Government department

Cyprus Regiment

United Kingdom

Government department; part of British Army. 1 person in the register connected with it.

History

1940
Regiment recruited from Cypriot volunteers; by early 1941 over 15,000 men interviewed and 6,000 accepted (Powell). J. R. B. Stewart joined, naming it his only choice because of his 'professional acquaintance with the Colony'
CyprusJames Rivers Barrington Stewart Powell 2013

People

1 person

Staff and members · 1

James Rivers Barrington Stewartother (1940–1945) · officer; captured on Crete 1941; prisoner of war to April 1945Powell 20131941

Sources

1.Judy Powell (2013). Love's Obsession: The Lives and Archaeology of Jim and Eve Stewart. Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press.
2.Craig Barker (2012). Aphrodite's Island: The Cypriot Collection of the Nicholson Museum. Sydney, Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney.