Name Directory
Those That Served
There are currently 87 names in this directory beginning with the letter H.
Haddow, James Charles Morrison (Royal Signals Corp) Lt.
Born September 19, 1922; Died July 28, 2010.
JAMES Charles Morrison Haddow, who has died aged 87, was a Renfrewshire lawyer who, during the war, took part in the invasion of Normandy and later was part of the force that liberated Belsen. He was also the man who gave a job to a young Annabel Goldie, the future leader of the Scottish Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament.
Known to all as Morrie, he was born in Kilmacolm, the only son of Charles Morrison Haddow and Jean Greave Haddow (nee Penman). On leaving the High School of Glasgow in 1938 he embarked on a law degree at Glasgow University and had just completed his first year of study when the Second World War broke out and he enthusiastically answered the call of king and country. He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Signals Corp, where he served with distinction and took his full part in their war efforts, being part of the D-Day landings, going ashore on D-Day plus 2 on Sword Beach.
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHall-William, John
(Friends Relief Service)
FRS arrived at Belsen Sat night 21st April and started 22nd April.
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHall, David
Rose to rank of acting Lt Col.
Worked with repatriation of refugees at Belsen.
Subsequently bacame a doctor
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHamilton, Mervyn Leslie (Medical Student)
During the second world war Leslie was so horrified to hear of the atrocities in Germany that he broke off his medical studies and went to Bergen Belsen to help tend the survivors. When he graduated he set up a singlehanded practice in Merthyr and in the mid-1960s set up practice in the Ely part of Cardiff. Here his interest in sports medicine started and in 1965 he became honorary medical officer to Cardiff City Football Club.
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHankinson, John (Later Professor) (Medical Student)
Medical Student. St Mary’s
London
10/03/1919 - 09/03/2009. Prof of Neurosurgery. Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Submitted by: Liz Earl (Daughter)Hanks, George (63 ATR)
Oxfordshire Yeomanry. 63rd Anti-Tank Regiment
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Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHansell, Les
Parachute Regiment - 6th Airborne Division, 9th Battalion
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Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHardman, Leslie H (Reverend)
Reverend Leslie H. Hardman was the 32-year-old Senior Jewish Chaplain to the British Forces, attached to 8 Corp of the British 2nd Army when Bergen-Belsen was liberated. Hardman was born in Wales; his father was from Poland and his mother was from Russia. After the war, he wrote a book entitled "The Survivors - the story of the Belsen remnant" (Vallentine, Mitchell & Co. Ltd) in which he described what he saw at Bergen-Belsen.
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Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHarley, Harry
1919–1979
Birth 17/02/1919 • Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Death c1979 • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Marriage 24/08/1946 • Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, United Kingdom
Maria Kazyzanowska (1920–1995) was interred at Bergen Belsen Concentration camp when she met Harry who was serving with liberating British Army.
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHarrell, William Cecil (89th Infantry Division)
Mr. Harrell was born November 16, 1921 in Lincoln Parish and passed away October 18, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. He was a committed Christian who was a faithful member of Salem United Methodist Church.
On July 11, 1944 he married Armede Wright, while home on leave from the U.S. Army. In December of that year he shipped out overseas to serve in World War II with General George Patton's 89th Infantry Division. He served in France, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, and Switzerland. He said many times that he walked all the way across Germany. After V-E Day he was stationed at Camp Lucky Strike, a deployment camp in France for solders returning home. His company also helped liberate survivors of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.
After returning home from the war he worked for Chevron, formerly the California Company, until his retirement in 1986.
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHarries, John (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHarrison, Earl G
President Truman's representative for DP affairs in Occupied Germany
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHartman, Harold Arthur
Mr. Hartman proudly served in the US Army Air Corp during World War II. He was inducted January 4, 1943 in Alpena, Michigan and served in the Central Europe Campaign under Patton in HQ Battery 550th AA BN 3rd Army participating in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a PFC and served as an interpreter for the interrogation unit in Patton's Third Army. During his time overseas he was present at a meeting involving Churchill, Stalin, Eisenhower, Montgomery (whom he met personally) and Patton discussing who was going to take Berlin. He was also involved in the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
1919-2012
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHayward, John Langford
Haywood, Harold Sgt. No.5 AFPU
No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit
Arrived and filmed 16th April.
