📍 SOE Ambush Site Recce | Off-Road 100% This E-MTB ride took us deep into remote terrain to locate the WWII ambush site and cave where Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant Major) Bill Knox and two unidentified soldiers of the Cyprus Regiment were killed on 23 March 1944. The aim was to find the exact cave. The coordinates we were given led us only to a track junction above the site — close, but no use. Fortunately, Nick had a couple of reference photos showing the cave and the skyline behind it. Using those, and a bit of persistence, we found the correct location. WOII Knox was operating with Force 133 (SOE) in Crete, working in a small team alongside Staff Sergeant Dudley Perkins of New Zealand. The team carried out ambushes and small-scale hit-and-run attacks against German patrols. Perkins was ambushed and killed on 26 February 1944 in the Selino area. On 23 March 1944, a local collaborator led German forces to the cave hideout. During the resulting action, WOII Knox and two unknown soldiers of the Cyprus Regiment were killed. The wireless operator survived. All three are buried in Suda Bay War Cemetery. At the cave, we read the Ode of Remembrance, placed a wooden poppy cross, and observed a minute’s silence. A hard ride. A hidden site. A moment of honour. Absent Friends 🍷