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Major Harold Daintree Johnson, 224 Parachute Field Ambulance
On 15 April 1945 224 Parachute Field Ambulance was the first medical team that went into Bergen-Belsen. Below is the army description of the situation found, in efficient military language, taken from the archives of 224th Parachute Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. 11,447 total views
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Eric Wilfred Taylor
When British soldiers entered the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp they were confronted with the horror that the Nazi retreat had left behind. 1,792 total views
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First in – 63rd Anti Tank Regt.
A super photo of B Troop, Anti Tank Regt. 249 Battery. (Oxford Yeomanry). 12,931 total views
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Victor Long (1SAS)
Those horrific images were seen at first hand by 82-year-old Victor Long, of Essex, a former SAS member who was one of the first British soldiers to enter the camp 60 years ago on Friday. These memories stay with you, you can never forget. 12,839 total views
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Medical Students: St Thomas’
Medical Students: St Thomas’ 11,999 total views
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Albert “Paddy” Sutton – RAF
A photo album from an Irish second World War veteran who was present at the Liberation of Belsen concentration camp has been made public for the first time. 12,814 total views
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Gilbert King, 249 Battery (Oxford Yeomanry) RA
There were tears as the Jewish men and women once held at the infamous Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany met Gilbert King, 96, who is one of only three former soldiers still alive of those who took the camp for the Allies in April 1945. 10,901 total views
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Alan Frickers. Pioneer Corps
As requested, few details about my Father. 11,446 total views
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Arnold R. Horwell (102 Control Section)
My father, Dr Arnold Horwell (Horwitz),who has died at the age of 92, was born in Berlin; his father, Hugo, was the director of the state spirits monopoly. 13,292 total views
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Cine Film at Belsen
The liberation of Bergen Belsen was one of the most photographed, documented and filmed events of the war. 11,214 total views