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    British Forces Cyprus (BFC) is the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island...
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    Sovereign Base Area. In 1974, the British government decided that British forces would be entirely withdrawn from Cyprus, because the sprawling bases had...
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    establishments British Forces Cyprus British Forces South Atlantic Islands British Forces Gibraltar "What Is The Army Rebasing Programme?". Forces Network....
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    Tylliria (Cyprus 1964) British Forces Cyprus Cyprus Air Forces Cyprus Civil Defence Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Center Cyprus Police Cyprus Port & Marine...
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    The Cyprus Emergency was a conflict fought in British Cyprus between April 1955 and March 1959. The National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA), a...
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  • British Forces Cyprus rotated between British Army and Royal Navy 2-star rank flag officers (Major General and Rear admiral). British Forces Cyprus,...
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    Peter J. M. Squires (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
    Royal Air Force officer, who currently serves as the Commander of British Forces Cyprus. From August 2016 to October 2019 he served as Commandant of RAF...
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    RAF Akrotiri (category 1956 establishments in Cyprus)
    Akrotiri or Western Sovereign Base Area, reporting to the commander of British Forces Cyprus (BFC) who is also the Administrator. RAF Akrotiri was first constructed...
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    overseas territories of Cyprus (British Forces Cyprus), Gibraltar (British Forces Gibraltar), the Falkland Islands (British Forces South Atlantic Islands)...
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    The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is a United Nations Peacekeeping Force that was established under United Nations Security Council...
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    (Geographical Support) British Forces Cyprus 1st Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 1st Battalion, The Rifles British Forces Gibraltar Royal Gibraltar...
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  • Commander for Operations in Bosnia before becoming Commander of British Forces Cyprus and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas in September 2003...
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    Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus conflict, Cyprus issue, Cyprus dispute, or Cyprus question, is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot and...
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    Dhekelia Cantonment (category Cyprus stubs)
    of British Forces Cyprus. Dhekelia contains the village of Dasaki Achnas and a portion of the village Pergamos, and also includes several Cypriot enclaves...
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  • (born 1 January 1967) is a former senior British Army officer. He served as Commander of British Forces Cyprus between September 2019 and August 2022....
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    This is a current list of regiments and corps of the British Armed Forces. The Life Guards The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) 1st...
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    the union (enosis) of Cyprus with Greece, and the Hellenic Republic of Cyprus to be declared. The Turkish forces landed in Cyprus on 20 July and captured...
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  • The Special Forces Command (Greek: Διοίκηση Καταδρομών, romanized: Dioikisi Katadromwn) is a combat arm of the Cypriot National Guard. The primary mission...
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    The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for His Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide...
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    facilities are run directly by the British Armed Forces, including seventeen installations in Cyprus. Allied countries host British military personnel in some...
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    Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the de facto partition of the island into the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus (excluding the British Sovereign Base...
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  • 2008-01-02. British Forces Cyprus. "A Cyprus Posting: Financial Information". Archived from the original on 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2006-10-09. "The Cyprus Blue...
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    Cyprus was part of the British Empire, under military occupation from 1914 to 1925, and a Crown colony from 1925 to 1960. Cyprus became an independent...
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    Episkopi Cantonment (category Cyprus geography stubs)
    Sovereign Base Areas. Episkopi is the current command centre of British Forces Cyprus. The word 'Episkopi' in Episkopi Cantonment's name comes from the...
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  • allied forces. When the British annexed Cyprus in 1914, Cypriots' political status changed and they found it easier to travel. The 1931 British Census...
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  • Denis Barnett (category British military personnel of the Suez Crisis)
    British air commander during the Suez War and subsequently the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Transport Command and the Commander of British Forces Cyprus...
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  • Shrivenham British Forces Cyprus Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus), at Ayios Nikolaos Station Cyprus Communications Unit, at RAF Akrotiri Cyprus Operations...
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  • CB, CBE (born 4 December 1957) is a former British Army officer who served as Commander British Forces Cyprus from 2008 to 2010. Educated at Glenalmond...
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    Richard Cripwell (category British Army lieutenant generals)
    and Commander British Forces Cyprus and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas in January 2013. After that he became Head of the British Defence Staff...
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    the British Army was one of two Regular Forces (there were also separate Reserve Forces) within the British military (those parts of the British Armed...
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