• Eric Trott (RAMC)

    Last week The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum had a call from Andy Strowman, an old friend of a Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment veteran named Eric Trott who passed away in 1999. Despite our status as a relatively new regiment, it is important to note that the former regiments are still a very prevalent part of our heritage.  4,336 total views

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  • Frank Moreham – 113th DLI

    I attach a photo of Frank Joseph Moreham, must have been taken late ’45 and a copy of his Mention in despatches. He certainly looks happy and OK.  6,510 total views

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  • Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments

    Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments 1 LAA Rgt RA 2 LAA Rgt RA 3 LAA Rgt RA 4 LAA Rgt RA 11 (City of London Yeomanry) LAA Rgt RA(TA) 12 (Finsbury Rifles) LAA Rgt RA(TA) 13 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 14 (West Lothian Royal Scots) LAA Rgt RA(TA) 15 (Isle of Man) LAA Rgt RA(TA) 16 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 17 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 18 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 19 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 20 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 21 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 22 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 23 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 24 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 25 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 26 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 27 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 28 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 29 LAA Rgt RA(TA) 30 LAA…

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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.  7,116 total views

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  • Arthur Reede

    My uncle was at Bergen Belsen with an engineer s crew, for a few weeks before any liberation because of the diseases that were in the camps, they had to stay out.  5,009 total views

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  • Liberation of Bergen Belsen

    The Numbers

    113th LAA Regiment RA (Durham Light Infantry) arrived at Belsen on the 18th April. The Panzer Barracks at Hohne, a short distance from the Belsen camp, was converted into a hospital and a transit camp. The DLI Regimental Journal for October 1946 reported the battalion recorded the following personel (live).  7,448 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.  5,752 total views

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  • Benjamin (Benny) Edwards

    My father Benjamin (Benny) Edwards was in the military police and was also sent into liberate Bergen Belsen.  4,304 total views

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