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75th Anniversary Press – John Gardiner
A World War II veteran who was one of the first Allied soldiers to enter the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at its liberation, and likely one of the last still living, died on May 4 at the age of 95. 20,125 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). 26,461 total views
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Medical Students: The London Hospital
Medical Students: The London Hospital 26,841 total views
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Eric Lines – 113th DLI
My Father, Major Eric Lines MM RA was part of the liberation of Belsen. 25,106 total views
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American Field Service
Shortly after liberation, a contingent of around seventy* American Field Service (AFS) ambulance drivers from C and D Platoons of the 567 Company (Coy) was called in to assist in what became a seven-week mission offering aid to the survivors of the camp. Ambulance drivers from the D Platoon under the command of Lieutenant Murray drove to Lübeck on the Baltic to retrieve 130 German nurses to assist with the evacuation of the camp. A section of the C Platoon under the command of W.J. Bell volunteered to assist with stretcher-bearing details and distribution of meals to the survivors. *(76) Ref. AFS deeply honors the seventy AFS Ambulance Drivers…
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William Charles Fraser
William Fraser – Ambulance Driver on front. One of the first into Belsen. 22,566 total views
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Frank Moreham – 113th DLI
I attach a photo of Frank Joseph Moreham, must have been taken late ’45 and a copy of his Mention in despatches. He certainly looks happy and OK. 24,804 total views
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Benjamin (Benny) Edwards
My father Benjamin (Benny) Edwards was in the military police and was also sent into liberate Bergen Belsen. 21,865 total views
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Newspaper Cutting – Reg Price
Reg Price and Cyril Nicklin at Belsen Concentration Camp. 22,943 total views
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Auschwitz and Holocaust Memorial Day
Auschwitz Memorial bring together the most important facts about the last stage of the operation of this German Nazi camp. 23,678 total views
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