• Bergen Belsen Memorial

    Despite the annual britishness tweets of the liberation of Belsen, there is no memorial at the site for all the nationalities who went to help.  3,548 total views

  • Liberation of Bergen Belsen

    Guides at Belsen

    I know some Guides were sent to Belsen to teach the children how to play but you do not have them in your list. This is the list I have been sent by the Girl Guiding archivist.  15 total views

  • Sister Marion Murray

    My aunt, Sister Marion Murray from Dornoch in the county of Sutherland who served on hospital ships.  19,866 total views

  • Conrad Wilson (AFS) Letter

    Conrad Wilson, wrote, including a few rare recollections he wrote about his role as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service searching for survivors when the British Army, with whom he was serving, liberated the camp. This was a part of Conrad’s life that he suppressed for decades after the War, rarely if ever speaking of it. That silence changed, briefly at least, in 1969, when Bill wrote to Dad asking about his role in searching for survivors in the Camp—something that Bill’s father, Dave, had mentioned on occasion but said that his brother never talked about it.  19,982 total views

  • Johanna Hogerzeil (Han)

    Dr Han Collis, was a courageous life-long champion of children particularly in Germany’s immediate post-war horror, later in Nigeria, India, and in her adopted country, Ireland.  17,159 total views

  • Liberation Day

    Despite the camp being entered first on Sunday 15 April 1945, by eight men of the 6th SAS and then 1–3000 men of 11 and 29 Armoured Brigade, these troops stayed no more than a few hours and moved out to continue the war.  17,575 total views

  • Bedford QLB

    The 113th LAA can be seen here on the VE Day Parade. We asked various forums to confirm the vehicles.  22,256 total views