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Molly Silva Jones – British Red Cross
The human laundry. ‘Going into that place, who could forget it?’ wrote Molly Sylva* Jones of the Red Cross. 6,013 total views
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Colonel Michael Osborn
Colonel Osborn was one of the first to enter Belsen concentration camp, and what he discovered stayed with him for the rest of his life. Shortly after that he liberated his brother Myles from a prisoner of war camp. They had not seen each other for more than 10 years. 6,540 total views
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Desmond Hawkins (Medical Student)
Desmond Hawkins’ early medical career was heavily affected by the Second World War. As a student he was involved in the early treatment of casualties from the Normandy landings and later he was in one of the first medical teams to enter the Belsen concentration camp after its liberation. 5,849 total views
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Marie Brown
Marie was born in Chorley in Lancashire in 1923. Her father was the manager of a cotton factory, but during the Great Recession, the factory closed down and the family were plunged into poverty with no social welfare safety net. 6,115 total views
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Tom Scholes (58th LAA)
Tom Scholes was called up for 6 months in the First Militia, aged 21, on 17 July 1939. Those 6 months lasted some six and half years! 6,680 total views
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Derrick A Sington – 14 Amplifier Unit
On 15 April at the request of GSO, 11 Armoured Division, 14 Amplifier Unit joined 23 Hussars and accompanied them into the “neutral zone” of Belsen Concentration Camp. 5,899 total views
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William E Roach (Acting Capt.) 58th LAA
William E Roach OBE 172 Battery, 58th Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) Regiment Royal Artillery (RA), during April 1945 when his unit was one of the first to arrive at the concentration camp at Belsen. 8,607 total views
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Alan Willoughby, AFS
Alan served in WWII as an ambulance driver for the British army all across Europe by way of the American Field Service. He was there for the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp. He loved his country and was proud of everything he could do to support it. 7,435 total views
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Harry Morgan RAMC
Harry Morgan, seen here with wife Margaret (nee Walker). 6,767 total views
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Mada Clare – Nurse (QAIMNS)
Mada Clare was born in Acle in June 1923 and was one of 11 brothers and sisters. 7,975 total views
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