| NAME | Humphries | William T |
| RANK | IN GREECE
Corporal |
ON DEMOB
N/A |
| SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
5248944 |
PRISONER
N/A |
| UNIT | IN GREECE
4th QO Hussars |
|
| ACTIVE
|
IN GREECE
March – April 1941 |
|
| METHOD OF DEPARTURE
|
Evacuated from Navplion 26/27 April but killed during subsequent attack on SS Slamat 27th | |
| POW CAMPS
|
IN GREECE
N/A |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
N/A |
| NOTES
1 Bill Humphries last definitely seen alive aboard SS Slamat before her sinking by Luftwaffe bomb attack. Missing presumed drowned (or possibly killed in the sea or on board Slamat or rescue vessels HMS Diamond or HMS Wryneck – both also sunk). 2 See Eric Sanderson’s files for full account of 4 QO Hussars actions. 3 See rare survivor George Dexter’s files for full account of Slamat disaster. 4 See Lt Frank Moss’s files – presumed died on HMS Diamond For more information please email us at greekveterans@gmail.com and we will forward your request to our Archivist Noah Scott |
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