Suez (Operation Musketeer)

Colonel Paul Crook and Tactical Headquarters walk towards El Gamil airfield's control tower after dropping.

A member of the Parachute Regiment aims his gun out of a window in El Gamil.

A member of 3 PARA stands on a balcony with a gun, overlooking a bomb-destroyed Port Said.

Paratroopers of A Company, 3 PARA move in to take the airport centre of El Gamil airfield while other men are still descending.

Paratroopers capture a Russian SU-100 tank in Port Said.

Lieutenant Paul Crook (left) with Tactical HQ at Coast Guard Barracks, November 6, 1956.

Locals examine the destruction of buildings in Port Said. Fires burn in the background.

An SU-100 tank destroyer dug into sandy soil. A paratrooper stands on it holding a rifle.

Buildings burn on El Gamil airfield. A recently dropped container can also be seen.

Egyptians evacuate Port Said from the Falucca harbour.

Last of first lift of 3 PARA dropping on El Gamil airfield. Men are making for their RVs. November 5, 1956.

Men of 3 PARA in Nicosia, Cyprus beside the Hastings aircraft that will drop them at El Gamil airfield.

Hastings aircraft dropping arms and equipment by parachute to men on the ground.

HQ Company of 1 PARA en route to Port Said by sea. November 1956.

Two paratroopers pose with a mirror in a Port Said flat.

Capt Geoffrey Howlett, 3 PARA, rides a small tricycle through a street in Port Said while locals look on.

Major Mike Walsh with a map of El Gamil airfield at a Suez lecture in 1996.

Block Ships in the Canal

Captured weapons during Op Musketeer

Load-in of heavy drop supplies and equipment in Cyprus before Operation Musketeer.

Robert Kyle and Bert Taylor, leaving for Suez

Captured weapons on Operation Musketeer, Suez, 1956.

Beach houses on fire, date unknown.

Empire Parkeston, Port Said 1956

1956 Egypt Knocked out Carrier

1956 El Cap Road Block

November 1956 Port Said

November 1956 Port Said, seafront road

Railway in Port Said area, 1956

'White' Armoured car Suez 1956

Store Room Suez 1956

Smoke clouds, Port Said Nov 1956

Damaged building Port Said Nov 1956

View over Port Said Nov 1956

OS Landing ship entering Port Said

On board heading for Port Said Nov 1956

Ships heading to Port Said Nov 1956

Ships in Port Said Harbour Nov 1956

British Camp Port Said Nov 1956

Railway carriages Port Said Area

Railway carriages full of troops

HGVs Port Said area

Lorry Convoy Port Said Area

Lorries full of troops

1952 Truck overturned on the Treaty Road, Egypt

A LST carrying troops ashore at Suez

French Battleship at Suez 1956

Members of 33rd Parachute Field Regiment embarking at Famagusta for Suez 1956

Lt Derek Reavill and RQMS Prewett on board the SS Empire Gull bound for Suez

C Troop Gun Positions El Cap Suez 1956

The Suez and Sweetwater Canals looking South

View over the Egyptian Defences at El Cap, Suez 1956

Operation Musketeer, 1956

An Egyptian Soviet SU100 Self Propelled Tank Destroyer captured by 3 PARA, Suez, 1956.

3 PARA Operation Musketeer 1956

Members of 3 PARA in the cemetery with a captured HMG, Suez, 1956.

The view of flats from a cemetery, Suez, 1956.

Members of 3 PARA getting ready to leave after the fighting, Suez, 1956.

Sgt Peter Malone, centre, en route to Suez, 1956.

Containers being parachuted, Suez, 1956.

3rd Para Bn, Op Musketeer, Suez, 5 November 1956.

The start of the pull out at Suez, 1956.

Sgt Bushell commanding a pilot boat in Suez, 1956.

Loading for Suez, 1956.

Two soldiers in Suez with a damaged Jeep, 1956.

A captured 3.7 inch anti-aircraft gun and other equipment, Suez, November 1956

A French Liaison Officer stands with a seated British paratrooper, Suez, November 1956

Helicopters bringing in more troops Suez 1956

Pte Frost with friends dig in at El Cap, Suez, 1956

Hauling a 25 Pounder into a gun pit at El Cap

A 25 Pounder of 33rd Para Field Regt preparing for action El Cap 1956

C Troop Command Post strengthened with sleepers from nearby railway track, El Cap 1956

El Cap looking North with troop gun positions visible, 1956

Paratroopers surround a jeep on El Gamil airfield, November 1956

The 3rd Battalion , The Parachute Regiment drop into Suez, 5 November 1956.

A three ton truck hit by an Egyptian shell in our lines on 6th November 1956

Members of 3 PARA on the rooftop of a school, Suez, 6 November 1956.

Pte Derrick Frank surrounded by children, Suez, 6 November 1956.

Detachment of Airborne artillery dig in a 25 pounder at the El Cap Station, Suez, November 1956

Unveiling of the El Gamil Memorial stained glass at Dial Post, West Sussex, 22 August 2010