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**[https://web.archive.org/web/20141117074608/http://www.peterpickering.com/aden/page282/page303/page336/page336.html  Troopships and the trooping season between India and the United Kingdom].(category Navy). This lasted for about seven months each year, with the full programme being published some months in advance. The five-month gap (April- August) was the same each year – to avoid the worst of the heat in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20141117074608/http://www.peterpickering.com/aden/page282/page303/page336/page336.html  Troopships and the trooping season between India and the United Kingdom].(category Navy). This lasted for about seven months each year, with the full programme being published some months in advance. The five-month gap (April- August) was the same each year – to avoid the worst of the heat in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20141202033828/http://www.peterpickering.com/aden/page66/page216/page216.html Religion: Churches] with further subcategories.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20141202033828/http://www.peterpickering.com/aden/page66/page216/page216.html Religion: Churches] with further subcategories.
*[http://christchurchaden.org/about-us/history/ Christ Church, Aden], built 1863
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160213131929/http://christchurchaden.org/about-us/history/ Christ Church, Aden], built 1863. Archived website.
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/462522.html "Aden 1901-04: Fighting in the Aden Hinterland. Delineating an international boundary"] by Harry Fecitt from ''Harry’s Sideshows''. kaiserscross.com. The force included men from the 5th Bombay Light Infantry (soon to be re-titled the [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]) the 4th Company, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]] and subsequently men from the  [[102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers |102nd King Edward’s Own Grenadiers]].  
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/462522.html "Aden 1901-04: Fighting in the Aden Hinterland. Delineating an international boundary"] by Harry Fecitt from ''Harry’s Sideshows''. kaiserscross.com. The force included men from the 5th Bombay Light Infantry (soon to be re-titled the [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]) the 4th Company, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]] and subsequently men from the  [[102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers |102nd King Edward’s Own Grenadiers]].  
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf  "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96. Now an archived page. Includes brief mention of [[26th Light Cavalry| 26/ King George's Own Light Cavalry]], [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry‎|7/Rajputs]], [[9th Gurkha Rifles |9/Gurkhas]], [[23rd Punjab Pioneers| 23/Sikh Pioneers]], [[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force| 51/Sikhs]],[[2nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 62/Punjabis]],  [[15th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 75/Carnatics]], [[108th Infantry|108/Infantry]],  [[109th Infantry| 109/(Indian) Infantry]] , [[126th Baluchistan Infantry |126/Baluchistans]]. Also  mentions the British Army Territorial Force regiment [[24th Regiment of Foot|4/South Wales Borderers (Brecknockshire battalion)]] where there were deaths from heatstroke.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf  "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96. Now an archived page. Includes brief mention of [[26th Light Cavalry| 26/ King George's Own Light Cavalry]], [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry‎|7/Rajputs]], [[9th Gurkha Rifles |9/Gurkhas]], [[23rd Punjab Pioneers| 23/Sikh Pioneers]], [[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force| 51/Sikhs]],[[2nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 62/Punjabis]],  [[15th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 75/Carnatics]], [[108th Infantry|108/Infantry]],  [[109th Infantry| 109/(Indian) Infantry]] , [[126th Baluchistan Infantry |126/Baluchistans]]. Also  mentions the British Army Territorial Force regiment [[24th Regiment of Foot|4/South Wales Borderers (Brecknockshire battalion)]] where there were deaths from heatstroke.
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*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/514322.html "The Malay States Guides in action at Hatum, Aden, 12th January 1916"] by Harry Fecitt from ''Harry’s Sideshows'' kaiserscross.com. This regiment belonged to the Sultans of the Federated Malay States and was similar to an [[Imperial Service Troops| Indian Imperial Service unit]].
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/514322.html "The Malay States Guides in action at Hatum, Aden, 12th January 1916"] by Harry Fecitt from ''Harry’s Sideshows'' kaiserscross.com. This regiment belonged to the Sultans of the Federated Malay States and was similar to an [[Imperial Service Troops| Indian Imperial Service unit]].
**[http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2017/04/05/nand-singh-and-jangnamah-europe-subaltern-insights-on-the-wars-of-empire/  "Nand Singh and Jangnamah Europe: Subaltern insights on the wars of Empire"] by Raman Singh Chhina. lse.ac.uk.  Havildar Nand Singh was a Sergeant in the Malay State Guides and also an Indian poet who wrote using a genre of  Punjabi historical poetic writing.  He composed the ''Janganamah Europe'' giving an empirical account of the First World War. On September 26 1915 the regiment left Taiping to join the Aden Field Force.
**[http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2017/04/05/nand-singh-and-jangnamah-europe-subaltern-insights-on-the-wars-of-empire/  "Nand Singh and Jangnamah Europe: Subaltern insights on the wars of Empire"] by Raman Singh Chhina. lse.ac.uk.  Havildar Nand Singh was a Sergeant in the Malay State Guides and also an Indian poet who wrote using a genre of  Punjabi historical poetic writing.  He composed the ''Janganamah Europe'' giving an empirical account of the First World War. On September 26 1915 the regiment left Taiping to join the Aden Field Force.
*"The RAF and Aden  1928-1967"  by Dr Sebastian Ritchie, page 110  ''Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal 48'' 2010. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rafmuseum.org.uk%2Fdocuments%2FResearch%2FRAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf html version], [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf pdf] rafmuseum.org.uk. [http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/F1840A3A_5056_A318_A802860440CD93A9.pdf  raf.mod.uk version].  
*"The RAF and Aden  1928-1967"  by Dr Sebastian Ritchie, page 110  ''Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal 48'' 2010. [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf pdf] rafmuseum.org.uk. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170228083017/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/F1840A3A_5056_A318_A802860440CD93A9.pdf  raf.mod.uk version], archived.  


