Cyprus Regiment | |
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Active | 1940–1950 |
Disbanded | 1950 |
Country | British Cyprus |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | 30,000 |
Engagements | World War II Palestine Emergency |
The Cyprus Regiment was a military unit of the British Army. Created by the British Government during World War II, it was made up of volunteers from the Greek Cypriot, Turkish Cypriot, Armenian, Maronite and Latin inhabitants of Cyprus, but also included other Commonwealth nationalities.
The badge of the Cyprus Regiment was a shield charged with two lions passant guardant in pale and ensigned with the Imperial Crown and below the shield was a scroll bearing the title of the regiment.