Turkish troops near Famagusta, January 1964
Photograph by Tom Pocock, Cyprus, 1964.
In the 1960s relations between the majority Greek-Cypriot and the minority Turkish-Cypriot communities on the island deteriorated. There were armed clashes between the two sides, particularly in Nicosia. Forces from Greece, Turkey and Britain were deployed to keep the peace.
From a collection of 284 photographs showing themes relating to the British Army from the end of World War Two in 1945 to the evacuation of Aden, 1967.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1996-06-157-104
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1996-06-157-104