Operation Lucky Alphonse
| Operation Lucky Alphonse | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
 EOKA | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Brigadier Geoffrey Baker | Georgios Grivas | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,000 - 20,000 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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20-25 KIA 15 WIA | Unknown | ||||||
Operation Lucky Alphonse was a failed British Armed Forces operation that occurred during the EOKA insurgency in Cyprus.[1] The British military sustained more than 30 casualties. Albeit almost all casualties were sustained from an accidental forest fire.[2]
Units
[edit]- Units that took part in the operation:[3]
- The Parachute Regiment[4]
- The Royal Marines
- The Gordon Highlanders
- The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- The South Staffordshire Regiment
- The Royal Norfolk Regiment
- The Royal Horse Guards
- The RAF Regiment
- HMS Diamond
- C Company of the 1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry
References
[edit]- ^ "Norfolks' horrors and heroism in Cyprus Emergency". Eastern Daily Press. 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "CYPRUS: Fire & Smoke". Time. 1956-07-02. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "FLEEING THE FIRESTORM". www.keymilitary.com. 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Joseph A Hawker | ParaData". www.paradata.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- David Carter, The Tragedy of Lucky Alphonse (The Paphos Fire), Britain's Small Wars, 2005
See also
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