Exactly 50 years ago, I was a young captain in the Army’s Royal Signals. I received a plum posting: independent command of a troop providing communications to the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP),
But first I had to get to Nicosia. I chose to do so by car, being the proud owner of the young officer’s car of choice, my ‘Atlantic blue’ BMW 2002.
On 6th June 1974 - the 30th anniversary of D-Day, as it
