Name Directory

I’ve just come across your wonderful tribute to the liberators. My father, Thomas Grimes, was a dispatch rider in no. 3 Commando. He never talked much about the serious side of the war and NEVER mentioned till much later in his life that he had been involved in “clearing out Belsen at the end of the war”. I could not bring myself to question him due to their horrors of it all. That human beings were capable of such depravity leaves me speechless. Thanks for your work on this website. ED. Thank you. If you have any more details or a photo, please email us.

RHQ 3RTR BLA Trooper WG Shaw was in the third tank to liberate Belsen Email sent, 9th May.

Private. My father told me he was driving either the first or second truck that entered Belsen. More

Pte 14574426 RAMC 11th Field Ambulance. Later posted to BMH Be'er Yaakov from 1945 to 1947. ED. Thank you. If you have any more details or a photo, please email us.

Nurse. Ed. Thank you. Please email us with any further details.

He was my grandfather and believe he was a Major in 1st Royal tank regt. Was one of the first tanks in. We understand he was coordinating feeding of survivors

My Grandfather James Parkes was in a tank regiment and helped liberate Belsen. He played for the football team. That’s as much as I know. He never spoke of the war and threw all of his medals away. The National Archives Museum won’t release his Serbia record to me until 2028 due to sensitive medical information. I’m hoping this site may be able to help me. ED: Fingers crossed lets see what come up!

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Regimental Sergeant Major. Thank you Pauline. We are able to add more details. Royal Artillery HAA Service No. 1421237

Celle: There for several weeks, the Nazi war criminal was placed under the charge of Captain A. Menzies from Eaton Road in St Helens Kramer was allowed half-an-hour's exercise in the prison yard each morning and Captain Menzies allowed him to have two blankets, instead of the standard one. "Somebody took them from him, but I got them restored to him because he was in such a state I didn't think he would live to meet his trial, and I wanted him to." In September 1945, when home on leave in Dentons Green