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Rev. Charles Parsons
My Great Grandfather, The Reverend Charles Martin King Parsons CF was an army chaplain with the 9th British General Hospital during WW2. 25,296 total views
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James Gosling
An extract from a 1986 interview with Norfolk born James Gosling, describing his memories of the Second World War. During his interviews, Mr Gosling shared his first-hand experiences of assisting with the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp in northern Germany. 22,200 total views
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Michael Edward York-Moore (Medical Student)
Attached are some documents about my grandfather Michael Edward York-Moore including his typed account. Note that he changed his surname later in life to add the hyphen between York and Moore. 1,756 total views
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Medical Students: At the Camp
The first students arrived at Belsen at the end of April 1945, with the remaining students reaching the camp at the beginning of May 1945. Following a briefing by Meiklejohn on 2 May 1945, they began work at Camp 1 the following day. 19,168 total views
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Kenneth Curry – Royal Canadian Air Force
Kenneth Dennis Curry, January 21, 1923 – August 6, 2017 , Calgary, Alberta, Canada 21,665 total views
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Alex Paton – Medical Student
My friend Alex Paton, who has died aged 91, was a distinguished physician who never sought high office in medicine but did good quietly, mentoring junior doctors, influencing the profession, and using his knowledge of liver disease to improve alcoholism treatment. When still a medical student, he spent May 1945 assisting in the liberation of Belsen. 19,995 total views
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Janet Vaughan
Dame Janet Vaughan, (1899–1993) the well-connected daughter of the headmaster of Rugby, great great niece of Sir Henry Halford (1766–1844), president of the Royal College of Physicians, and second cousin of Virginia Woolf, was an expert on blood disorders, specifically pernicious anaemia. 19,593 total views
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Rabbi Dr. Arthur Saul Super
Rabbi Dr. Arthur Saul Super, a Chaplain with the British army, was present at the liberation of Belsen. (He was my late wife’s uncle). 20,791 total views
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Edmond (Eddie) Williams 32nd CCS
Edmond (Eddie) Williams 32nd CCS (32nd Casualty Clearing Station) 1916-1998 seen nere on his wedding day. 18,492 total views
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Robert Christopher Carr (REME)
Robert Christopher Carr, always known as Chris, was born at 41 Benton Way,Wallsend on 19 Nov 1918. 19,600 total views
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