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James Kitchener Heath
Adrian Andrews, who lives in Bishop’s Stortford with wife Gunta and their two children, has written a book, A Pithead Polar Bear, about his grandfather’s Second Word War service, including the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. 105 total views
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Jonah Jones – 224 Parachute Field Ambulance
My father, the artist Jonah Jones (1919-2004), was effectively a lifelong pacifist. As with many things, including religion, he was a doubter, but he never quite renounced his principles, for he hated war, having witnessed its dreadful depredations. 83 total views
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Canadians at Belsen – RCAF 437 Squadron
“Every picture has a story to tell” may be a cliché but it’s an apt description of the story that’s been revealed since I posted one of my father’s favourite Second World War photos on Facebook last fall. The photo, dated April 1945, shows seven young men — my father, Arnold Black, is standing far right — in their Royal Canadian Air Force uniforms posing proudly in front of their airplane. 117 total views
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‘Dick’ Everett Jenkins – Medical Student
In April 1945, just before the Second World War ended, nearly 100 medical students from across London volunteered to support the British army. In this group, there were students from St Mary’s Medical School and Westminster Medical School, two of the schools that formed Imperial College School of Medicine. 75 years on, we want to share their stories and celebrate their courage. 85 total views
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Col Gillies – Royal Engineers
My dad Coll Gillies Royal Engineers was one of the first into Belsen he never talked much about it he was 22 at the time. 150 total views
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Arnold Peter Meiklejohn
Arnold Peter Meiklejohn (1909 – 14 June 1961), known as Peter Meiklejohn, was an English physician and academic, specializing in nutrition. 80 total views
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Craig P. Gilbert (AFS)
Craig P. Gilbert was born on August 13, 1925 in Manhattan. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1943 and joined the American Field Service near the end of World War II. 88 total views
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Molly Sylva Jones – British Red Cross
The human laundry. ‘Going into that place, who could forget it?’ wrote Molly Sylva Jones of the Red Cross. 93 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. 144 total views
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Medical Students
The Friends of Blackheath Halls presented this fascinating talk by Professor Stephen Challacombe on 30th September 2020. 67 total views
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