Souda Bay War Cemerty

[angela_wil]

I recently visited Souda Bay War Cemetery, Crete  and took some photographs among these where photographs of headstones of soldiers from the Northumberland Regiments.

I have not got them printed yet but hopefully the headstones will come out and give the names of some of the soldiers.


Will post the names once photographs have been printed and any of them that are visible will publish them for anyone interested.

[sirius]

Hi battlehill

I also visited the Cemetery about 3 weeks ago and some of the private museums about the battle
of Crete, unfortunately was unable to get to the remembrance ceremony on 20th May.

We also met Alf who was 19 in 1941 and was at the battle in Souda Bay he was lucky to survive as
his mates were shot when they went to surrender he spent the rest of the war as a pow.

Alf came over for the remembrance service at Souda Bay from the Royal Chelsea Hospital in London.

[angela_wil]

I was there at the same time as alf was there and actually had my photograph taken with him he was a very cheerful chap and he was great friends of the people that I was with. I was there when a lady made a speach for him about his involvement with the people and how he helped during the occupation.

The people that I was with have been going to the same place 69 times, you may of met them actually, they are called Bob (but he gets Pedro) and Margaret (who get's called Margarita), Billy and Joyce,