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Think Pink?
Following on from the initial colouring of the famous Belsen Liberation sign, we took a lot of time to ensure the colour was correct – particularly to see if the red wording was actually red. 25,538 total views
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Eric Trott – RAMC
Social worker Andy Strowman would like the council to honour this ‘humble, kind and gentle man’ with a memorial plaque in Edward Street where he lived. 20,968 total views
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William Aubrey Southwood
William Aubrey Southwood. 1st December 1919 – 20th June 2007. Army No. 3966329 22,170 total views
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Thomas Gibson – Medical Student
During early April a notice appeared in the Medical Schools of the London hospitals asking for twelve volunteers from each to make up a party of a hundred students, whose object would be to treat starvation cases in Holland under the auspices of the Red Cross. 26,733 total views
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Charles Hall 113th DLI
When Charles Hall was told his unit would be travelling behind enemy lines to take charge of a Nazi concentration camp, he could hardly have imagined the horrors he was about to encounter. Paul Willis, Northen Echo, meets a man who helped liberate Belsen. 30,098 total views
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John Morris (113th LAA) Despatch Rider
My grand father, gunner John Morris was present at the Liberation. He was a dispatch rider in the Royal Artillery attached to a Light Anti Aircraft regiment. 26,051 total views
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William Atheral George Shepheard III
Army Medical Corps. 23,836 total views
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Frederick Thomas Hill
Received medal from Pope for being at liberation of Belsen Concentration Camp. 24,498 total views
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113th LAA – Photos (Boyes)
A series of photos from a member of the 113th LAA – Royal Artillery. 22,465 total views
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113th LAA – Vehicle Identifications
Fabulous detective work over on the WW2 Talk Forum with regards to the 113th LAA vehicles to enable postive identification of other vehicles – 162. 24,326 total views
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