Cyril Walter “Cyril” Eyre
Trooper · NZ #1305 · T Patrol
| Rank | Trooper |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #1305 |
| Patrol | T Patrol |
| Regiment | 2nd NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment |
| Role | Navigator |
| Known as | “Cyril” |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C136823 |
What this roll records
The roll formerly carried this man twice, as “Eyre, Cyril Walter” and as “Ayre, Cyril”. The original Long Range Patrol nominal roll of 5 December 1940 spelled the name Ayre; the Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph and the LRDG Preservation Society both give Eyre, with service number NZ #1305. The two records were merged in August 2026, keeping the Eyre spelling as the documented one.
Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Full name Cyril Walter Eyre. A farmer in civilian life; served with the 2nd NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Original member of the Long Range Patrol (LRP), 1940 — listed with the “LRP” comment in the nominal roll, The Kiwi Scorpions (Brendan O'Carroll).
Added from LRP Roll: Dvr T Patrol; returned NZ Armd Corps. Source: LRP Roll (Original LRP Nominal Roll as at 5 Dec 1940, Capt L H Browne).
Farmer in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
- Murzuk Raid roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy)
- Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 1 (Embarkations to 31 Mar 1940), p.56. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. External links: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision recording (U-series, LRDG Pts 1-8, 11719): https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/11719
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