"Gareth Gwenlan was born in Brecon on April 26 1937. His father died when he was two and he was brought up by his grandparents and widowed mother, a teacher, in Cefn Coed near Merthyr Tydfil. Educated at Vaynor and Penderyn High School, Cefn Coed, he saw active service as an RAF National Serviceman in Cyprus, then a British colony, during the Eoka insurgency." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/11/gareth-gwenlan-bbc-head-of-comedy--obituary/
My old boss was an intelligence officer in Cyprus during the insurgency. He always told a story about being sent into the hills undercover with two men to capture one of the Eoka leaders. Can't remember if he got him or not.