| NAME | Hammond, DSO | Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière |
| RANK | IN GREECE
Probably Captain or Major |
ON DEMOB
Lieutenant Colonel |
| SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
N/K |
PRISONER
N/A |
| UNIT | IN GREECE
SOE |
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| ACTIVE
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IN GREECE
1941 – March and April (Greece) May (Crete) 1944 – i/c Mil Mission to Thessaly and Macedonia |
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| METHOD OF DEPARTURE
|
Caique to Crete and thence to Egypt | |
| POW CAMPS
|
IN GREECE
N/A |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
N/A |
| NOTES
1 According to Wikipedia, he spent University vacations exploring Greece and Albania on foot, acquiring knowledge of the topography and terrain, as well as fluency in Albanian. These abilities led him to be recruited by the Special Operations Executive in 1940. His activities included many dangerous sabotage missions in Greece (especially on the Greek island of Crete) as well as in Albania. 2 Escaped from Crete to Egypt in caique Athanasios Miaoulis skippered by fellow SOE Mike Cumberlege (see Mike’s Archive for further details of post-Crete evacuation activities). 3 As an officer, in 1944 he was in command of the Allied military mission to the Greek resistance in Thessaly and Macedonia STORY We are pleased to share with you the story of Nicholas ‘Nick’ Hammond DSO from the information we have in our Archive. Please click on the headings/links below which will take you to the relevant PDF file. Please note we are sharing the contents of our Archive in good faith and in the spirit of the veterans asking us to “Tell Them We Were Here”. The copyright rests with the original authors (as credited), the families and/or The Brotherhood of Greek Veterans. Please contact us at greekveterans@gmail.com if you have any issues or concerns. |
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