Major-General Michael John Hatley Walsh, was a British Army officer. He was the Scout Association's Chief Scout from 1982 to 1988.
Walsh in 1987
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The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston was a Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organization that fought a campaign for the end of British rule in Cyprus, and for eventual union with Greece.
Michael Walsh (British Army officer)
…of the Parachute Regiment (known as "3 Para") and went with it to Cyprus in 1956 as a company commander, where he took part in operations against EOKA insurgents. In November 1956, the Suez Crisis had come to a head and 3 Para was tasked with capturing El Gamil airfield close to Port Said – part of…
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A British soldier facing a crowd of demonstrators during the Battle at Nicosia Hospital in 1956
Archbishop Makarios III (here in 1962) was the political leader of EOKA.
Monument for Michalis Karaolis, Nicosia