Description
Object description
whole: the 11 images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in black. The text is
separate and placed beneath each image as a caption, also in black. The coat of arms of Cyprus is located at the top edge centre. All set
against a white background.
image: 11 separate photographs depicting Cypriot soldiers serving with the British Army.
text: CYPRIOTS serving with British Forces...
This picture taken in Cyprus shows motor-cyclists of the Cyprus Regiment. This Regiment, formed in 1940, is a representative force: it
includes 78 per cent. Cypriot Greeks, 21 per cent. Cypriot Turks, and also some Cypriot Armenians.
Men of the Cyprus Regiment receive instruction and training on the machine-gun. Enlistments in the Cyprus Regiment and Volunteer Force
during 1943 were more than double those of the preceding year.
This picture shows men of Cyprus, serving with the Allied Forces in their country, receiving instruction in gunnery. Cypriots were the
first Colonials to serve in France in 1940.
Two men of a Cypriot company on the look-out for enemy aircraft in the Western Desert. The Cypriot Regiment has seen service in Greece and
Crete, as well as in Sicily and Italy.
This man's cheerful smile is typical of the men in the Cypriot Forces, whether they be at home with the Cyprus Volunteer Force or with
overseas units of the Cyprus Regiment.
The spirit which leads to victory. These men of the Pioneer Corps of the Cyprus Regiment demonstrate with broad smiles and the 'thumbs up'
sign the irrepressible cheerfulness and optimism which is so typical of Cypriot in service everywhere.
Cyprus has provided first-class muleteers and the best mules for the Middle East Armies. They have gained a lasting reputation in many
theatres of war for their work on lines of communication.
Cyprus is known to the Germans as the island of mystery. They long to know what forces are assembled there. Cypriots guard their secrets.
Picture shows men of the Cyprus defence forces manning a post on the shore.
Cypriots in London: This was the first war-time leave-party to arrive in London. During their leave they made many English friends and
visited places of historical interest, including the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey.
Side-by-side with reinforcements from other parts of the Empire, Cypriots look to their own defence. A home-based units of the Cyprus
Regiment receiving instruction in the use of a mortar.
Cypriots in the war effort at home: A smart member of the Cyprus Volunteer Force guarding a bomb depot at an airfield in Cyprus.
G.P.D.365/81
Physical description
GPD 365/81
Similar posters were produced giving details of other colonial peoples serving with the British Army - Maltese (PST 15998), Mauritians (PST
16002), West Africans (PST 15392) and East Africans (PST 15364 and PST 15365)