Welcome this new archive relating to the men and women service personnel and the part they played at the Liberation and subsequent Humanitarian Effort of the Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp in 1945.
We are now inviting any relatives of service personnel who may have been at the camp to get in touch. We do not believe there are any records of the diverse group of men and women, many completely untrained, who were involved with the camp, after it’s liberation.
There are currently 44 names in this directory beginning with the letter H.
Haddow, James Charles Morrison (Royal Signals Corp) Lt.
Born September 19, 1922; Died July 28, 2010.
JAMES Charles Morrison Haddow, who has died aged 87, was a Renfrewshire lawyer who, during the war, took part in the invasion of Normandy and later was part of the force that liberated Belsen. He was also the man who gave a job to a young Annabel Goldie, the future leader of the Scottish Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament.
Known to all as Morrie, he was born in Kilmacolm, the only son of Charles Morrison Haddow and Jean Greave Haddow (nee Penman). On leaving the High School of Glasgow in 1938 he embarked on a law degree at Glasgow University and had just completed his first year of study when the Second World War broke out and he enthusiastically answered the call of king and country. He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Signals Corp, where he served with distinction and took his full part in their war efforts, being part of the D-Day landings, going ashore on D-Day plus 2 on Sword Beach.
Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Haines, Doris
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Nursing Service
Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Hall-William, John
(Friends Relief Service)
FRS arrived at Belsen Sat night 21st April and started 22nd April.
Hall, James (49th Tank Regt)Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Hamilton Mervyn Leslie
Hancock John Arthur Harland
Hankinson, John (Later Professor) (Medical Student)
Medical Student. St Mary’s
Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Hardman, Leslie H (Reverend)
Reverend Leslie H. Hardman was the 32-year-old Senior Jewish Chaplain to the British Forces, attached to 8 Corp of the British 2nd Army when Bergen-Belsen was liberated. Hardman was born in Wales; his father was from Poland and his mother was from Russia. After the war, he wrote a book entitled "The Survivors - the story of the Belsen remnant" (Vallentine, Mitchell & Co. Ltd) in which he described what he saw at Bergen-Belsen.
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Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Hargrave Michael John
Harley, Harry
1919–1979
Birth 17/02/1919 • Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Death c1979 • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Marriage 24/08/1946 • Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, United Kingdom
Maria Kazyzanowska (1920–1995) was interred at Bergen Belsen Concentration camp when she met Harry who was serving with liberating British Army.
Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Harper Francis Edward Lt.
Harrell, William Cecil (89th Infantry Division)
Mr. Harrell was born November 16, 1921 in Lincoln Parish and passed away October 18, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. He was a committed Christian who was a faithful member of Salem United Methodist Church.
On July 11, 1944 he married Armede Wright, while home on leave from the U.S. Army. In December of that year he shipped out overseas to serve in World War II with General George Patton's 89th Infantry Division. He served in France, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, and Switzerland. He said many times that he walked all the way across Germany. After V-E Day he was stationed at Camp Lucky Strike, a deployment camp in France for solders returning home. His company also helped liberate survivors of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.
After returning home from the war he worked for Chevron, formerly the California Company, until his retirement in 1986.
Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Harrison Sgt.
Hartman, Harold Arthur
Mr. Hartman proudly served in the US Army Air Corp during World War II. He was inducted January 4, 1943 in Alpena, Michigan and served in the Central Europe Campaign under Patton in HQ Battery 550th AA BN 3rd Army participating in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a PFC and served as an interpreter for the interrogation unit in Patton's Third Army. During his time overseas he was present at a meeting involving Churchill, Stalin, Eisenhower, Montgomery (whom he met personally) and Patton discussing who was going to take Berlin. He was also involved in the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
1919-2012
Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Hastie, ArchibaldSubmitted by: Belsen Archive
Hawkins Thomas Desmond
Hayward, John Langford
Guy's Hospital medical student.
Haywood Harold Sgt.
Haywood John Edward
Heard Miss.
