Aden

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
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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

• Seizure of Aden 1839
• Occupation of Lahej 1871
• Battle of Aden 1890

External Links

• Aden Wikipedia
• Aden in Days of Empire, now archived, includes
  • Infantry Battalions in Aden 1883-1908 (category Army)
  • 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.
  • Religion: Churches with further subcategories.
• Christ Church, Aden, built 1863
• 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 King Edward’s Own Grenadiers.
• "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 Now an archived page.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 26/ King George's Own Light Cavalry, 7/Rajputs, 9/Gurkhas, 23/Sikh Pioneers, 51/Sikhs, 62/Punjabis, 75/Carnatics, 108/Infantry, 109/(Indian) Infantry , 126/Baluchistans. Also mentions the British Army Territorial Force regiment 4/South Wales Borderers (Brecknockshire battalion) where there were deaths from heatstroke.
• Military Operations in Aden 1914-1915 by Harry Fecitt, from Harry’s Sideshows kaiserscross.com. Includes mention of the 26th (King George’s Own) Light Cavalry, 14th (KGO) Sikhs, 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), the 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force), the 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force), the 62nd Punjabis Rifles (Frontier Force), 109th Infantry and the 126th Baluchistan Infantry.

Historical books online

• Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government No XLIX New Series: A History: Arabia Felix Or Yemen, From The Commencement Of The Christian Era To The Present Time; Including An Account Of The British Settlement Of Aden 1859 Google Books
• The cantonment at Aden, page 280 Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862 Google Books
• "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.
• "Aden", page 260 Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Volume VI Expeditions Overseas by Intelligence Branch, Army Headquarters India 1911 Archive.org

Maps

• Aden and Surroundings Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 26 1909