Nemesis

The medals must be out there somewhere. I will keep a lookout for them , astounding that they were split up. No real medal collector / researcher would do that.

In the photo here is a group of medals which may be of interest to the members on this forum. 1939/45 Star, The Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, 1939/45 War Medal, General Service Medal Clasp Cyprus awarded to 2536 Sergeant E.L. Austin. Edgar Lemon Austin was born on the 16th of April 1925 at Aldershot. He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War for three years and six months. He joined the Hampshire Constabulary on the 3rd of October 1952 aged 27. On the 3rd of January 1953 was posted to Romsey and transferred to Ringwood on the 10th of August 1954. Sergeant Austin was seconded for service in Cyprus on the 1st of November 1957 returning on the 5th of October 1959 to Ringwood. He was posted to Gosport on the 16th of April 1962 He resigned on the 21st of May 1962.

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.

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

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

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

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

Very interesting all round, good to see these examples of later productions

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

Sent you an email Michel. It is CLP01 who contributed to this thread that you need to speak to Best regards Max

Just for info. I received no reply from the Cyprus Police museum in Nicosia.

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

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

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