Aden Armed Police, 1966 (c)

Photograph, Aden, 1966 (c).

In January 1963, the British colony of Aden was merged with the sheikhdoms of the Aden Protectorates to form the Federation of South Arabia. This was done against the wishes of much of Aden city's population. Arab nationalists resented this and, egged on by President Nasser of Egypt, formed the National Liberation Front (NLF) in Yemen, which itself had designs on Aden and its hinterland. An insurgency against British rule broke out.

The Aden Armed Police and the Federal Regular Army (FRA), an Arab force with British officers, assisted British Army units in their attempts to restore order there until the British withdrawal in November 1967.

From a collection of 110 photographs collected by Private M Arnold, the 3rd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment; collected whilst serving in Aden, October 1966 to May 1967.