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Battle of Crater
| Battle of the Crater | |||||||
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| Part of Aden Emergency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
 NLFFLOSY | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} Lt. Col. Colin Mitchell Maj. Ian Mackay Maj. Tony Shewan | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 45 Commando Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Queen's Dragoon Guards Royal Northumberland Fusiliers60th Squadron, Royal Engineers 47th Light Artillery Regiment 15th Signal Regiment 60th Transport Squadron | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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unknown 1 helicopter | 400 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| none | 11 killed | ||||||
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]
- ^ Wilson, Derek. "British troops grow bitter as anarchy spreads in Aden." Sunday Times [London, England] 2 July 1967: 6. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.
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