For details of the British involvement in Suez see:
http://www.britains-smallwars.com/suez/suez-index.html
Notable for the first use of helicopter-borne assault troops on 6th November 1956, when men of 45 Cdo RM were airlifted into Port Said from HMS Ocean & HMS Theseus by 8 Westland Whirlwinds of 845 NAS. The first CASEVAC'd casualty arrived back on board 20 minutes after leaving!