245953 Spr. Denys Fellows British Army Royal Engineers from:Birmingham My Dad Denys Fellows was born in December 1918. He didn't speak about the war much. I know he was taken prisoner in Crete having previously served in North Africa. He said that they had been made to walk the full length of Crete and back again by the Germans. Before their capture they had hidden in caves in the mountains and kind people from the villages had brought them food and wine at risk to themselves. My Dad had a photo of a young Cretian lady who was one of these brave people. These men ate whatever they could find and there were always tomatoes to pick. My Dad would not eat raw tomatoes again as long as I can remember. I always wondered why my Dad would always pick a piece of bracken that he held above his head when we went walking in the woods. It was because he was badly bitten by mosquitoes when he was in Crete. In later years, he developed skin cancer on his head that was probably caused by the incessant sun they had to endure in the forced marches. He was taken to a prisoner of war camp in Germany for the duration of the war. He was held in a Stalag camp and did lighting for the theatre shows they put on. He said when he got up in the morning he wondered whether this would be the day he would be shot as it was a daily thing.
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