Search Cyprus Emergency Deaths 1955-1960

Each record includes an original transcript. The amount of information listed varies, but the Cyprus Emergency Deaths records usually include a combination of the following information about your ancestor:

• Name
• Soldier Number
• Rank
• Regiment
• Battalion
• Attached Regiment
• Place of Service
• Age
• Year of Birth
• Date of Birth
• Place of Birth
• Family Details
• Year of Death
• Date of Event
• Event Place
• Event
• Awards
• Buried or Commemorated
• Burial or Commemoration Ref
• Burial Plot

The Cyprus Emergency lasted from 1955-1960, up to 25,000 troops were involved in the conflict, at a time when Greek Cypriots wanted to be united with Greece, a concept called Enosis. A military campaign by EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kipriakou Agonos – the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters), a Greek Cypriot nationalist paramilitary group, started in April 1955 to try to terminate British rule in Cyprus and create a union with Greece. Much of the conflict occurred around the capital city of Nicosia.

The conflict ended in 1959 with the Zurich/London Agreements, which ended British rule in Cyprus and a new Republic of Cyprus was created in 1960. Cyprus became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1961.

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Corps of Royal Engineers

Corps of Royal Military Police

Cyprus Special Constabulary

Durham Light Infantry

Grenadier Guards

Gordon Highlanders

King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Middlesex Regiment

Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps

Queen’s Own

Royal Air Force

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Royal Army Service Corps

Royal Corps of Signals

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Royal Horse Guards

Royal Leicestershire Regiment

Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

Royal Marines

Royal Norfolk Regiment

Royal Regiment of Artillery

Royal Welch Regiment

Royal West Kent Regiment

Wiltshire Regiment