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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

Suez Crsis 1956 60 men of the Duke of Wellington Regiment at Blackbushe airport boarding a Hermes airliner for tranport to the Mediteranian

Suez Crisis 1956 The 4000 ton minelayer Manxman becomes the first ship to sail up the canal after a channel was cleared allowing ships of up to 10000 tons to enter

Suez Crisis 1956 British Army nurses shopping in in Port Saids main street. Left to right - Rita Kelly of Dublin, Elizabeth Hewson of Earls Court

Suez Crisis 1956 Norwegian United Nations troops arrive in Port Said

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders heading out into the canal in a small boat to help repair damage caused during the fighting

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

Suez Crisis 1956 British Army nurses Rita Kelly and Elizabeth Hewson buying souvenirs from market traders

Suez Crsis 1956 25 Grenadier Guards and 35 men of the Duke of Wellington Regiment at Blackbushe airport boarding a Hermes airliner for tranport to the Mediteranian

Suez Crsis 1956 Men of the Duke of Wellington Regiment at Blackbushe airport marching to the Hermes airliner that will take them to the Mediteranian

Suez Crisis 1956 General Sir Hugh Stockwell with a member of his senior staff

Suez Crisis 1956 Gunners from a Parachute Artillery Unit stationed near the front line at El Cap feeding a day old goat

Suez Crisis 1956 Wally Hillinchip, a British evacuee, lines up with his dog Scamp for a cup of tea at Port Said while waiting to board a tranport back to Britain

Suez Crisis 1956 Soldiers arrive in Cyprus from Britain

Suez Crisis 1956 British Paratroopers in Cyprus undergoing last minute training. The day after these pictures were taken the British launched their airbourne attack in Egypt

Suez Crisis 1956 850 soldiers of the 1st Bt Royal Fussiliers preparing to embark on the troop ship Dilwara which took 2000 British troops out of Egypt

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the R. E. M. E board a Viking plane at Blackbushe Airport
Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the R.E.M.E board a Viking plane at Blackbushe Airport directed by air hostess Daphne Turner. At the time the picture was taken their destination was simply given as "

The Suez Crisis war in Egypt, 29th October to 6th November, 1956 - A delegation from the British lines carrying white flags returning from the Egyptian lines to El Cap

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

Suez Crisis 1956 Crowds outside Lancaster House during the Suez Conference 16 / 8 / 56
Suez Crisis 1956 Crowds outside Lancaster House during the Suez Conference 16/8/56 H7346

Suez Crisis 1956 Crowds outside the Houses of Parliament as the Suez Crisis is discussed inside 12/9/56 H7919

Suez Crisis 1956 The Prime Minister Anthony Eden leaving 10 Downing Street after a pre Parliament meeting of cabinet ministers 12/9/56 H7919

Suez Crisis 1956 Mrs Pamdit outside the Houses of Parliament 12 / 9 / 56
Suez Crisis 1956 Mrs Pamdit outside the Houses of Parliament 12/9/56 H7919

Suez Crisis 1956 Harold MacMillan and Rab Butler leaving 10 Downing Street after a pre Parliament meeting of cabinet ministers 12/9/56 H7919

The Suez Crisis war in Egypt, 29th October to 6th November, 1956 - Roast duck for dinner in the front-line. for this Anglo-French trio Pte Johnny Cotton

The Suez Crisis war in Egypt, 29th October to 6th November, 1956 - " We are the lads from Lancashire" these soldiers from the Royal Tank Regiment sing

Suez Crisis 1956 John Foster Dulles leaving the Suez Conference at Lancaster House 16/8/56 H7346

Suez Crisis 1956 Mr Dimitri Shepilov, the Russian Foreign Minister, arrives in London for the Suez Conference 14/8/56 H7296

The Suez Crisis war in Egypt, 29th October to 6th November, 1956 - Home for Christmas - Nearly 800 officers and men of the 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, who spent about a month in Egypt

Suez Crisis 1956 Lita Rosa entertains men of No. 2 Corp Defence Platoon
Suez Crisis 1956 Lita Rosa entertains men of No.2 Corp Defence Platoon and some sailors 10/12/56 H9735

Suez Crisis 1956 Reservists who were called up for the crisis celebrate their return to Britain on board the troopship Empire Orwell

Suez Crisis 1956 John Foster Dulles arrives at the Suez Conference at Lancaster House 16/8/56 H7346

Suez Crisis 1956 King Feisal of Iraq leaving a Cinerama film at the London Casino 1956 22/7/56 H6757

Suez Crisis 1956 Lita Rosa entertains men of No. 2 Corp Defence Platoon
Suez Crisis 1956 Lita Rosa entertains men of No.2 Corp Defence Platoon and some sailors 10/12/56 H9735

Suez Crisis 1956 General Sir Hugh Stockwell chats with a party of senior UNO Truce Observers who have just arrived by sea at Port Said before going on to Cairo. 17th November 1956

The Suez Crisis war in Egypt, 29th October to 6th November, 1956 - This was the scene at the entrance to the Suez Canal. It portrays graphically the way the canal was blocked by the Egyptians when

Suez Crisis 1956 Crowds outside the Houses of Parliament as the Suez Crisis is discussed inside 12/9/56 H7919

Suez Crisis 1956 Crowds outside the Houses of Parliament as the Suez Crisis is discussed inside 12/9/56 H7919

Suez Crisis 1956 A British delegation returns from the Egyptian front line after talks about the removal of the bodies of two correspondents who were shot 17th November 1956

Suez Crisis 1956 Under a flag of truce UNO vehicles prepare to drive through the British front lines on route to Cairo17/11/56 H9207

The Suez Crisis war in Egypt, 29th October to 6th November, 1956 - Vehicles used by the United Nations observers arrive by landing craft at Port Said. 13/11/1956

Suez Crisis 1956 Crowds outside Lancaster House during the Suez Conference 16 / 8 / 56
Suez Crisis 1956 Crowds outside Lancaster House during the Suez Conference 16/8/56 H7346

Suez Crisis 1956 The Prime Minister Anthony Eden leaving 10 Downing Street after a pre Parliament meeting of cabinet ministers 12/9/56 H7919

Suez Crisis 1956 Troops walking along quay after having disembarked from " Empire Orwell" 9/11/56 H9111

The Suez Crisis war in Egypt, 29th October to 6th November, 1956 - British troops go Christmas shopping in Port Said and barter in street. On the left is L Cpl Charles Gibson of Coxlodge

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