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Liberation Day
Despite the camp being entered first on Sunday 15 April 1945, by eight men of the 6th SAS and then 1–3000 men of 11 and 29 Armoured Brigade, these troops stayed no more than a few hours and moved out to continue the war. 10,379 total views
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Neville Foote
ONE of Britain’s last surviving D-Day heroes has told how he liberated occupied France armed with only a fold-up bike and a misfiring gun 75 years on from the landings. 13,706 total views
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The first in…
On April 15, 1945, Lieutenant John Randall, then a 24-year-old SAS officer, was on a reconnaissance mission in northern Germany. 14,555 total views
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Ron Westbury
This is a photo of my dear old dad shortly before he passed at the grand age of 91. 11,641 total views
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George Edward Packman – British Red Cross
British Red Cross. 13,134 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. 10,421 total views
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Marsh – 63rd Anti Tank Regt
A series of photos labelled A J Marsh, 63rd Anti Tank Regt. 11,694 total views
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Captain David Eric Freeman- 224th Parachute Field Ambulance
Captain David Eric Freeman was part of 224th Parachute Field Ambulance. 507 total views
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Sgt Bill Lawrie (AFPU)
The first AFPU team to arrive on April 15 consisted of Sergeants Mike Lewis and Bill Lawrie (film), and Sergeant Harry Oakes and Lieutenant Martyn Wilson (stills). They continued coverage until 26 April 1945, when another team took over. 3,174 total views
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Harry Skeggs – 32 CSS
The funeral of Harry Skeggs, a committed and engaged member of St Catherine’s congregation for over sixty years, took place at Chelmsford Crematorium on Wednesday 10th May 2017. Below is an edited version of the tribute and address given at that service. 10,805 total views
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