British Cyprus
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British Cyprus was the island of Cyprus under the dominion of the British Empire, administered sequentially from 1878 to 1914 as a British protectorate, from 1914 to 1925 as an annexed military occupa
Cyprus Airways pilot wing badge (1947–1960)
Greek Orthodox priests blessing the Union Jack as it is raised in Nicosia, 1878
Cyprus Emergency
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The Cyprus Emergency was a conflict fought in British Cyprus between April 1955 and March 1959.
British Cyprus
…1914 • British annexation 5 November 1914 • Treaty of Lausanne 24 July 1923 • Crown colony of Cyprus 1 May 1925 • Enosis referendum 15 January 1950 • Cyprus Emergency 1 April 1955 • London & Zürich Agreements 19 February 1959 • Independence 16 August 1960 Area 1924 9,272 km2 (3,580 sq mi) Population • 1924 310,709…
A street riot in Nicosia during the Battle at Nicosia Hospital in 1956
EOKA home-made mortar, circa 1955
Soldiers of 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), with an Mk I Ferret Scout Car in the Troodos mountains, 1957