Henderson, Jim (113th LAA)
"Young people don't always believe it. It is important to remind them," said the 83-year-old great grandfather at his home in Huntington, York.
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Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Hennals, (Gnr)
113th Durham Light Infantry RA
369 Battery. Awarded Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star. 15th April, 1945
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive
Hepplestone, David (113 LAA)
SERJEANT
975639
113 LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY
Awarded CROIX DE GUERRE 1940 WITH PALM
Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Herford, M.E.M. Lt. Col.
163 Field Ambulance
Lieut.-Col. M. E. M. Herford, D.S.O., R.A.M.C.
Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Herzog, Chaim
Intelligence Corps
(Later became Israel's Ambassador to the UN and then President of Israel)
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Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Hewlett, Maurice (Capt) (113th LAA)
He never spoke about his experiences to anyone, nor did I get the chance to ask.
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Submitted by: Nick Mavroidakis
Hibbert, Ernest (113 LAA)
From Sheffield
Birth 13 MAR 1901 • Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Death ABOUT 1979 • Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Higginbotham
Hills, S J (Capt.) REME attached (113 LAA)Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Hitchen, A (Capt. & Quartermaster) (113 LAA)Submitted by: Belsen Archive
R. A. F wireless operator & morse code transmitter
Submitted by: Dawn Holmes
Holmes, G L (Sgt)
113th Durham Light Infantry RA
368 Battery
Came from West Hartlepool
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive
Horsey, Peter John (Medical Student)
Medical Student. St Thomas
Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Horwell Arnold R.
Houston Anthony B. Capt.
Howard-Jones Stewart Inglis Lt. Col.
Howcroft, J K (Capt.) (113 LAA)Submitted by: Belsen Archive
Hughes William Dillon
Hunting Raymond J. Lt.
Hurwood, David Sells
Guy's Hospital medical student.
Hutton, Matthew (113th LAA)
Gunner 997767 Matthew Hutton, 113th
Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on 16th January 1945 age 24.
Son of Roger and Mary Jane Hutton of Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Cremated in Newcastle upon Tyne (West Road) Crematorium.
1909–1999 Birth 21ST JULY 1909 • Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Death NOVEMBER 1999 • Abbeyfield House, Clitheroe, Blackpool, Lancashire, Read more
This site will progress and I’d encourage anyone with any info to get in touch. My granddad, Reg Price served with the 113th Durham Light Infantry*, as part of 369 Battery. As a signwriter, he produced this sign…
Belsen sign
And this was kept in the family for years – so for the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Belsen in 2020, subsequent VE Day and VJ Day, I thought it’s about time I’d try to find out more about Reg – his comrades (many of which are names, simply written on the back of photos), what they did together and for a way to remember them all, properly.
To coinicide with the anniversary, I was able to be filmed both on national and local BBC TV to tell Reg’s Story. Whilst this was totally out of my comfort zone and I dreaded every moment – I decided I needed to do something to start this all off. BBC Midlands Today aired 7th May and a VE Day Antiques Roadshow Special aired Sunday 10th May.
The main photo, shown here was coloured for the 75th Anniversary and we’ll tell you all about it shortly – and what happened next!
*Just 113th Durham Light Infantry? No we are interested in all Service and Medical personnel who took part during the humanitarian effort at Belsen Concentration Camp. Their roles and names are largely forgotten, as many were too horrified to ever speak of what they had to do, so this archive seeks to form a tribute to ALL those that were there, to find out more and to remember them. If you have a relative, or any info, on the relief effort at Belsen, we’d love you to please get in touch. Email us: liberator@belsen.co.uk – Thank you
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Any 113th Durham Light Infantry friends or family are encouraged to get in touch via 113th@belsen.co.uk
** In 1938 the old 5th Battalion DLI changed its role to Searchlights and then in 1940 to Anti-Aircraft. This 113th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment went to Normandy in June 1944 and joined the advance into Germany in early 1945. Official designation – Brigade: 100 AA • Division: 30 Corps. • Unit: 113 LAA Regt. RA (DLI) TA.
