Cyprus: British rule (1878-1960)

Last modified: 2005-01-22 by ivan sache
Keywords: lions: 2 (red) | blue ensign | red ensign | union jack | high commissioner | letters: chc (black) |
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• Chronology
• 1881 flags
  • Colonial badge
  • Blue Ensign
  • High Commissioner's Union Jack
• 1905 flags
  • Colonial badge
  • High Commissioner's Union Jack
• 1922 flags
  • Red Ensign
  • Blue Ensign
• Ms. Chapman's flag reports (1937)

See also:

• Cyprus
• British Empire
• British colonial flags

Chronology

• 1878. In exchange for assistance against Russian encroachment in eastern Turkey, Cyprus was put under British administration, but remained part of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1914. Cyprus annexed to British Crown when Turkey entered the war on the German side.
• 1925. Annexation recognised by Greece and Turkey under Treaty of Lausanne and Cyprus became a Crown Colony.
• 1960. Independence recognized.

David Prothero, 21 March 2003

1881 flags

In 1881, C H C (Cyprus High Commissioner) on white disc was approved as badge on Blue Ensign and on High Commissioner's Union Jack, for use afloat. Similar in style to the badge of the