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Rev. Thomas James Stretch
Featured on cine film 23rd & 24th April 225 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. 204 total views
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Joseph Conerney RAMC
My father Joseph Conerney was born in Co. Galway. As a young man he went to Witham (Essex) to train as a nurse. At the beginning of the war he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in, Holland, Norway and Germany. 206 total views
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Leslie Cole – War Artist
Leslie Cole was born in Swindon on August 11, 1910, and was to become best known as an official artist of the Second World War – and one of the first Allies to witness the full horror of Nazi death camps after liberation. 249 total views
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Harold ‘Tug’ Wilson C Sqn – 11th Armoured Corp
Harold was a driver in the 2nd Fife and Forbar Yeomany which is an armoured regiment, part of the 11th Armoured Division represented by a black bull on their tanks. 176 total views
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Jimmy McHattie – 151 Ayrshire Yeomanry
My Great Granda Jimmy McHattie. 158 total views
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Sgt Bert Young of G Company 8th Battalion the Rifle Brigade
On 14 April 1945 my father Sgt Bert Young of G Company 8th Battalion the Rifle Brigade came upon Bergen Concentration camp. 167 total views
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Rev Edwin Oliver Sutton – 11th Armoured Divison
These last few months have been an incredible journey of discovery of the story and service of my grandfather, a Methodist minister and army chaplain, serving from 1940 – 1945 with the 11th Armoured Division. 144 total views
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Leonard Berney
Leonard Berney was born in London in 1920. After leaving St Paul’s School, Hammersmith in 1938 he joined the Territorial Army as a Second Lieutenant. 114 total views
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Ian Whimster – Medical Student
Ian Wesley Whimster MRCPath was a reader of dermatology histopathology at St Thomas Hospital, London. 133 total views
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