REVISE THE EVENTS LISTED UNDER ADEN RIOTS. I SERVED WITH 34 IND. FLD. SQDN. ROYAL ENGINEERS FROM 1957 TO 1959. STATIONED IN ADEN.
WE WERE POSTED TO CYPRUS IN 1958 DURING EOKA CRISIS, THEN TO GIL-GIL, KENYA, MAU-MAU. NEXT WAS A QUICK RUN TO KUWAIT WHICH WAS OVER IN 48 HRS. THAN ON TO BAHRAIN, FOLLOWED BY ADEN.
WE COULDN'T TAKE LEAVE OR MOVE OUT OF CAMP DUE TO POSSIBLITY OF BEING ATTACKED OR WORSE. CRATER VILLAGE WAS DEFINITELY OFF LIMITS. AN RAF GUYS WIFE WAS SHOT THERE. WE WERE PATROLLING THE BEACH RD AND ROUTE, MUSCAT TO OMAN TO REMOVE LANDMINES ETC. SET BY THE LOCAL INSURGENTS. MAYBE IT WAS A FORGOTTEN CAMPAIGN BUT I WAS GLAD WHEN WE WENT BACK TO GIL-GIL KENYA & EVENTUALLY DEMOB. I MAY BE 84 BUT MY MEMORY IS QUITE CLEAR OF THOSE EVENTS.