Was in the camp for one day (16th)
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHeath, James Kitchener (Lance Corporal)
12 DPACS (Displaced Persons Assembly Centre)
Arrived mid July 1945
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Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHelfgott, Herman, Rabbi
Rabbi Helfgott was a chaplain in the Yugoslav army who was captured by the Germans in 1941 and liberated by the British near Celle in Germany in 1945. He made his way to Belsen, arriving there on 30 April, and threw himself into the work of the Central Jewish Committee which had been established there by former inmates.
Part of an open-air service at the festival of Shavuot on 18 or 19 May with Hardman
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHenderson, Jim (113th LAA)
"Young people don't always believe it. It is important to remind them," said the 83-year-old great grandfather at his home in Huntington, York.
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Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHennals, (Gnr)
113th Durham Light Infantry RA
369 Battery. Awarded Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star. 15th April, 1945
Submitted by: 113th DLI ArchiveHepplestone, David (113 LAA)
SERJEANT
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113 LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY
Awarded CROIX DE GUERRE 1940 WITH PALM
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHerford, M.E.M. Lt. Col.
163 Field Ambulance
Lieut.-Col. M. E. M. Herford, D.S.O., R.A.M.C.
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Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHerzog, Chaim
Intelligence Corps
(Later became Israel's Ambassador to the UN and then President of Israel)
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Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHewlett, Maurice (Capt) (113th LAA)
He never spoke about his experiences to anyone, nor did I get the chance to ask.
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Submitted by: Nick MavroidakisHibbert, Ernest (113 LAA)
From Sheffield
Birth 13 MAR 1901 • Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Death ABOUT 1979 • Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHigginbotham (Sister 32 CSS)
Senior Sister Miss Higginbotham attaqched to Number 32 Casualty Clearing Station OR No 11 Field Ambulance
Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHill, Ernest (58th LAA regiment)
I recently came across your web site concerning the liberation of Belsen concentration camp.
My father, Ernest Hill, was a bombardier in the 58th LAA regiment, and typed in the camp his impressions of the first few days of the liberation. He did not talk about his experiences but I have copied out his original memories that I hope will be of interest
(More details to follow)
Submitted by: Alan HillHill, Frederick Thomas
1895–1973
Received medal from Pope for being at liberation of Belsen Concentration Camp.
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Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHinchliffe, John Arthur (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA (TA) Enlistment Date: 16/09/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHitchman, Joseph Henry (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA (TA) Enlistment Date: 15/07/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHolmes, G L (Sgt)
113th Durham Light Infantry RA
368 Battery
Came from West Hartlepool
Submitted by: 113th DLI ArchiveHope, George (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA (Durham LI)
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHorridge, Thomas (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA (TA) Enlistment Date: 16/09/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHorsfield, Harry (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA Enlistment Date: 16/09/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHorwell, Arnold Raphael (102 Control Section)
102 Control Section, Control Commission for Germany at Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
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Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHoughton, Eswald Frank (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA (TA) Enlistment Date: 22/03/1939
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHoward, Owen (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA Enlistment Date: 30/09/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHoward, William (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA Enlistment Date: 29/07/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHowe, James (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA (TA) Enlistment Date: 16/09/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHowell, George William (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA Enlistment Date: 30/09/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHoyle, John Henry (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA Enlistment Date: 15/07/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHudson, Wilfred (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA Enlistment Date: 30/09/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHughes, William Dillon (RAMC)
Senior medical officer with Royal Army Medical Corps at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp hospital from May 1945 to July 1945.
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Submitted by: Belsen ArchiveHunter, James
My grandfather, James Hunter of Belfast, served in the Gordon Highlanders. He rarely talked about the war, but he did mention taking part in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
Submitted by: John HunterHunter, Thomas (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA (Durham LI) Enlistment Date: 15/12/1938
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveHurwood, David Sells
Guy's Hospital medical student.
Hutchinson, Robert Clark (Major)
For reasons of family history, I would be highly grateful if you could be so kind as to provide any sign, traces or concrete evidence of the presence of Major Robert Clark Hutchinson of the 115th Highland Division (Gordon Highlanders) at the initial opening of the gates and liberation of the WWII Bergen Belsen transfer concentration camp in Germany.
Submitted by: Anthony Patrick Hutchinson (son)Hutchinson, Stamford K.
(Thank you - if you have any more details or a period photo please email liberator@belsen.co.uk)
Submitted by: His daughter, MargaretHutchinson, Thomas L. (113 LAA)
55 Searchlight Regt RA: 113th LAA Enlistment Date: 15/07/1940
Submitted by: 113th DLI Archive/Belsen ArchiveSubmit a name
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