To mark the 50th anniversary of the ending of the four-year conflict which preceded the independence of Cyprus in 1960, the British Cyprus Memorial Trust has been established to honour the memory of the 372 British servicemen who died during the course of that conflict with both a Roll of Honour Memorial Book and a permanent memorial bearing their names. Of the 372 dead, the Royal Navy and Royal Marines lost 28, the RAF 70 and the Army 274. The target date for completion of the double memorial is April 2009.