====Historical books online====
====Historical books online====
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*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/474/mode/2up  "Aden"] page 475 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org. At this time, Aden cantonment was part of the [[Bombay Army]] structure.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/474/mode/2up  "Aden"] page 475 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org. At this time, Aden cantonment was part of the [[Bombay Army]] structure.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/260/mode/2up/ "Aden"], page 260 ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume VI Expeditions Overseas'' by Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India 1911 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/260/mode/2up/ "Aden"], page 260 ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume VI Expeditions Overseas'' by Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India 1911 Archive.org
*''The Empire at War''  edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, in five volumes, with a  [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1003532 catalogue contents description]. ([http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022549242.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1107.9974%2C-93.2973%2C3908.9948%2C2833.5945 Volume 1] British Library Digital file) Volume 5, 1926, covers WW1 The Mediterranean colonies ; Egypt and Palestine ; Aden ; India ; Ceylon ; Malaya ; China. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=3&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Volume 5], British Library Digital file, [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Contents]. Also available as a pdf download from the Digital Library of India [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284274 Vol-vth], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284274 Archive.org version].
*''The Empire at War''  edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, in five volumes, with a  [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1003532 catalogue contents description]. ([http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022549242.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1107.9974%2C-93.2973%2C3908.9948%2C2833.5945 Volume 1] British Library Digital file) Volume 5, 1926, covers WW1 The Mediterranean colonies ; Egypt and Palestine ; Aden ; India ; Ceylon ; Malaya ; China. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=3&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Volume 5], British Library Digital file, [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022554216.0x000002#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=-47.2741%2C0%2C3640.5482%2C2639 Contents]. Also available  ''Vol-vth''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284274 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284658/2015.284658.United-Service#page/n103/mode/2up "Aden, One Hundred Years of British Rule"] by Captain F D I Wood, R A, page 94 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 69, 1939''. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284658/2015.284658.United-Service#page/n103/mode/2up "Aden, One Hundred Years of British Rule"] by Captain F D I Wood, R A, page 94 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 69, 1939''. Archive.org



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Aden
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Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates: 12.772440°N 45.039271°E
Altitude: 6 m (20 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:  Aden
State/Province:
Country: Yemen
Transport links

Aden, a port city in Yemen, was part of British India from 1838. It was originally governed by Bombay Presidency then became a Chief Commissioner's province. After the Government of India Act (1935) Aden became a separate colony in 1937 and remained under British control until 1963.

There was a cantonment there.

Records

Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Aden 1840-1948, IOR N/13; most of the Aden entries also appear in the Bombay returns. These records are included in the digitised records available on the commercial site findmypast

History

Military

British Somaliland

See British Somaliland.
British Somaliland (or more fully, British Somaliland Protectorate) was a British protectorate in present-day northwestern Somalia' established in 1888. Between 1888 and 1898, it was administered by India, through an Indian Political Officer at Aden called “The Political Resident for the Somali Coast”, assisted by residents at Zaila, Bulhar and Berbera.[1] Troops from Aden were garrisoned there. It appears that even prior to 1888, the Indian Government had representatives in Somaliland.
British Somaliland was then administered by the British Foreign Office until 1905 and afterwards by the Colonial Office. It appears however, that at least some officers from the Indian Army , and to a lesser extent Indian Army soldiers, continued to be posted there.

External Links

Historical books online

Maps

References

  1. Page 4 In Pursuit of the 'Mad Mullah"- Service and Sport in the Somali Protectorate by Captain Malcolm McNeill 1902 Archive.org