British Forces Cyprus

E206021
military formation overseas military command

British Forces Cyprus is the United Kingdom’s permanent military presence on the island of Cyprus, comprising army, air force, and support units that operate from the Sovereign Base Areas for regional security and operations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
British Forces Cyprus canonical 9
British Army garrisons in Cyprus 1
British Army operations in Cyprus 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military formation ⓘ
overseas military command ⓘ
alliance NATO member state forces of the United Kingdom ⓘ
basedAt Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
surface form: Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
component British Army units ⓘ
Royal Air Force units ⓘ
Royal Navy detachments ⓘ
support units ⓘ
controls RAF Akrotiri ⓘ
surface form: RAF Akrotiri airfield

military training areas in Cyprus ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
established 1960 ⓘ
garrison Dhekelia Garrison ⓘ
Episkopi Cantonment ⓘ
surface form: Episkopi Garrison

RAF Akrotiri ⓘ
hasAbbreviation BFC ⓘ
hasCommander Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
surface form: Commander British Forces Cyprus
hasJurisdiction Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
surface form: Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area

Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
surface form: Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area
hasPersonnel British service personnel ⓘ
UK Ministry of Defence civilians ⓘ
hasUnit 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment ⓘ
RAF Akrotiri Station units ⓘ
Royal Engineers ⓘ
surface form: Royal Engineers units

Royal Logistic Corps units ⓘ
Royal Military Police ⓘ
surface form: Royal Military Police units
hasWebsite https://www.army.mod.uk/deployments/british-forces-cyprus/ ⓘ
headquarters Episkopi Cantonment ⓘ
legalStatus operates under the 1960 Treaty of Establishment ⓘ
mission maintain UK sovereign base areas in Cyprus ⓘ
provide staging post for UK operations east of Suez ⓘ
operatesIn Cyprus ⓘ
partOf British Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
region Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
role regional security ⓘ
support to UN peacekeeping in Cyprus ⓘ
support to operations in the Middle East ⓘ
training ⓘ
supports UK global rapid reaction capability ⓘ
supportsOperation operations in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
operations in the Middle East and Gulf region ⓘ
typeOfPresence permanent overseas military presence ⓘ
usesFacility Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
surface form: Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area

Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
surface form: Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area
worksWith Government of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cyprus authorities

United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RAF Akrotiri → garrison → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
RAF Akrotiri → hostsUnit → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Forces Cyprus Headquarters
Akrotiri and Dhekelia → garrison → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
Joint Helicopter Command → hasComponent → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joint Helicopter Force (Cyprus)
Headquarters British Army Cyprus (elements) → responsibleFor → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Army operations in Cyprus
Headquarters British Army Cyprus (elements) → garrison → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
Headquarters British Army Cyprus (elements) → partOf → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia → usedBy → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
84 Squadron RAF → partOf → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 84 Squadron RAF
Episkopi Cantonment → garrisonFor → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas → partOf → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
Dhekelia Garrison → garrisonFor → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
Dhekelia Garrison → partOf → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Forces Cyprus estate
British Army garrison network → includes → British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Army garrisons in Cyprus