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ECONOMIDES, Costas. Code-name: Gedeon. (He worked with Nicos SERVOS, helping to produce homemade explosive devices with the Eoka pharmacist, who used his own small shop in central Nicosia as a laboratory!)

ECONOMIDES, George (He operated in Kakopetria. This Hull Blyth shipping clerk in Famagusta (Gazimagusa) was arrested several times, but released for lack of evidence.)

ECONOMIDES, Maroulla. (An intimate of 'The Leader', she was arrested in September 1957. She knew where GRIVAS was hiding and visited him frequently. Although he feared she might reveal his whereabouts, she did not break under interrogation.)

ECONOMOPOULOS, Miltiades (A close friend of Archbishop MAKARIOS, he advised him on his career in the Church as young man.)

ECONOMOU, Phaedra. (She was one of several young women used by GRIVAS. A blonde of medium height, she was in the final year of her studies at the Larnaca Lyceum when she tried, with her friend, Rea KARMIOU, in August 1956, to place a bomb in the dining room of the city's Grand Hotel, timed to explode at 20.00, when they knew a party of British officers would be present. Their mission failed after the hotel manager spotted the bomb, strapped to the leg of a chair.)

EFSTATHIOU, Achilleas (Born 1939, he became a Nicosia bus driver. In this role, he became a valuable courier and arms mover.)

EFSTATHIOU, Augustis (He operated in Polis & Makheras areas with Gregoris AFXENTIOU. The former street hawker of ham sandwiches surrendered, with three others, to 1 DoW Regiment, when their cave-hiding place near Makhaeras Monastery was discovered on 3 March 1957 as Operation Whisky Mak neared its climax. AFXENTIOU died in the cave. Freed from custody after independence, he was rewarded by a senior position in the Republic's new Cyprus Police force and lives on a state pension today (2008). He has become a celebrity in Greek Cyprus by exploiting his connection to Afxentiou, making speeches and appearing regularly on television. He declined to be interviewed by BSW. A friend suggested he was concerned his 'image' could be harmed.)

EFSTATHIOU, Costas - Fat Costas. (A Chief Inspector of Police, he helped GRIVAS to escape when British forces were closing on him in the Troodos Mountains during Operation Lucky Alphonse.)

EFSTATHIOU, Georghios (Born 1934 in Kholi, Paphos. His role was to provide logistics' support for the Eoka gang in the Kholi area.)

EFSTATHIOU, Pavlos. (From Ktima, he went to Athens, with others, to train in 1956 as a radio operator. Eoka had ambitious plans to set up a secure radio network so that GRIVAS could co-ordinate the activities of his gangs more swiftly. Another Eoka hope was to land weapons by air at hidden locations, guided by these operators.

Eoka did not know that British Intelligence had bribed the Greek who sold the organization UK manufactured equipment, bought from Egyptian sources and that many of the radios carried beacons installed by British agents, which would allow their locations to be constantly tracked. They were eventually found transmitting from Yerasa and Polodhia during Operation Sunshine.)

EFSTATHIOU, Stylianos. (He was born in Kyperounda in 1921, where he became a builder. In this role, he was able to give advice and provide supplies for the construction of Eoka hiding places. He also helped establish an Eoka youth group in Pitsilia.)

EGRAPHOU, Antonakis, known as Nonis (He was born in 1937 or 1938 in Larnaca, where he became a photographer. He became a group leader in MorphouGuzelyurt. Before this, he was charged by GRIVAS to execute 'informers'. He took many of the Eoka propaganda pictures.)

ELEFTHERIADES, Costakis, Dr (He came from Limassol and provided false medical notes to allow Greek Cypriot students to travel to Athens for 'urgent treatment'. They returned to Cyprus with small consignments of weapons.)

ELEFTHERIOU, Antonis (Born 1938)

ELEFTHERIOU, Christakis (He was a senior member of the EOKA organization and was present with Colonel GRIVAS when Archbishop MAKARIOS gave the go-ahead to start the organization's terrorist campaign. He was one of those who attacked Wolseley Barracks on the opening night of the conflict - 31 March/1 April 1955. With Markos DRAKOS - and others - he escaped confinement in Kyrenia Castle in September 1955. His group operated in the Stavros Psokas area.)

Later, Eleftheriou (center) was given charge of a 6-man group to operate in Stavros Psokos. Royal Marines captured him and his gang in a sweep of the Paphos forest during Operation Lucky Alphonse.)

EFTHYVOULOU, Pavlos. (He belonged to a hit-and-run group in Paphos. Little is known about him.)

