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William Robert Fitzgerald Collis – Red Cross
William Robert Fitzgerald Collis (1900–1975) was an Irish doctor and writer. As an author he was known as Robert Collis. As a doctor, he was commonly known as Dr Bob Collis. Maurice Collis was his elder brother. 1,164 total views
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Medical Students: The London Hospital
Medical Students: The London Hospital 974 total views
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Alexander Allan
Alexander Allan was born in June 1910 in Scotland. In 1943 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and joined the 113th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery. This unit had been formed out of the old 5th (Territorial Army) Battalion DLI at Stockton on Tees. 556 total views
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Names on Photos
Two photos with signatures on the reverse. All served with the 113th Durham Light Anti-Aircraft Infantry. 1,207 total views
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Newspaper Cutting – Reg Price
Reg Price and Cyril Nicklin at Belsen Concentration Camp. 1,201 total views
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The first in…
On April 15, 1945, Lieutenant John Randall, then a 24-year-old SAS officer, was on a reconnaissance mission in northern Germany. 1,198 total views
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Stanley Cruse
Something that haunted my late Father very much near his life’s end in 2013. 967 total views
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The Numbers
113th LAA Regiment RA (Durham Light Infantry) arrived at Belsen on the 18th April. The Panzer Barracks at Hohne, a short distance from the Belsen camp, was converted into a hospital and a transit camp. The DLI Regimental Journal for October 1946 reported the battalion recorded the following personel (live). 1,407 total views
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Ron Westbury
This is a photo of my dear old dad shortly before he passed at the grand age of 91. 753 total views
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George Newson
My Grandfather, Trooper George Newson, helped liberate Belsen as part of the Royal Armoured Corp. 539 total views