The young Cypriot Queen Elizabeth refused to pardon

Evagoras: The 16-year-old Cypriot who tore down the British flag on Queen Elizabeth’s coronation and was later executed

Evagoras Pallikarides (Greek: Ευαγόρας Παλληκαρίδης, 26 February 1938 – 14 March 1957) was a member of EOKA during the 1955–1959 campaign against British rule in Cyprus.

Pallikarides was born in Tsada, Paphos District, one of five children of Miltiades and Aphrodite Pallikarides.

He studied at the Greek High School of Paphos where, at age 15, he participated in his school’s boycott of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.

Due to celebrations in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, the British raised the Union Jack at all schools throughout Cyprus.

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