WW2 9th Btn K.R.R.C Battle of Greece - Crete P.O.W Group

A most interesting and highly informative group relating to 6850185 Rifleman Francis Chapman 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps who fought in the desperate rear guard action in Greece during April 1941, during the fight he was lightly wounded but managed to be evacuated to the Island of Crete, whilst recovering in hospital the Island was invaded by German Airborne forces and after much fierce fighting the allied forces were overrun which in turn led to Chapmans capture.
Shortly afterwards he was sent to Germany and spent the rest of the war moving between various Stalag's (POW camps), during 1945 when Russian forces were nearing the German border Chapman was force marched by his captor's deeper into Germany, he marched for 5 weeks and suffered ill health just like so many others, amazingly he survived.
The groups consists of his medals, pay book, I.D discs, zinc Stalag VII / A tag, various photo's (some from POW camp), newspaper cuttings, small US badge (liberated by US troops), telegrams, a letter from his C/O to his mother informing her that he was last seen 15 miles from evacuation point on Crete, a wonderful ''joke'' letter & cheque from his friend pretending to be Reich minister Goebbels forwarding a wedding gift from Hitler, a very detailed typewritten 7 page account of Chapmans action and evacuation from Greece, typed during his time in Crete.
An amazing and scarce Greek campaign group.

Code: 51238