While there are relatively few formal photographs of British army detachments in Crete during the 1896 -1913 period, the 2/Royal Sussex being an exception, the same can’t be said for the Italian army. The Italian army was responsible for the western secteur of the island, its headquarters being Canea. Below are a selection of formal photographs produced by some of the Italian units serving in Crete.
Italian Mountain Battery Canea 1897.
Italian Mountain Battery c.1898.
Personnel of Italian Mountain Battery. Candia. c.1898
2nd Company 5th Regiment Italian Infantry, Crete, 1902.
9th Company, 6th Regiment Italian Infantry, 1903.
10th Company 6th Regiment Italian Infantry, Crete, 1903 -1904.
11th Company 6th Regiment Italian Infantry, Crete, 1903 -1904.
12th Company 6th Regiment Italian Infantry, Crete, 1903 -1904.
2 Company, 6th Regiment, Italian Infantry, Crete 1905.
3rd company, Unknown Italian Regiment. Fort Izzedin, October 1906
8th Company, 56th Regiment Italian Infantry. Canea, Crete 1907.
The European Intervention in Crete, 1896 to 1913. 