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658 Air Observation Post Squadron
Belsen (officially Bergen-Belsen) concentration camp was set up in 1940, located in modern Lower Saxony, Germany. Until 1943 the camp served exclusively as a Prisoner of War (POW) camp. In April 1943 the German Schutzstaffel (SS) took over a portion of Bergen-Belsen and converted it first into a civilian residence camp and, later, into a concentration camp. Whilst Bergen-Belsen contained no gas chambers, an estimated 50,000 people died of starvation, overwork, disease, brutality and medical experiments. 5,634 total views
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Maurice Hewlett (113th LAA)
My grandpa was 26 when he got to Bergen Belsen. 5,628 total views
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Medical Students: Middlesex Hospital
Medical Students: Middlesex Hospital 7,371 total views
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Peter John Horsey: Medical Student
Dr Peter John Horsey 24/07/1924 to 18/01/2015 6,061 total views
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Arnold R. Horwell (102 Control Section)
My father, Dr Arnold Horwell (Horwitz),who has died at the age of 92, was born in Berlin; his father, Hugo, was the director of the state spirits monopoly. 7,038 total views
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David Alwyne Nicholas (RAF)
Photo taken at Celle. 4,835 total views
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Harold Burgh (REME)
Harold Burgh, World War II veteran and former warrant officer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. 6,793 total views
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Bertram Clayton Brealey
Today (3.12.2013) at Hartshill Cemetery, Staffordshire a lady spoke to me while visiting a grave. 5,932 total views
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Anthony Stedman Till – RAMC
Anthony Stedman Till, known as ‘Tim’, was a consultant surgeon in Oxford. He was born in London, on 5 September 1909, the eldest son of Thomas Marson Till OBE, an accountant, and Gladys Stedman, the daughter of a metal broker in the City. 6,013 total views
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Maj Benjamin George Barnett (63rd ATR)
Major Ben Barnett, one of the first British officers to arrive at Belsen, wrote: “There are no words in the English language that can give a true impression of the ghastly horrors of this camp.” 5,109 total views