Messages posted by: Tracey Croft

Hello, Nick:

That sounds promising! I will give it a try. If that sort of detail were available to me it would help to fill in some blanks--having all his letters is a great resource but they are of course discreet in terms of operational specifics!

Tracey

Hi Nick:

Thank you for your welcome and your assistance...I will definitely try to get something posted in the Dispatches ASAP. About ten years ago when I was at uni in England I obtained his service record, which, although official, naturally lacked the sort of meaty context I'm looking for...it was only a one-page summary! If it was possible to obtain more information I would try again, though.

I looked through Andy Mawson's album and did not see any subjects in the photos that matched (that would have been too lucky!)...most of the photos I have are taken in the camp where Captain Crowe was imprisoned for 4 years and during that time he was the M.O. in charge of the infectious diseases ward.

I would be happy to scan and post the photos that were taken while No. 7 was in the Middle East...there's only a few of those and the subjects are VERY hard to see, as the photos are tiny, but there are literally over 250 photos from the camp itself...I'm sure some of the men in those photos are Commandos but there are very few that are identified, so they may be more of POW interest than Commando-specific.

I can send a sampling of what I have and perhaps you could let me know what you think? If you felt it was relevant I could post them here; I also have feelers out, as it were, at the Stalag XVIIIA website and the Combined Ops site, but have not posted any photos there yet, either.

Cheers,

Tracey

As a family member of Dr. Wilfrid Crowe's I am searching for veterans who may have served with him in No. 7 Commando. Dr. Crowe (RAMC) was a Canadian doctor who served with Layforce and was captured at Crete. He spent the remainder of the war in Camp XVIII A. I have all of his letters and papers from that time including letters from other officers of Layforce and hundreds of photos, mostly from the POW camp.

Should you recall meeting or being treated by Dr. Crowe I would be delighted to hear from you as I am compiling a history of his work. Likewise, if I can be of assistance to you I would be happy to help in any way.

Regards,

Tracey Croft