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Jack Marcovitch
Jack Marcovitch (1923-1994) was born in Montreal, Canada. He was the oldest child of Louis and Leah (Barmash) Marcovitch who were immigrants to Canada from Bucharest, Romania. In 1946, Jack married Sarah Berbrier and had three children, Donald, Gloria and Linda. 17,568 total views
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Sgt Bert Young of G Company 8th Battalion the Rifle Brigade
On 14 April 1945 my father Sgt Bert Young of G Company 8th Battalion the Rifle Brigade came upon Bergen Concentration camp. 17,227 total views
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Rev Edwin Oliver Sutton – 11th Armoured Divison
These last few months have been an incredible journey of discovery of the story and service of my grandfather, a Methodist minister and army chaplain, serving from 1940 – 1945 with the 11th Armoured Division. 14,952 total views
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Alan MacAuslan – Medical Student
While studying at St Thomas’ Hospital, medical student Alan MacAuslan joined a volunteer party of aid relief comprising of medical students from London’s teaching hospitals. 16,367 total views
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Leonard Berney
Leonard Berney was born in London in 1920. After leaving St Paul’s School, Hammersmith in 1938 he joined the Territorial Army as a Second Lieutenant. 13,693 total views
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Jimmy McHattie – 151 Ayrshire Yeomanry
My Great Granda Jimmy McHattie. 14,382 total views
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Harold ‘Tug’ Wilson C Sqn – 11th Armoured Corp
Harold was a driver in the 2nd Fife and Forbar Yeomany which is an armoured regiment, part of the 11th Armoured Division represented by a black bull on their tanks. 15,196 total views
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Hadassah Rosensaft (Bimko)
Sunday, May 13, 1945, five days after the end of World War II in Europe, was Mother’s Day in the United States. At Bergen-Belsen in Germany, however, there was nothing for my mother to celebrate on that day as she took part in the ongoing monumental medical and humanitarian effort to save as many of that Nazi concentration camp’s critically ill survivors as possible. 13,924 total views
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Paul Wyand (Cameraman)
Paul Wyand began his career as a motor mechanic at Brooklands, but was encouraged by his uncle Leslie Wyand , who worked for the American Pathe News, to combine this with taking news photographs to sell through the Sport and General Press Agency. 15,741 total views
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King Whyte. CBS News Reporter
My father enlisted in the Canadian Army during World War Two believing it was his duty. His father served in the RAF during WWI and his grandfather served in the British military. 14,589 total views