{"id":7011,"date":"2016-06-24T10:51:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T10:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/?p=7011"},"modified":"2016-06-24T10:51:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T10:51:06","slug":"aden-protectorate-levies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/24\/aden-protectorate-levies\/","title":{"rendered":"Aden Protectorate Levies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;Image&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Aden-Protectorate-Levies.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;left&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awarded<\/strong>: December 1955<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blazon<\/strong>: Two Gambias points downwards in saltire Argent enfiled by a Circlet Vert.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> The gambias which are weapons carried by the tribesmen in Aden indicate the locations. The circlet of the traditional colour of the Unit is to suggest the unity of the various formations of the Levies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motto<\/strong>: Arabic characters &#8211; Peace be with you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong> Formed as the Aden Brigade in 1928 and transferred to Army control on 1 February 1957.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sponsored by Ivon Nigel Moore and dedicated to all who served with the Aden Protectorate Levies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded: December 1955 Blazon: Two Gambias points downwards in saltire Argent enfiled by a Circlet Vert. Link: The gambias which are weapons carried by the tribesmen in Aden indicate the locations. The circlet of the traditional colour of the Unit is to suggest the unity of the various formations of the Levies. Motto: Arabic characters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7013,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011\/revisions\/7013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}