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Chaim Herzog
A talented athlete, Herzog (Sept. 17, 1918–April 17, 1997) was a junior bantamweight boxing champion in his native Ireland. 39 total views
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Father Michael Morrison
Five years ago I was invited to give a series of lectures aboard The World, a luxurious ship owned by its super-rich residents which cruises (pace Matthew Arnold): “Round the world for ever and aye”. The day before I disembarked in Sicily, one of them asked me to lunch. “I’d like to give you a book,” he said. 85 total views
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Timothy Armstrong – 63rd ATR
My father Timothy was one of the Argyll and Sutherland soldiers who were transferred to the 63rd. 41 total views
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Steve Shannon – 113th LAA
Steve – drop us an email with your contact details please. 30 total views
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Major Jos Mark
From his teens until his death last week at the age of 95, Jos Mark was committed to his country and to those who gave their lives to protect it. 39 total views
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Major Dick Williams
Sixty years ago 24-year-old Dick Williams set off through the woods of northern Germany in search of a “refugee” camp. The previous day, a German officer had agreed to hand the camp over to the advancing British. 40 total views
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Joy Taverner – Queen Alexandria’s Nurse
My husband’s grandmother (now 82) was a nurse during the War and has a book-worth of stories to tell. The following are 2 letters that she has written to me describing her nursing work during the beach landings and entering Belsen… 55 total views
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Frank Johnson (63rd ATR)
Driver in World War II: British Royal Artillery 63rd Anti-Tank Regiment. 37 total views
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To Meet in Hell
British doctor who was forced to play God in Belsen: He was one of the first to stumble on the horrors of the SS camp in a forest – now, 75 years on, a new book captures the depths of wickedness he witnessed as he struggled to decide who could be saved. 18 total views
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History Learning Site Account
When Bergen-Belsen was handed over to British troops in April 1945, little could have prepared them for what they saw at the concentration camp. Belsen had originally been built as a prison for those arrested in Nazi Germany itself. However, as the war in Europe drew to a close in 1945, prisoners from Eastern Europe had been moved to the camp. When the British got to Belsen on April 15th, the prisoners were in appalling conditions and between 400 to 500 were dying each day. 15 total views
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