Blackburn Beverley C.1[7]
- No. 105 Squadron RAF with the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1[8]
- No. 208 Squadron RAF with the Hunter FGA.9[9]
- No. 233 Squadron RAF with the Vickers Valetta C.1[10]
- No. 1417 (Fighter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF with the Hunter T.7 & FR.10[11]
- RAF Police Joint Service Command
- No. 123 Signals Unit RAF
- RAF Regiment
- No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment[12]
- No. 27 Squadron RAF Regiment[12] 1965/66?
- No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment[12] 1965?
- No. 37 Squadron RAF Regiment[12]
- No. 48 Squadron RAF Regiment[12]
Royal Navy
[edit]- HMS Ashanti
- HMS Phoebe
- HMS Intrepid[13]
- HMS Eagle - 800 NAS[14][15]
- HMS Bulwark
- HMS Albion[16]
- HMS Minerva
- HMS Centaur[17][18]
- HMS Cambrian
- HMS Fearless[15]
- HMS Auriga[15]
- HMS Hampshire[15]
- Royal Marines
British Army
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- 22 SAS Regiment
- Royal Armoured Corps
- Guards Division
- 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
- 1st Battalion, Irish Guards
- Infantry
- 1st Battalion, Royal Scots
- 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
- 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Border Regiment (Various companies in support)
- 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers
- 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers B Company
- 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment[20]
- 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers[21]
- Royal Anglian Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment[22]
- 3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment[21][22]
- 4th Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment[22] (1965)
- C Company (1967)
- 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
- 1st Battalion, Lancashire Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
- 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry[23]
- 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders[21]
- 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
- 1st Battalion, The South Wales Borderers
- Parachute Regiment
- Royal Artillery
- 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
- 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
- 7th (Parachute) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
- 19th Light Regiment Royal Artillery
- 47th Light Regiment Royal Artillery
- 95th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
- Royal Engineers
- 10 Field Squadron (Airfields), Royal Engineers (Nov 1964 - 13 Dec 1967, last unit to leave)
- 13 Field Survey Squadron Royal Engineers (15 Jan 1964 - 29 Jun 1967)
- 24 Field Squadron Royal Engineers (15 Oct 1964 - 12 Jul 1965)
- 30 Field Squadron Royal Engineers (Sep 1966 - Apr 1967)
- 34 Independent Field Squadron Royal Engineers
- 2 Troop
- 39 Field Squadron Royal Engineers (Apr 1967 - Oct 1967)
- 50 Field Squadron Royal Engineers (Aug 1964 - ?)
- A Troop (Sep 1967 - Nov 1967)
- 60 Field Squadron Royal Engineers (Nov 1964 - Nov 1965, Mar 1967 - Oct 1967)
- 73 Field Squadron Royal Engineers (1965 - 1966)
- 131 Parachute Engineer Regiment (Territorial Army)
- 24th Brigade Postal and Courier Communications Unit Royal Engineers (1964 - 1967)
- Royal Corps of Signals
- 15 Signal Regiment Royal Corps of Signals (1965 - 1967)
- 222 (AF) Squadron Air Formation Signals (1959 - 1967)
- Royal Military Police
- Royal Corps of Transport
- Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- Royal Army Medical Corps
- 10 Brigade. Group. Medical Company R.A.M.C.
- 24 Field Ambulance
- Royal Army Ordnance Corps
- Royal Army Pay Corps
- Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
- Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)
- Royal Pioneer Corps (518 Company)
- Army Catering Corps
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 26.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 31.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 33.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 37.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 39.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 48.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 50.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 54.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 69.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 75.
- ^ Lake 1999, p. 88.
- ^ a b c d e Oliver 1997, p. 228.
- ^ Roberts 2009, p. 79–81.
- ^ "The British Withdrawal From Aden, November 1967". IWM. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d "British Forces In Aden and South Arabia, 1945 - 1967". IWM. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Critchley 1980, p. 40.
- ^ McCart 1997, p. 87.
- ^ McCart 1997, p. 95.
- ^ a b "Why did British troops leave Aden? - Task Force". IWM. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "The British Army In Aden And The South Arabian Federation". IWM. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Aden Emergency". National Army Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "The Royal Anglian Regiment rounding up suspects, Aden, 1967 (c)". National Army Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "The British Army In Aden And The South Arabian Federation". IWM. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Critchley, Mike (1980). British Warships Since 1945 - Part 1. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-9506323-4-1.
- Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
- Lake, Alan (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
- McCart, Neil (1997). HMS Centaur, 1943-1972. Fan Publications.
- Oliver, Kingsley (1997). Through Adversity - The History of the Royal Air Force Regiment 1942-1992. UK: Forces & Corporate Publishing. ISBN 0-9529597-0-4.
- Roberts, John (2009). Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy. Annapolis, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-812-8.