World War 2

This page is dedicated to the World War 2 Lurucina veterans who volunteered  to serve in the Cyprus Regiment and Cyprus Volunteer Force. Though 42 men from Lurucina were registered as part of the 19,829 Cypriots who fought for the British and other Commonwealth nations in the World War against Nazism, there were in fact another 2 namely, Seyit Ali Mehmet Ramadan and Hasan Mehmet Ramadan. Brothers of the Martyr Corporal Hussein Mehmet Ramadan serial number CY1217 (twin brother of Hasan) on the list who sadly lost his life and was buried at the Ancona war cemetery where he still lies. May they all rest in peace.

The information compiled and published by Petros Papapolyviou (an accomplished academic and historian at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia), has written a number of works on the service of Cypriots in many wars. With 870 pages, this includes their army serial, date of enlistment etc and is a must for anyone interested in this field of research. The book is written in Greek but thanks to Anthony Georgiou, a translation was obtained.

Τhe book is known as “Οι Κύπριοι εθελοντές του Β’ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου: τα μητρώα, οι κατάλογοι και οφόρος του αίματος” Publisher: Πολιτιστικές Υπηρεσίες του Υπουργείου Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού. Author: Πέτρος Παπαπολυβίου. ΙSBN:In English, the book details are: “The Cypriot Volunteers of the 2nd World War: the registers, catalogues and blood sacrifice”, publisher: Cypriot Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture. Author: Petros Polyviou.

I invite you to browse through and look at the group of photos provided by family members and more.