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  • 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.  3,519 total views

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  • E W Blackbell (113th LAA)

    Blackbell, E W (Capt.) (113 LAA) Birth 17 Aug 1912 Sunderland, Durham, England Death 1981 Sunderland, Durham, England  15,069 total views

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  • Charles Hall 113th DLI

    When Charles Hall was told his unit would be travelling behind enemy lines to take charge of a Nazi concentration camp, he could hardly have imagined the horrors he was about to encounter. Paul Willis, Northen Echo, meets a man who helped liberate Belsen.  20,507 total views

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  • George Edward Packman – British Red Cross

    British Red Cross.  19,416 total views

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  • 75th Anniversary Press – Motherwell Times

    Motherwell and Wishaw ‘s MP had her own thoughts as she signed a book of commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day.  15,935 total views

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  • William Aubrey Southwood

    William Aubrey Southwood. 1st December 1919 – 20th June 2007. Army No. 3966329  13,573 total views

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  • William Edward Yapp

    WWII Army Catering Corps, landed Arromanches D-Day+1, slight wound in advance on Caen, involved in liberation of Belsen.  16,326 total views

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  • William Atheral George Shepheard III

    Army Medical Corps.  15,922 total views

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  • 113th LAA – Photos (Boyes)

    A series of photos from a member of the 113th LAA – Royal Artillery.  14,336 total views

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  • Think Pink?

    Following on from the initial colouring of the famous Belsen Liberation sign, we took a lot of time to ensure the colour was correct – particularly to see if the red wording was actually red.  17,887 total views

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  • John Morris (113th LAA) Despatch Rider

    My grand father, gunner John Morris was present at the Liberation. He was a dispatch rider in the Royal Artillery attached to a Light Anti Aircraft regiment.  16,659 total views

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