Jonathan Dandy
A distant relative of mine was killed in Crete. The action in which he died is documented in Roy Farran's book, 'The Winged Dagger'. I was surprised to find there is no known grave for this man (I am visting Crete soon and was going to pay my respects), as, in the book, he is described as being badly injured, but the tank in which he was in makes it back to 'relative' safety and the remaining uninjured crew were able to get out. The War Graves Commission gave the the following information. Serjeant SKEDGWELL, HENRY PHILLIP Unit: 3rd King's Own Hussars Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps Service No: 555863 Age: 27 Date of Death: 21 May 1941 Commemoration: ATHENS MEMORIAL Greece Face 1. From what I understand from Farran's book and other information, Serjeant SKEDGWELL was commanding a tank similar to the one in the photo on 21 May. They drove into a villge and were hit by a German antitank gun. The driver managed to get the tank away, but Serjeant SKEDGWELL was very badly injured. Farran says in his book that he gave him a large amount of morphine (they were not able to get him out of the shattered tank) and he died 20 mins later. I was searching around on the internet an found this image. I guess it could be the very tank? Any other information would be gratfully received.

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