Moorhouse Affair

The Moorhouse Affair was a military confrontation between the United Kingdom and Egypt over the abduction and murder of British Second Lieutenant Anthony Moorhouse by an Egyptian mob in Port Said, Egypt, following the end of British military operations in the 1956 Suez Crisis. Moorhouse was one of the 8 British soldiers abducted by Egyptians civilians in Port Said that were killed in the period between the ceasefire and final withdrawal of British troops from Egypt.

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