Ministry of Defence: Cyprus
Commons · Question 94143 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question UIN 43405, whether he or Ministers in his Department have visited the Old British Cemetery in Girne, Northern Cyprus; and whether he plans to do so.
Answer
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones, 3 Dec 2025
Whilst the Ministry of Defence continues to recognise and value the sacrifice of the 371 UK Service personnel who gave their lives during the ‘Cyprus Emergency’, Parliamentary and Ministerial commitments mean there are no plans to visit the memorial at Th...