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Suez Crisis 1956 Soldier kisses his girlfriend goodby before embarking on the troopship Empire Ken for the Mediterranean

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the Roal Berkshire Regiment pass the time playing cards as they wait for the anticipated move to Egypt 1956-1335-1/7

Suez Crisis 1956 People in the streets cheer and wave as troops march form Portsmouth Train Station to the docks where they will embark on the aircraft carrier HMS Theseus for the Middle East H7130

Suez Crisis 1956 Commedian Danny O Dea assisted by "nurse"
Suez Crisis 1956 Commedian Danny O Dea assisted by " nurse" Diana Dove entertaining the troops at a concert party in Port Said H9407

Suez Crisis 1956 Soldiers on the troopship Empire Ken as it prepares to leave for the Mediterranean. For reasons known only to himself one of the men on the left hand side of the picture is holding

Suez Crisis 1956 British children evacuated from Egypt arrive at a hotel in London with their belongings H7293

Suez Crisis 1956 A crane hoists huge artillery shells aboard onto the aircraft carrier HMS Bulwark July 1956 1956-1331-1/3

Suez Crisis 1956 Soldiers lean out of portholes on the troopship Empire Ken as it prepares to leave for the Mediterranean H7223

Suez Crisis 1956 Norwegian UNO troops on bathing parade at Port Said

Suez Crisis 1956 Private Dick Rudge (19) of the Royal Artillery got a pleasant surprise when his family and fiancee travelled from Shoreditch to Southampton on a coal lorry to give him a proper send

Suez Crisis 1956 The troopship Empire Ken departs for the Mediterranean H7223

Suez Crisis 1956 Susen Dene sings for the troops at a concert party in Port Said H9407

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the 16th Independent Parachute Regiment crowd the decks of their aircraft carrier to wave goodbye as they set sail 1956-1346-1/6

Suez Crisis 1956 Reservists embarking on the troopship Asturias 1956-1719-1 / 3
Suez Crisis 1956 Reservists embarking on the troopship Asturias 1956-1719-1/3

Suez Crisis 1956 Liet John Young crossing Port Said harbour on a pedal bike raft - product of the improvisational skills of the sappers of 1001 Docks Operating Company Royal Engineers H9679

Suez Crisis 1956 British ships at anchor undergo preparations for possible action 1956-1363-1/5

Suez Crisis 1956 Troops march form Portsmouth Train Station to the docks where they will embark on the aircraft carrier HMS Theseus for the Middle East H7130

Suez Crisis 1956 British evacuees from Egypt arrive in England and are given temporary acomodation at a WRAC camp in Richmond Park 1956 These small boys are having fun with their hosts Nurse Diana

Suez Crisis 1956 The British Cemetry in Port Said showing graves of British soldiers killed in the allied attack

Suez Crisis 1956 Final preparations are discussed on the troopship Asturias 1956-1719-1/3

Suez Crisis 1956 The War Minister, John Hare, leaving the War Office late at night H10076

Suez Crisis 1956 Norman Donald of the Pioneer Corps relaxes with a cigarette on the beach near Gamil H9407

Suez Crisis 1957 Prime Minister Anthony Eden leaving No 10 Downing Street, following his resignation in 1957 in the wake of the Suez Crisis The nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypts President

Suez Crisis 1956 A soldier of the 16th Independent Parachute Regiment says farewell to his family before boarding a troopship 1956-1346-1/6

Suez Crisis 1956 Egyptian ships at Lee on Solent 1956-1320-1 / 2
Suez Crisis 1956 Egyptian ships at Lee on Solent 1956-1320-1/2

Suez Crisis 1956 British landing craft are assembled in readiness for possible action 1956-1363-1/5

Suez Crisis 1956 British women and children arrive at Blackbushe Airport having been evacuated from Egypt H7336

Suez Crisis 1956 British ships at anchor are checked by divers in readiness for possible action 1956-1363-1/5

Suez Crisis 1956 Relatives of men of the Duke of Wellington Regiment (1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Division) at Blackbuse Airport waving them goodbye as they embark on Brittania aircraft for

Suez Crisis 1956 Soviet weapons which were captured from Egyptian forces. The rifle being examined is a Russian Simonov SKS carbine with fixed folding bayonet

Suez Crisis 1956 Equipment being loaded onto a Brittania aircraft at Blackbuse Airport. These planes are being used to transport men of the Duke of Wellington Regiment (1st Battalion)

Suez Crisis 1956 Pioneer Corps filling a gap in the coast road near Gamil H9407

Suez Crisis 1956 Reservist embarking on the troopship Asturias 1956-1719-1 / 3
Suez Crisis 1956 Reservist embarking on the troopship Asturias 1956-1719-1/3

Suez Crisis 1956 Sailors on shore leave are given directions on the coast road near Gamil

Suez Crisis 1956 The aircraft carrier HMS Bulwark docked at Plymouth. In the background can be seen the cruiser HMS Glasgow July 1956 1956-1331-1/3

Suez Crisis 1956 The American Foreign Secretary John Foster Dulles and his wife leaving morning service at St Pauls Cathedral

Suez Crisis 1956 Troops boarding the troopship Empire Fowey at Southhampton bound for the Middle East H8890

Suez Crisis 1956 Lines of cars queueing outside a petrol station show the severity of the petrol shortages 1956-1922-1/2

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the Duke of Wellington Regiment (1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Division) at Blackbuse Airport where they will embark on Brittania aircraft for the Mediterranean H7225

Suez Crisis 1956 A billboard outside a petrol station vividly demonstrates the severity of the petrol shortages 1956-1922-1/2

Suez Crisis 1956 The troops enjoying a concert party in Port Said H9407

Suez Crisis 1956 Onlookers cheer and wave as men of the 16th Independent Parachute Regiment march to the docks to embark 1956-1346-1/6

Suez Crisis 1956 The Israeli Ambassador Eliahu Elath at a press conference in the Embassy answering questions about Israels invasion of the Sinai Peninsula H8924

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the Roal Berkshire Regiment preparing in anticipation of being sent to Egypt 1956-1335-1/7

Suez Crisis 1956 Journalist Victor Sims chats to a tank commander

Suez Crisis 1956 British Army nurse Rita Kelly of Dublin haggles with a trader in Port Saids main street

Suez Crisis 1956 Gunner William Graham, a gunner from a Paratroop Artillery Unit near the front line at El Cap, on " Nasser" a camel which has become the units unofficial mascot

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

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