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Added on 18/06/2010

Pergamos Camp was built in the early 1960s close to Pergamos village as a specialist signals receiving station, with a massive adjacent aerial farm, it had a couple of Signals Units, the main one being 399 SU, and later also 33 SU from late 1962 onwards, was based here, which had a satellite unit at RAF Akrotiri. Pergamos is mentioned in - GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britains Most Secret Intelligence Agency.

It was later used as a residual camp for the families of the RAF Signals unit that is now based in Ayios Nikolaos. The camp also being used to accommodate visiting troops, and in autumn 1971 was the home of C Company, The Blues and Royals. Pergamos Camp was also the home to CJSATC from 1981 to 1991, when it then moved to Dhekelia Garrison.

The camp contained a NAAFI, Medical Centre and many other services, but in the late 1980s the residents finally moved out to new quarters in Ayios Nikolaos and the camp was formally closed. It then lay untouched for over a decade until on 10 February 1997, when it was finally demolished by 62 Cyprus Sqn RE. The debris being left where it fell, as it is there today, which can clearly be seen on Google Mapping.

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Added on 13/07/2010

Site surveys started at the latter end of 1956. Building work commenced in 1957. When 264 SU moved there in 1958 parts of the camp were still under construction

Memories of RAF Pergamos

RAF PERGAMOS in 1963
Written by George McGill
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"What about 'B' Watch 399 su in Pergamos first night off. Booze up in the Naafi Same old faces every night, Myself, Mac MacDonald, Bob Brown, Jake Wright, Willie Shades, Chick Ross, Ian Leitch, Bob Smith, etc. many a good time had by all. Jake's favourite, SING SING Or ....... making everyone sing. (Died in Auto Crash many years ago now) . Fond memories of Cyprus before the tourists invaded. Nights out in Famagusta, notoriously the BLACK CAT and Africa Bars. Chanteclaire in Nicosia. Used to go to the beach there on first day off but often didn't get past Delice's bar. Need I say more. Anyone remembers me or any of the above, get in touch. "


RAF Pergamos in
Written by keith bridger

"raf pergamos was under construction for approx.two/three years.In 1957-1959 I was an raf police dog handler and we were detachesd to pergamos from our parent unit at Raf Ayios Nikolaos usually fo one month at a time. We carried out patrols of the site at nights whilst guard duties were carried out by raf regiment personnel from an L/A/A/ wing at raf Nicosia. In 1958 numbder 63 field suadron raf regiment took over completely from the L.A.A. wing pdersonnel."

Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving RAF Pergamos

" Anyone there who was on the 200 mile farewell, route march around Cyprus late 1960, with 63(F) Squadron, RAF Regiment, especially No 3 Flight from RAF Pergamos. I also sailed on the HMS DEvonshire from Cyprus to Singapore (RAF Tengah) when she was last used as a Troopship, on 63(F) Squadron ..."

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" Ref to ex RAF PERGAMOS. Anyone out there can tell me what happened to the camp. I went to visit the camp 2years ago,it holds a lot of good memories,i served over 2years there before moving to Akrotiri. 1964/67. What i saw shocked me the camp including married qtrs,was reduced to a pile of rubble,i ..."

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"Does anyone remember or know the whereabouts etc of the Mccann family. Cpl Mccann was a technician in radio workshop at RAF Pergamos."

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"RAF Waterbeach 1956 -57 GCHQ 1957 58 276 signals unit RAF Habbanya 1958 264 Signals Unit RAF Pergamos 1958- 61"

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"DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFO FOR LES (TOSH) ALLEN RAF PERGAMOS AND DIGBY???? "

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