Royal Anglian Regt ( Liestershire Bn) in Aden 1965

Found this footage on a mini site called Britains-small wars (link below),,and thought these old Anglians deserved some recognition for fighting in another of the British Armies forgotten small campaigns, Vid footage taken on 8 mm cine camera and shows the (4th Liestershire Bn)Royal Anglian Regt on thier 1965 tour of Aden. Liestershire Regt 1945 - 1964 In 1946 the regiment was granted "royal" status, becoming the Royal Leicestershire Regiment.[2] In 1948, in common with all other infantry regiments, the 2nd Battalion was abolished. The 5th Battalion (TA) had been reformed in 1947. In 1948 the regiment became part of the Forester Brigade, sharing a depot with at Warwick with The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and The Sherwood Foresters. Glen Parva was downgraded to regimental headquarters. The 1st Battalion served in the Korean War from 1951 to 1952. They subsequently moved to England (exercising the freedom of the City of Leicester in 1952), Germany, Suden , Cyprus, Brunei and Aden. In 1961 the territorial 5th Battalion absorbed the anti-aircraft successor to the former 4th Battalion to become the 4th/5th Battalion. In 1963 the Forester Brigade was dissolved, with the Royal Leicesters and Royal Lincolns moving to the East Anglian Brigade where they joined the 1st, 2nd and 3rd East Anglian Regiments. Abolition On 1 September 1964 the regiments of the East Anglian Brigade became The Royal Anglian Regiment. The 1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment became the 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment. The "Leicestershire" subtitle was removed on 1 July 1968 and the battalion was disbanded in 1975. The Royal Leicestershire heritage was included in the new regiment's button design, which features the royal tiger within an unbroken wreath.[ The 4th/5th Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment continued to exist as a territorial unit of the Royal Anglians until its disbandment in 1967. http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Aden/aden-film.html