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A Grainy Photo of Grandad
It all started with a grainy photo of my grandad. 24,399 total views
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James William Illingworth (113th LAA, RA)
Features in a cine film within the camp, taken on 23rd and 24th April, 1945. 23,714 total views
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Brian Villette (113th LAA)
Brian Vaugh Norman Villette – Captain 113th LAA, Royal Artillery. 22,771 total views
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113th LAA Faces – Confirmed
Service personnel from 113th LAA, Royal Artillery. 5,056 total views
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113th LAA – 369 Battery HQ
113th LAA – 369 Battery HQ. Fabulous photo taken – or printed in Northampton. Perhaps therefore dates to May/June 1944. 3,812 total views
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75th Anniversary Press – The Northern Echo
WHILE the street parties were in full swing in streets festooned with bunting back home in Blighty, Victory in Europe was marked in a starkly contrasting way for many British soldiers serving in different parts of the world. 25,875 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…