There seems very little reference to the fighting at Retimo on Crete on the forum. Pottered onto this interesting account of the Aussies first...
Copied from Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2193785/thomas-turnbull-maxwell/...
Hi, My uncle was killed "At Sea Crete" between 26 & 27 April 1941 whilst serving with the 106 (The Lancashire Hussars) Lt AA Regt RA. I would be...
Field message book in which Captain Greville re-wrote the unit history of 6 Division Signals for the period 1 April - 14 May 1941 after the units...
Hi everyone its my first day on this site and not sure if i am doing it right i am trying to do some research about my wifes father an s.o.e on...
Does anyone know of any arrival lists for troops evacuated from Greece/Crete to the Middle East (Alexandria??) for April/May 1941? Specifically...
Found this while looking for something else, some interesting photos. War Museum Askifou, Sfakia, Crete - Greece and Crete - Zimbio
Some people seem unaware that in the darkest days of WW2, Greece was fighting on the side of Britain and the Commonwealth, the only country so to...
Just finished reading Beevor's book on the Spanish Civil War and in one of the wash-up chapters says that a 'company of Spanish republicans fought...
Was the Commonwealth effort in the battle for Maleme airfield a tactical blunder, or were the New Zealanders that outnumbered, outgunned,...
My grandfather was in demolition during WW2 we never knew what that meant until just recently. The Kent Fortress Royal Engineers, tasked with...
This memorial was just 100 metres or so from the apartments i stayed in in crete, It is all in Greek but I was told it depicts British and Anzac...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/06/08/db0802.xml Colonel David Sutherland (Filed: 08/06/2006)...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/06/05/db0501.xml Another very gallant officer has passed on. I was...
Hey do any you you know where I can get some good info on Crete?
I have some pictures of the cemetery at Suda Bay, a very beautiful place if anyone wants anymore, let me know chris
Having just read a posting about the Raiding Support Regiment I would like to give an accurate,but brief description.I should point out that my...
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