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Ian Whimster – Medical Student
Ian Wesley Whimster MRCPath was a reader of dermatology histopathology at St Thomas Hospital, London. 22,580 total views
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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. 23,475 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. 22,961 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. 23,749 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. 23,379 total views
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63rd ATR – C Troop
Group photo of 63rd Anti Tank Regt. C Troop. 27,974 total views
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Charles Williams
Williams ‘Pip’ (Charles) 1924 – 2005 23,885 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. 23,385 total views
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Report on Nursing Matters August 1945
Dr. T.V. Layton SMO and Miss K. Doherty Matron, arrived at Belsen Camp from London on 11/7/45, having reported at 21 Army Group and 30 Corps Headquarters en route – as the signal notifying arrival had not been received no accommodation for U.N.R.R.A. personnel was available. 20,720 total views
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Duncan Campbell
Duncan is standing, second from left. Back of the photo says, “The Belsen Gang, Calais 45” 24,236 total views
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