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Mrn. Joseph Platt
Royal Navy Royal Marines
from:Denton, Manchester
My late father Joseph Platt served with the Royal Marines during the Second World War. He was one of the force that was sent as reinforcements to Crete and was fortunate to escape on HMS Phoebe from Sphakia.
His favourite memory of the war was just before they were shipped overseas and they were on parade. The officer in charge said "Right chaps. This is it. I will be with you, as far as Scotland."
In 1984 he went back to Crete and visited the grave of his friend Francis Liddell at the war cemetery in Suda Bay.