Ec Scan Collection (page 5)

Suez Crisis 1956 Danish UNO troops unloading ammunition from a supply train in Port Said

Suez Crisis 1956 Albert Palmer of Birmingham, a Gunner from a Parachute Artillery Unit, finds time for some fishing during the interational crisis

Suez Crsis 1956 Grenadier Guards at Blackbushe airport boarding a Hermes airliner for tranport to the Mediteranian. They are wearing plimsoles

Suez Crisis 1956 Sgt Major Paul Baerentsen of the Danish UNO force. This is his second time in the Middle East having previously served with the Royal West Kent Regiment - a regiment which has just

Suez Crisis 1956 A British soldier cools himself down with a drink on an airfield in Cyprus. Less than 24 hours after this picture was taken the troops on the base flew out to Egypt

Suez Crisis 1956 Private Lou Elphick, 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, near the front line at El Cap, looks pleased with this supplement to the field rations

Suez Crisis 1956 British soldiers standing by on an airfield in Cyprus pass the time playing cards. Less than 24 hours after this picture was taken the troops on the base flew out to Egypt

Suez Crisis 1956 The crew of a Canberra bomber relax after returning to their base in Cyprus after a raid over Egypt

Suez Crisis 1956 British soldiers clean their weapons on an airfield in Cyprus. Less than 24 hours after this picture was taken the troops on the base flew out to Egypt

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of a Paratroop Artillery Unit which is stationed near the front line at El Cap relax. One soldier is cooling himself down with a can of Carlsberg

Suez Crisis 1956 The Aircraft Carrier HMS Ocean adds Port Said to the roll of Battle Honours displayed on its flight deck. The ship has just docked in Devonport after returning from Suez

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the 1st Battalion Duke of Wellingtons Regiment from the 1st Infantry ivision board a Viking plane at Blackbushe Airport

Suez Crisis 1956 On a British airbase in Cyprus the pilots of Hunter jets scramble for a raid over Egypt

Suez Crisis 1956 On a British airbase in Cyprus the crew of an anti aircraft gun man their posts as the RAF launches a raid over Egypt

Suez Crisis 1956 Gunners of a Paratroop Artillery Unit near the front line with " Nasser" a camel which has become the units unofficial mascot

Suez Crisis 1956 Lita Rosa entertains the troops in Port Said 1956

Suez Crisis 1956 Private Alf Biggs of Greenwich hands a freshly cut bunch of bannanas to Cpl Reg Aylward of Edmonton as Private Lou Elphic of Maidstone looks

Suez Crisis 1956 A British evacuee who has been brought from Cairo chats to General Stockwell at Port Said while waiting to board a tranport back to Britain

Suez Crisis 1956 A startled camel backs away as a UNO troop train arrives in Port Said and is given a warm welcome by British soldiers

Suez Crisis 1956 Alf Biggs of the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment gets an early morning cuppa from Private Lou Elphick. This picture was taken near the front line position at El Cap

Suez Crisis 1956 Commandos on the flight deck of the Aircraft Carrier HMS Ocean (which has just docked in Devonport after returning from Suez)

Suez Crisis 1956 Lance Corporal Charlie Oakshott of Tunbridge Wells gives Private Alf Biggs a hand with some captured arab headgear While David young of Tonbridge tries out a fez

Suez Crisis 1956 British trucks in Port Said (date may be incorrect)

Suez Crisis 1956 Junior Seaman John Higgins, 17, of Oldham gives a thumbs up as The Aircraft Carrier HMS Ocean adds Port Said to the roll of Battle Honours displayed on its flight deck

Suez Crisis 1956 A UNO troop train arrives in Port Said and is given a warm welcome by British soldiers

Suez Crisis 1956 Brigade Sergeant Major Ernest Lambert cuts the hair of Gunner Jim Fayers of Kings Lynn.Both men belong to a Paratroop Artillery Uni which is stationed near the front line at El Cap

Suez Crisis 1956 British Army nurse Jean Leich has her shoes shined in Port Saids main street

Suez Crisis 1956 British soldiers Peter Hawley (left) and Harry Perkins, both from Sheffield with " Diana Dors" an injured pigeon which they nursed back to health

Suez Crisis 1956 Police keep crowds of gyptians back as United Nations troops march into Port Said

Suez Crisis 1956 Sapper R Griffenof Cardiff stands guard with his Bren gun as United Nations troops march into Port Said past a restless Egyptian crowd

Suez Crisis 1956 British coming ashore in Port Said (date may be incorrect)

Suez Crisis 1956 British armoured amphibious vehicle in Port Said (date may be incorrect)

Suez Crisis 1956 Norwegian troops of the United Nations force swimming at Port Said

Suez Crisis 1956 British equipment coming ashore in Port Said (date may be incorrect)

Suez Crisis 1956 Sapper R Griffen of Cardiff stands guard with his Bren gun as United Nations troops march into Port Said past a restless Egyptian crowd

Suez Crisis 1956 British equipment being unloaded in Port Said (date may be incorrect)

Suez Crisis 1956 In order to relieve the boredom that was the inevitable result of the ceasefire the men of C Squadron, 6th Royal Tank Regiment, decided to have a boat race

Suez Crisis 1956 Egyptian police and British troops in Port Said (date may be incorrect)

Suez Crisis 1956 British soldiers keep rotesting Egyptians back as United Nations troops march into Port Said

Suez Crisis 1956 56 year old Miss Nora Broach of Dumfries who refuses to be evacuated from Port Said because she cannot take her four year old Alsation Tony with her

Suez Crisis 1956 Scenes of destruction in Port Said (date may be incorrect)

Suez Crisis 1956 Crowds of angry Egyptians are held back by police as United Nations troops enter Port Said

Suez Crisis 1956 British troops enter Port Said (date may be incorrect)

Suez Crisis 1956 United Nations troops march into Port Said past a restless Egyptian crowd

Suez Crisis 1956 The commander of the British Parachute Battalion in Cypus undergoing last minute training.The day after this picture was taken the British launched their airbourne attack on sites

Suez Crisis 1956 Scottish soldiers drying their kilts in the sun

Suez Crisis 1956 British evacuees who have been brought from Cairo line up for a cup of tea at Port Said while waiting to board a tranport back to Britain

Suez Crisis 1956 British evacuees with their dogs at Port Said wait to board tranports after being brought from Cairo

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