Rememberance Day 2016

[Gil Boyd]

SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE DAY

Waynes Keep is a Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery which is situated in the UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus and still a political hot potato even today.

Had the honour of laying a wreath for THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT on Remembrance Day for the 14 men killed and buried there between 1955 and 1959 in the EOKA uprising in Cyprus. 13 of which died in one year..........1956.

Sandy desolate cemetery, in no mans land where UN and CWWG permissions were needed to enter, escorted in by UN vehicle and Liaison WO2, continually looked down on by armed Turks. The whole place is held in a time warp. Embassies shot to pieces, vehicles abandoned, shops exactly how they were hurriedly evacuated. In the distance on the mountainside is the large Turkish flag to show the Cypriot side who currently holds the high ground!!

NEVER FORGOTTEN WHEREEVER THEY LIE, AND NO MATTER HOW HARD IT IS TO GET THERE
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
RIP Young Men - Lest We Forget
UTRINQUE PARATUS