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John Valls – 9th Armoured Div
John Valls, a beloved Laredoan and war hero, passed away on Friday at age 95 due to congestive heart failure. 11,308 total views
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Bulldozer Driver Wrinn
Stills from cine film dated 19th April. Wrinn from Hoddington, Scotland, drives the bulldozer. 11,504 total views
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Marie Lillian Gent
Having become quite interested in Genealogy and I’ve been able to find out a lot about my family including meeting “cousins” who connect 7 generations ago in the 1750’s. 6,446 total views
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Albert Wood – ‘9’ TROOP 174 Battery 58th L.A.A
This letter was written by my uncle, Albert Wood, to his wife Jenny. 10,302 total views
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Children’s Swings and Playtime at Belsen
The 113th Durham Light Infantry built swings for the children at Bergen Belsen. 10,380 total views
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George Wilbert Thompson
George Wilbert Thompson (seen here on left of photo). 10,329 total views
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Major Harold Daintree Johnson, 224 Parachute Field Ambulance
On 15 April 1945 224 Parachute Field Ambulance was the first medical team that went into Bergen-Belsen. Below is the army description of the situation found, in efficient military language, taken from the archives of 224th Parachute Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. 10,527 total views
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Eric Wilfred Taylor
When British soldiers entered the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp they were confronted with the horror that the Nazi retreat had left behind. 1,352 total views
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First in – 63rd Anti Tank Regt.
A super photo of B Troop, Anti Tank Regt. 249 Battery. (Oxford Yeomanry). 12,302 total views
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Victor Long (1SAS)
Those horrific images were seen at first hand by 82-year-old Victor Long, of Essex, a former SAS member who was one of the first British soldiers to enter the camp 60 years ago on Friday. These memories stay with you, you can never forget. 12,309 total views
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