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    Johnny Cooper 1SAS

    Eighteen-year-old Johnny Cooper volunteered for the SAS in 1941. Johnny Cooper was one of the first two non commissioned soldiers to join L detachment of the SAS the regiment, and helped build the service up to the effective force it is today.  22,646 total views

  • Alison Wood

    My friend Alison Wood, who has died aged 98, dedicated her long life to the service of others. In 1936 she knew what was happening in Germany and “had the gumption to believe that Hitler would do what he said he would do”.  15,166 total views

  • Peter Weaver 1SAS

    Peter Weaver 1SAS

    Philip Humphrey Peter Weaver – 1SAS. Arriving at Belsen with his 1SAS unit Peter Weaver stayed on, as interpreter to Lt.Col. Taylor OIC 63 Anti Tank Regiment RA who were the first troops to stay any length of time in Belsen.  8,645 total views

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    Joy Taverner – Queen Alexandria’s Nurse

    My husband’s grandmother (now 82) was a nurse during the War and has a book-worth of stories to tell. The following are 2 letters that she has written to me describing her nursing work during the beach landings and entering Belsen…  16,527 total views

  • Major Francis Raymond Waldron

    Dr F.R. Waldron was born in Tuam Galway in 1905 and he died in 1973 in Newport Isle of Wight. He had a distinguished medical career.  8,478 total views

  • Sarah Eckstein (Grebenau) Jewish Relief Unit

    Sarah was born in 1916, the second child of Hanoch and Helen (Sokolower) Eckstein of Warsaw, Poland. With her older brother, Morris (Moshe Zvi), the family moved to North London shortly after the end of the first World War.  16,623 total views

  • Fred Brushett (113 LAA)

    Speaking from his armchair in the Hospice in The Weald, former serviceman Fred Brushett introduces himself and his reasons for making the film.  15,827 total views