The pictures below were sent in by Rory Cooper who is a regular correspondent to the blog.
Hello Tom,
Am in Crete at the moment and have just come back from a visit to the CWGC in Souda Bay where John Pendlebury is buried. Here are a couple of photos as well as one of Gen. Kreipe from the Maritime Museum in Chania.
I have acquired a copy of the Erotokritos and will attempt a translation, although I have few illusions about making sense of 17th century Cretan dialect.
All the best,
Rory
- Gen. Kreipe from the Maritime Museum in Chania
- John Pendlebury’s grave CWGC in Souda Bay
- Commonwealth War Graves Cemetary, Souda Bay, Crete
- The crossroads – site of the kidnap
- The pretty awful memorial to the kidnap
- The crossroads on the Ano Archanes to Heraklion Road
- General Kreipe’s car
- General Kreipe’s car in the museum