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Indias trade links with Yemen are ancient, but during the British Raj, the connections became even closer with the colony of Aden, and the larger Aden Protectorate, comprising much of south Yemen, being controlled from the Bombay Presidency
The last crowning of a British monarch was attended by an array of Arab rulers, including several who were later deposed, exiled or executed
Aden, now part of Yemen, was the only British colony in the Arab world, until British forces left in 1967.
Air Commodore Mickey Witherow, expert in desert warfare and the defence of airfields – obituary He crossed the Sahara, fought in Aden and advised the Zambian government on how to avoid missile attacks in Lusaka Mickey Witherow in Aden in the 1950s Air Commodore Mickey Witherow, who has died aged 84, was one of the most influential post-war RAF Regiment officers specialising in desert warfare, airfield defence and diplomacy; he epitomised the ethos and traditions of the Corps, as the RAF regiment is known. After completing specialist training in 1956 Witherow was posted to the Aden Protector...