One of twelve photographs of 1 Royal Scots, 10 Commando Royal Marines, Blues and Royals’ Scorpion, 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, plus Ferret scout cars of the Life Guards on Cyprus, 1976.
From a collection of photographs assembled for use in Col Robin McNish’s ‘Iron Division - The History of the 3rd Division’, depicting the 3rd Division, 1918-1977.
After the Suez Crisis of 1956 showed the need for more rapid mobilisation, the 3rd Division pioneered the concept of air portability in the late 1950s and 1960s.