From Beevorīs Crete
After the evacuation of Crete was over the "usual" military byrocracy returned. Those who had served in the expeditionary force in Greece and after that on Crete were informed that the expeditionary extra pay was taken out of their salary for the time period they were away from Egypt.
No wonder "black humour" bloomed. There was a rumour that there would be a special evacuation medal for Crete. It would have a carving
EX CRETA on it....
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Sorry reading the Finnish version so not sure what this extra pay actually was called...
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