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    Nemesis

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    1. Duplicate Issue of Medals General Service Medal 1918-1962 Bar Malaya Awarded to 4011014 Cpl WA Titmarsh RAF. Issued 1st May 1953. With medal transmission slip in box of issue General Service Medal 1918-1962 Bar CYPRUS awarded to 1876 Police Sergeant WA Titmarsh. In box of issue. William Arthur Titmarsh was awarded the General Service Medal with Clasp Malaya as a Corporal in The Royal Air Force. It may well be that he was a National Serviceman. At some point William became a Constable in the Metropolitan Police. He volunteered to go to Cyprus to assist the local powers in policing the Island during the EOKA Terrorist campaign. He served in the Island from 5th of March 1956 to the 4th of December 1957. All volunteers with the rank of constable were elevated to the rank of Sergeant whilst in Cyprus The UN Cyprus medal was with the group when purchased. The UN Cyprus Medal was issued from 1964 to present day, so it is unknown why it was in with the other two medals. Clearly the Malaya and Cyprus GSMs are to the same man, but were a duplicate issue.
    2. Can anyone help with a Cyprus GSM named Inspr A Gibb. I have checked him against the Police roll in Cowleys book on the United Kingdom Police Unit to Cyprus 1955-1960 sent to assist in the Emergency. Theres no sign of him there. I don't think he will be in the Prison Service as the rank is not right for that department Could he be Local Police? Could he be Colonial Police ? Does anyone know where else to look. thanks Max
    3. The Australian Police in Cyprus were under the UN. The ones I knew between 1973-1975 were based in Limassol at Polymedia . I dont know how many bases in total the UN Police had in Cyprus. see link. https://apnews.com/article/be83183a4a55443daaed13c15ba93472
    4. Yes I agree. It was probably managed by the police , Security Services is more leaning towards MI5 etc. Have you read the book “ Policing EOKA “ quite a good read. I will dig it out and see if it mentions the Prison Service
    5. I would have thought the Prison Warders would have been administered by the security services Regarding the medal the naming on the medal should show a prison service number ,rank WDR initial and Name. Nothing else. other scarce ranks on GSM Cyprus . CSC ( Cyprus Special Constabulary ) PS for Police Sergeant usually used for the British Civil Police sent from the UK to assist in the troubles. I have seen medals with a four digit number Rank initials and Surname and nothing else We will have to wait until the rolls become available then we might get an idea where a person was stationed
    6. Very interesting all round, good to see these examples of later productions
    7. Hello. There is a PS 2089 DJ Murray on the Liverpool City list ,thats the only one listed ,no Phillips either. Do you have any other information about her. It may well be that she is listed elsewhere Regards Max
    8. Sent you an email Michel. It is CLP01 who contributed to this thread that you need to speak to Best regards Max
    9. Thanks Dave. I sent a message to the Police Museum in Nicosia ,will keep you informed of any response,the Nat Archives would no doubt be the place to look. Best Regards Max
    10. Thanks Dave. Do you think the records of these officers will be held with the cyprus police authorities now ,ifThey have survived at all. Thanks Max
    11. Heres another Cyprus Police question , I saw a GSM clasp Cyprus awarded to 6119 CSC ( cyprus special constable ) D.Hunter. So the naming is 6119 CSC D Hunter. Was it the British government who administered Special Constables, as he has a European name its fair to say that he was a resident and volunteered as a Spec Constable ? Or would he have been under the Cypriot Police control. Thanks for reading this
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