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The Battle of Crater or Operation Stirling Castle was an encounter in 1967 during the Aden Emergency. After the mutiny of the Arab Armed Police and ambush of British troops by them, the Crater district in Aden was abandoned by British troops. The British then decided to enter Crater and retrieve the bodies of dead British soldiers. [1]
The Aden Emergency, also known as the 14 October Revolution (Arabic: ثورة 14 أكتوبر, romanized: Thawrat 14 ʾUktūbar, lit. '14th October Revolution') or as the Radfan Uprising, was an armed rebellion by the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY) against the Federation of South Arabia, a British Protectorate of the United ...
On 1 June 1967 these were amalgamated to form the South Arabian Army (SAA). Since 1931 a gendarmerie style force called the Aden Armed Police had been responsible for maintaining order in Aden itself. By 1967, relations between the residual British administration and the Arab population of Aden had become increasingly tense following the Six ...
Crater (/ ˈ k r eɪ t ər /; Arabic: كريتر, [ˈkɾeːtəɾ]), also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera (Arabic: صيرة Ṣīrah). It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people. [1]
Location of Conway County in Arkansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Conway County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Conway County, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Old Benton-Sardis Road Bridge: January 24, 2007 : North of Highway 183, approximately 1.25 miles (2.01 km) east of Pine Haven Rd. Bauxite: part of the Historic Bridges of Arkansas Multiple Property Submission (MPS) 15: Old River Bridge
Location of Carroll County in Arkansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Carroll County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
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