ELIA, Tassos. (On 20.07.58, with 13 other terrorists, he attempted to blow-up the Nicosia Teachers' College, a Government institution. While placing bombs, one exploded and Elia lost both his hands and suffered serious injuries to his face and chest. His comrades set-off the other bombs, but left Elia to be collected and taken to hospital by members of the Fire Brigade.)

ELLIADES, Petros (Born in 1932, he belonged to a hit-and-run group in the Paphos area and was killed 15.06.56. By trade, he had been a grocer.)

ELIADES, Socrates (He operated in Arsos. A successful businessman, he worked closely with Deacon KYRIAKIDES in running an arms smuggling network, which was never discovered by the colonial authorities.)

ELIAS, Chris. (He was born in Mesoyi in 1939 and became a member of ANE in Davlos/Kaplica By trade an electrician, he belonged to an Eoka hit-and-run group.)

ELLINAS, Georghios. (He was one of two high school students - Petros KARMBIS was the other - who dug a long trench from the communal water fountain in the heart of Lefkoniko/Gecitkale to an olive grove. Today the village is in the Turkish-Cypriot administered part of Cyprus.

The students then laid a wire from a hidden bomb at the drinking fountain to a battery-powered switch 400 yards away. The next day, 23.10.56, soldiers of 1 Highland Light Infantry played a friendly game on the village's football pitch, watched by the schoolchildren and their teachers. The game over, the thirsty players went to drink at the fountain. The teachers moved the children quickly out of the way, as KARMBIS and Ellinas detonated the bomb on a signal of a waved white handkerchief from two watching female pupils.

This photograph was taken just seconds before Ellinas and Karmbis set off the bomb that blew up the village water fountain from which members of the 1 HLI soccer team were refreshing themselves.

Pte Matt Neely

Pte Beattie

Soon after the bomb blast, several members of the Scottish regiment stormed Lefkoniko and vented their feelings on the Greek Cypriot population, causing property damage. The villagers later demanded financial compensation. Colonel F NOBLE, 1 HLI's CO replied: 'The murders of Privates Neely and Beattie are probably one of the most dastardly EOKA has committed. It was premeditated and aimed to catch soldiers when they were at play. If £3,000 is being claimed for alleged damage caused by troops, the amount is infinitesimal when compared with damage caused by EOKA to my soldiers.' Governor HARDING underlined the point: 'The people of Lefkoniko have reason to be thankful that it was British troops with whom they had to deal on that day.')

ELLINAS, Andreas. (In February 1956, he was ordered, with others, to lay bombs at various points in the capital, all timed to explode at 19.00, during the visit of Colonial Secretary LENNOX-BOYD for talks with Governor HARDING and Archbishop MAKARIOS. It is unclear whether GRIVAS had told MAKARIOS in advance about his intention to break up the talks. LENNOX-BOYD saw MAKARIOS soon afterwards. He said: 'Archbishop, may God protect your people.')

ENGLEZOS, Christodoulos (Died 01.04.58)

EOANNOU, Ioannis (Born in 1925 in Anafotida, he was a farmer but became a member of a hit-and-run group operating in the Larnaca area)

EPAMINONDA, Yiannakis (Born 1938, he operated in the Pedhoulas and Kykko areas, after leaving Nicosia, where he was a postal worker. He was captured 21.01.59 and interned briefly.)

EPIFANIOU, Andreas. (He was killed 27.12.57. A carpenter by trade, he was an ANE member and later joined PEKA.)

ERODOTOU, Demos. (Born in 1923, he was killed 21.01.57. He had worked as an hotel clerk, providing food supplies to Eoka gangs in the Platres/Fini .)

EVAGORAS, Nikos (Born 29 March 1941 in Paladeia - Died 29 October 1958 in Fasoulla in a British ambush.)

EVAGOROU, Nicos (The nephew of Andreas AZINAS, he was killed in Evdimou on 05.10.58. He had been active as an hit-and-run killer in Limassol, Palodia, Paramitha and Fassoula.)

EVANGELAKIS, Evangelos. Code name: Hermis. (An Eoka gunman, who escaped in a mass breakout of prisoners from Kyrenia Castle prison on 23,09.55, he was recaptured in his home-town of Nicosia on 07.02.57, with Andreas CHARTAS. Both were sent to the UK to serve their prison sentences after providing significant information about Eoka arms caches. At the start of the conflict in April 1955, GRIVAS appointed Evangelakis commander of the Nicosia gang.)

EVMIDES, Andreas alias Tamassiotis (Born 1940 in Alethrico village, After giving up his college studies, he became a member of a hit-and-run group in the Pera and Orines areas. He first came to the attention of the security services for throwing a bomb at one of their vehicles on 29.12.1956 outside Pera village)

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