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Johnny Cooper 1SAS
Eighteen-year-old Johnny Cooper volunteered for the SAS in 1941. Johnny Cooper was one of the first two non commissioned soldiers to join L detachment of the SAS the regiment, and helped build the service up to the effective force it is today. 291 total views
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Reg Seekings 1SAS, DCM, MM
Reginald Seekings was born in Stuntney, near Ely in 1920. He attended the local school from five to 14. 574 total views
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1SAS Belsen
1SAS T Troop at Belsen. 394 total views
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Major Francis Raymond Waldron
Dr F.R. Waldron was born in Tuam Galway in 1905 and he died in 1973 in Newport Isle of Wight. He had a distinguished medical career. 252 total views
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Marjorie Ashbery
THE Post has been researching the life of a local woman, who was involved in a remarkable event in world history — the relief of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. 2,160 total views
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Ronald “Carl” Giles – Cartoonist. OBE
Cartoonist,Ronald Giles,famous as simply “Giles” is remembered for his work published in the British daily newspaper, the Daily Express.In April 2000, he was voted ‘Britain’s Favourite Cartoonist of the 20th Century’. 3,467 total views
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Mike Flanagan
Mike Flanagan, a warm-hearted Irishman who after liberating the concentration camp Bergen Belsen, fought in the British Army in the land of Israel/Palestine and deserted in order to join Jewish fighters in the war of Independence (1948). 2,469 total views
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Hugh Stewart No.5 AFPU
Major Hugh Stewart led the No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit who entered Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 19 April 1945, just days after its liberation. 2,980 total views
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Medical Students: Westminster Hospital
Westminster Hospital Medical Students. 3,696 total views
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George Walker (113 LAA)
The following letter was sent from Germany to a Sheffield address in May 1945. The letter was sent from a soldier who was based in the Nazi Concentration Camp at Bergen-Belsen. At the end of the letter the writer states “When you have read this letter you can show it to anyone who is interested enough to read it.” Well I was interested and I hope you are! BELSEN MAY 1945 Alan G Walker 11532306 370/113 LAA Regd RA 13 L.A. 20th May 1945 To all at 53 Just a few more lines hoping to find you all still enjoying the best of health as it finds me the same…