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3 unusual facts about Aden Protectorate


Hugh Boustead

After the conflict Boustead served as a diplomat in several Middle Eastern countries including Sudan, Yemen, and Oman, prior to spending nine years (1949-1958) as a Resident Adviser in the Aden Protectorate.

Philip King Enright

From March 1934 to February 1936 Enright was Executive Officer at the naval training school HMS Ganges, then from May 1936 to July 1937 was Naval Officer-in-Charge at Aden, receiving promotion to captain on 30 June 1937.

Violet Line

Violet Line (1914), a boundary between the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire in Arabia, separating Yemen from the Aden Protectorate


Johnny Beerling

He began his radio career during national service from 1955-7 when he ran a radio station for the Royal Air Force station British Forces Aden in the Aden Protectorate, acting as its station manager, studio engineer and morning DJ.


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